Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2025

Tornado Warning 64, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 29, 2025Henry County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2025, 3:32 PM EDT for Henry County, Georgia. It was in force for 13 min. 2 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: May 29, 2025, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2025, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Henry County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
May 29, 3:32 PM EDT	TORNADO	3 Ne Luella, GA	Multiple videos of a tornado crossing Interstate 75.
May 29, 3:33 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ne Luella, GA	Photos were submitted on social media of tree branches and trees down alongside I-75. Probable tornado.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 37 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 504 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.1
Supercell composite: -1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

602 
WFUS52 KFFC 291932
TORFFC
GAC151-291945-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0064.250529T1932Z-250529T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
332 PM EDT Thu May 29 2025

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  South central Henry County in north central Georgia...

* Until 345 PM EDT.

* At 332 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Blacksville, or near McDonough, moving northeast
  at 10 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...
  McDonough, Ola, and Blacksville.

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 3336 8414 3339 8419 3348 8411 3347 8405
      3343 8403
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 219DEG 9KT 3338 8414 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

1 follow-up statement

623 
WWUS52 KFFC 291934
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
334 PM EDT Thu May 29 2025

GAC151-291945-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-250529T1945Z/
Henry GA-
334 PM EDT Thu May 29 2025

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY...

At 334 PM EDT, a confirmed tornado was located over Blacksville, or
near McDonough, moving northeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.

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...
McDonough, Ola, and Blacksville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3337 8413 3339 8417 3348 8411 3347 8405
      3343 8403
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 217DEG 9KT 3339 8414 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 8:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	24 min
May 29, 12:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wheeler	28 min
May 29, 12:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Wheeler	31 min
May 29, 1:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery	32 min
May 29, 3:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Taylor	28 min
May 29, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson	31 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 2025 Every tornado warning in 2025 Tornadoes in 2025

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.