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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 16, 2026, 3:39 AM EDT for Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 21 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
- Mar 16, 2026, 3:39 AM EDT (07:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2026, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 3:50 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Rocky Face, GA | EM reports utility line down in road near Lafayette Rd near Mt Vernon Rd. |
| Mar 16, 3:55 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ene Mill Creek, GA | EM reports tree tree down on structure, no injuries on 700 blk of W Dug Gape Mountain Rd near Valley Brook Dr. |
| Mar 16, 3:55 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wsw Dalton, GA | EM reports tree down on I75 in Dalton near MM332. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 9:22 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
835
WFUS52 KFFC 160739
TORFFC
GAC313-160800-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0013.260316T0739Z-260316T0800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
339 AM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Whitfield County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 400 AM EDT.
* At 339 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Wood Station, or 8 miles south of Ringgold, moving
east at 40 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...
Dalton and Rocky Face.
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 3485 8490 3477 8489 3472 8492 3476 8515
3482 8513 3481 8511 3482 8511 3482 8506
3483 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0739Z 278DEG 36KT 3480 8511
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$2 follow-up statements
651
WWUS52 KFFC 160746
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
346 AM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026
GAC313-160800-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-260316T0800Z/
Whitfield GA-
346 AM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL
WHITFIELD COUNTY...
At 346 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Rocky Face, or near Dalton, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Dalton and Rocky Face.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3485 8490 3477 8489 3472 8492 3475 8505
3476 8506 3478 8507 3480 8507 3482 8506
3483 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0746Z 278DEG 36KT 3479 8502
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$874
WWUS52 KFFC 160754
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
354 AM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026
GAC313-160804-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-260316T0800Z/
Whitfield GA-
354 AM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WHITFIELD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
400 AM EDT...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, damaging winds remain likely and a Severe
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 AM EDT for northwestern
Georgia.
&&
LAT...LON 3485 8490 3477 8489 3472 8492 3475 8505
3476 8506 3478 8507 3480 8507 3482 8506
3483 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0754Z 278DEG 36KT 3478 8494
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 40 min |
| Mar 16, 2:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 48 min |
| Mar 16, 3:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray and 2 more | 39 min |
| Mar 16, 4:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield | 47 min |
| Mar 16, 4:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon, Pickens | 41 min |
| Mar 16, 4:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 20 min |
| Mar 16, 4:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 28 min |
| Mar 16, 4:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Towns and 2 more | 27 min |
| Mar 16, 4:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Gordon, Pickens | 26 min |
| Mar 16, 5:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb and 5 more | 44 min |
| Mar 16, 5:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Gilmer, Hall and 5 more | 43 min |
| Mar 16, 5:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 38 min |
| Mar 16, 5:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Harris, Heard, Henry and 5 more | 36 min |
| Mar 16, 5:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Clayton, DeKalb, Forsyth, Gwinnett and 5 more | 46 min |
| Mar 16, 6:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Towns, White | 13 min |
| Mar 16, 6:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 20 min |
| Mar 16, 6:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson and 6 more | 48 min |
| Mar 16, 6:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Fayette, Henry, Lamar, Meriwether, Newton and 2 more | 40 min |
| Mar 16, 6:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Lamar, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee and 3 more | 38 min |
| Mar 16, 6:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 16 min |
| Mar 16, 6:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Talbot, Upson | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 7:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 42 min |
| Mar 16, 7:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Schley, Talbot, Taylor | 37 min |
| Mar 16, 7:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson | 39 min |
| Mar 16, 7:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Morgan, Newton and 1 more | 35 min |
| Mar 16, 7:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Talbot, Taylor and 1 more | 32 min |
| Mar 16, 7:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 40 min |
| Mar 16, 7:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Macon and 4 more | 51 min |
| Mar 16, 7:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Morgan, Putnam | 34 min |
| Mar 16, 7:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 26 min |
| Mar 16, 7:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones | 23 min |
| Mar 16, 8:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Webster | 30 min |
| Mar 16, 8:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jones | 8 min |
| Mar 16, 8:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 42 min |
| Mar 16, 8:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bleckley, Hancock, Houston, Jones, Laurens and 4 more | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 8:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley, Sumter, Webster | 12 min |
| Mar 16, 8:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 9:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Warren, Washington | 44 min |
| Mar 16, 9:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 9:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 29 min |
| Mar 16, 9:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski | 23 min |
| Mar 16, 9:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 25 min |
| Mar 16, 10:24 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 80 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:54 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson and 13 more | 4 min |
| Mar 16, 10:58 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson and 13 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 16, 11:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 37 min |
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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.