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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 16, 2025, 4:40 AM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 35 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2025, 4:40 AM EST (09:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2025, 5:15 AM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Harris County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Talbot County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 4:40 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Green Island Hills, GA | Em reports tree down at Green island Dr. |
| Feb 16, 4:42 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ene Green Island Hill, GA | Em reports tree on home at Lokey Dr and Siamese St. No injuries though four occupants had to escape via window. |
| Feb 16, 4:42 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Green Island Hills, GA | Em reports tree down on Double Church Rd and Whitesville Rd. |
| Feb 16, 4:45 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Columbus Metropol, GA | Large tree across roadway on the 4500 Block of Gladys Drive. |
| Feb 16, 4:59 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Baughville, GA | Emergency Manager reports tree down at County Rd 71 and Tuck Persons Hwy. |
| Feb 16, 5:02 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se Olive Branch, GA | EM reports a tree down on Dennis Creek Rd between Teal Rd and Mitchell Rd. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2:02 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 89 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 445 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 347 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
167
WFUS52 KFFC 160940
TORFFC
GAC053-145-215-263-161015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0004.250216T0940Z-250216T1015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
440 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Muscogee County in west central Georgia...
Northeastern Chattahoochee County in west central Georgia...
Talbot County in west central Georgia...
Southeastern Harris County in west central Georgia...
* Until 515 AM EST.
* At 439 AM EST, severe thunderstorms capable of producing both
tornadoes and extensive straight line wind damage were located over
Green Island Hills, or near Phenix City, moving east at 70 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* Locations impacted include...
Columbus, Talbotton, Waverly Hall, Woodland, Junction City, Geneva,
Bibb City, Upatoi, Ellerslie, Laurel Hills, Green Island Hills,
Juniper, Vista Terrace, Cataula, Columbus Metropolitan Airport,
Baughville, Rose Hill, Avondale, Benning Park, and Prattsburg.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3283 8460 3273 8434 3263 8438 3261 8441
3257 8441 3256 8449 3254 8451 3255 8455
3252 8458 3253 8463 3251 8464 3241 8498
3243 8496 3246 8500 3252 8500 3259 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0939Z 250DEG 74KT 3252 8500
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$1 follow-up statement
391
WWUS52 KFFC 161009
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
509 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025
GAC053-145-215-263-161018-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-250216T1015Z/
Muscogee GA-Chattahoochee GA-Talbot GA-Harris GA-
509 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MUSCOGEE...NORTHEASTERN CHATTAHOOCHEE...
TALBOT AND SOUTHEASTERN HARRIS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 AM EST...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 AM EST for west central
Georgia.
&&
LAT...LON 3283 8460 3273 8434 3263 8438 3261 8441
3257 8441 3256 8449 3254 8451 3255 8455
3252 8458 3253 8463 3251 8464 3241 8498
3243 8496 3246 8500 3252 8500 3259 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 1008Z 250DEG 74KT 3273 8432
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 11:29 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:33 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 41 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Walker and 1 more | 48 min |
| Feb 16, 2:45 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 30 min |
| Feb 16, 2:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon and 4 more | 46 min |
| Feb 16, 3:21 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Heard, Paulding, Polk | 39 min |
| Feb 16, 3:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer and 6 more | 53 min |
| Feb 16, 3:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 44 min |
| Feb 16, 3:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard and 1 more | 49 min |
| Feb 16, 4:02 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Pike, Troup | 43 min |
| Feb 16, 4:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Lumpkin, Pickens | 34 min |
| Feb 16, 4:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Stewart, Talbot | 49 min |
| Feb 16, 4:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette and 6 more | 50 min |
| Feb 16, 4:25 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Spalding, Troup | 35 min |
| Feb 16, 4:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Harris, Henry, Lamar and 6 more | 43 min |
| Feb 16, 4:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Butts, Clarke, Clayton, DeKalb, Gwinnett and 9 more | 42 min |
| Feb 16, 4:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Jackson, Madison | 25 min |
| Feb 16, 4:52 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Newton and 2 more | 23 min |
| Feb 16, 5:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Crawford, Harris, Macon, Marion, Muscogee and 8 more | 58 min |
| Feb 16, 5:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Butts, Crawford, Henry, Jasper and 8 more | 55 min |
| Feb 16, 5:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 53 min |
| Feb 16, 5:07 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Newton | 38 min |
| Feb 16, 5:11 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Putnam | 49 min |
| Feb 16, 5:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Clarke, Greene, Hancock, Jackson, Jasper and 9 more | 44 min |
| Feb 16, 5:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 33 min |
| Feb 16, 5:39 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 39 min |
| Feb 16, 5:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren and 1 more | 52 min |
| Feb 16, 5:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Crawford, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Houston and 9 more | 65 min |
| Feb 16, 5:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Glascock, Hancock, Houston and 10 more | 61 min |
| Feb 16, 6:34 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 10 hr |
| Feb 16, 6:47 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 43 min |
| Feb 16, 6:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery and 4 more | 66 min |
| Feb 16, 6:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs and 3 more | 63 min |
| Feb 16, 7:48 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 12 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 27 min |
| Feb 16, 8:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jeff Davis | 30 min |
| Feb 16, 8:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Candler | 14 min |
| Feb 16, 8:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 15 min |
| Feb 16, 11:56 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Catoosa, Cherokee and 47 more | 6 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.