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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2026, 11:00 AM EST for Carroll County, Coweta County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 15 min. 7 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
- Jan 10, 2026, 11:00 AM EST (16:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2026, 11:15 AM EST
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Carroll County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 11:10 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Newnan, GA | Report of a tree down along Bullsboro Dr near Greison Trail. |
| Jan 10, 11:10 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Newnan, GA | Multiple trees down along Howard Hughes Rd. |
| Jan 10, 11:15 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ene Madras, GA | Tree down near the intersection of HWY 29 and Cedar Creek Rd. |
| Jan 10, 11:15 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ssw Thomas Crossroads, GA | Tree on a house on the 100 block of Covey Trl. |
| Jan 10, 11:15 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wsw Thomas Crossroads, GA | Tree down near the intersection of Shenandoah Blvd and Bridgewater Dr. |
| Jan 10, 11:20 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Cannongate, GA | Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 1 SE Cannongate. Tree down near Canongate Elementary School. |
| Jan 10, 11:20 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sw Peachtree City, GA | Tree on a house on Hillsborough Ct. |
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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
072
WFUS52 KFFC 101600
TORFFC
GAC045-077-121-101615-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0001.260110T1600Z-260110T1615Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1100 AM EST Sat Jan 10 2026
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Carroll County in northwestern Georgia...
Northern Coweta County in west central Georgia...
Southwestern Fulton County in north central Georgia...
* Until 1115 AM EST.
* At 1059 AM EST, a tornado producing storm was located over Plant
Yates, or 11 miles northwest of Newnan, moving east at 50 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...
Newnan, City of South Fulton, Tyrone, Palmetto, Whitesburg,
Chattahoochee Hill, Plant Yates, Byers Crossroads, Arnco-Sargent,
Seaton Lake, Dunaway Gardens, Clem, Cannongate, Roscoe, Thomas
Crossroads, and Madras.
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 3360 8462 3348 8462 3344 8463 3340 8461
3336 8461 3340 8501 3342 8501 3343 8502
3353 8503
TIME...MOT...LOC 1559Z 267DEG 42KT 3346 8495
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 11:10 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, 11:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Talbot, Troup | 38 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.