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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 16, 2025, 5:11 AM EST for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 49 min. 3 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, 5:11 AM EST (10:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2025, 6:00 AM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Butts County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Putnam County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 5:23 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 E Blount, GA | EM reports tree down several trees down between GA42 and GA 23 and just north of Stokes Store Rd. |
| Feb 16, 5:23 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nne Collier, GA | EM reports tree down at Boxankle Rd between Anderson Rd and McMullen Rd. |
| Feb 16, 5:28 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Juliette, GA | EM reports tree down at Newton Rd and Marvin Cir. |
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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 67 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.
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WFUS52 KFFC 161011
TORFFC
GAC035-159-169-171-207-237-161100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0007.250216T1011Z-250216T1100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
511 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Putnam County in central Georgia...
Northern Monroe County in central Georgia...
Southeastern Butts County in central Georgia...
Northern Jones County in central Georgia...
Southern Jasper County in central Georgia...
Northeastern Lamar County in west central Georgia...
* Until 600 AM EST.
* At 511 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Johnstonville, or near Barnesville, moving east at
55 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...
Barnesville, Monticello, Ethridge, Wayside, Goggins, Berner,
Resseaus Crossroads, Round Oak, Chappel Mill, High Falls State
Park, Blount, Liberty Hill, Hillsboro, McElheneys Crossroads,
Juliette, Johnstonville, Stanfordville, Adgateville, Blountsville,
and Plant Scherer.
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 3317 8416 3334 8352 3322 8343 3306 8346
3306 8416
TIME...MOT...LOC 1011Z 263DEG 48KT 3312 8409
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$1 follow-up statement
759
WWUS52 KFFC 161034
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
534 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025
GAC035-171-207-161044-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-250216T1100Z/
Monroe GA-Butts GA-Lamar GA-
534 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MONROE...SOUTHEASTERN BUTTS AND
NORTHEASTERN LAMAR COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 AM EST for central
Georgia.
&&
LAT...LON 3306 8346 3307 8376 3312 8381 3326 8372
3334 8352 3322 8343
TIME...MOT...LOC 1034Z 263DEG 48KT 3316 8372
$$
GAC159-169-237-161100-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-250216T1100Z/
Putnam GA-Jones GA-Jasper GA-
534 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM...NORTHERN JONES AND SOUTHEASTERN JASPER
COUNTIES...
At 534 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Hillsboro, or 10 miles south of Monticello, moving
east at 55 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...
Ethridge, Hillsboro, Resseaus Crossroads, Round Oak, Stanfordville,
Adgateville, and Blountsville.
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 3306 8346 3307 8376 3312 8381 3326 8372
3334 8352 3322 8343
TIME...MOT...LOC 1034Z 263DEG 48KT 3316 8372
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 4:40 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Talbot | 35 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, 5:16 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.