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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 10, 20265 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 10, 2026, 11:37 AM EST for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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: Jan 10, 2026, 11:37 AM EST (16:37 UTC)
Expired: Jan 10, 2026, 12:15 PM EST
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Harris County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Troup County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 10, 12:00 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nw Pine Mountain-Call, GA	A tree down at N Butts Mill Rd and Hamilton 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
Jan 10, 4:49 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 92 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: 32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 703 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 337 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 394 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

861 
WUUS52 KFFC 101637
SVRFFC
GAC053-145-215-263-285-101715-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0003.260110T1637Z-260110T1715Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1137 AM EST Sat Jan 10 2026

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Muscogee County in west central Georgia...
  Chattahoochee County in west central Georgia...
  Southern Troup County in west central Georgia...
  Southwestern Talbot County in west central Georgia...
  Harris County in west central Georgia...

* Until 1215 PM EST.

* At 1137 AM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Cannonville to Bartletts Ferry Dam to near Marvyn,
  moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Columbus, LaGrange, Hamilton, Cusseta, Pine Mountain, Waverly Hall,
  Pine Mountain-Callaway Gardens, North Fort Benning, Fort
  Benning/Lawson Army Air Fld, Bibb City, Upatoi, Shiloh, Green
  Island Hills, Cataula, Columbus Metropolitan Airport, Mountain
  Hill, Jamestown/South Fort Benning, Benning Hills, Benning Park,
  and Bartletts Ferry Dam.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

If you see wind damage...hail or flooding...wait until the storm has
passed...and then call the National Weather Service toll free
at 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 or tweet us your report at NWSATLANTA.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 PM EST for west central
Georgia.

&&

LAT...LON 3302 8516 3290 8486 3287 8486 3287 8477
      3282 8465 3253 8463 3223 8484 3224 8492
      3226 8489 3233 8501 3243 8496 3245 8500
      3252 8501 3264 8511 3266 8509 3274 8511
      3276 8514 3278 8512 3281 8517
TIME...MOT...LOC 1637Z 285DEG 30KT 3295 8511 3265 8512 3246 8528 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 10, 7:50 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd, Haralson, Polk	40 min
Jan 10, 9:37 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Bartow	4 hr
Jan 10, 9:53 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Lumpkin	37 min
Jan 10, 10:16 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Paulding	29 min
Jan 10, 10:27 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Cherokee	5 hr
Jan 10, 10:30 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Douglas	30 min
Jan 10, 10:47 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson, Lumpkin	28 min
Jan 10, 11:00 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Dawson, Lumpkin, Pickens	5 hr
Jan 10, 11:00 AM EST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Fulton	15 min
Jan 10, 11:10 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding and 1 more	50 min
Jan 10, 11:20 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton	25 min
Jan 10, 11:23 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	37 min
Jan 10, 11:46 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Henry, Jackson, Newton and 2 more	29 min
Jan 10, 12:02 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding	28 min
Jan 10, 12:15 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Talbot	30 min
Jan 10, 1:52 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Fulton	18 hr
Jan 10, 4:10 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dawson	95 min
Jan 10, 4:52 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth	7 hr
Jan 10, 5:12 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dawson	21 days
Jan 10, 5:20 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dawson, Forsyth	14 hr
Jan 10, 6:53 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cherokee	23 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.