088  
WFUS52 KFFC 040118  
TORFFC  
GAC217-040145-  
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0037.250504T0118Z-250504T0145Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA  
918 PM EDT SAT MAY 3 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
EAST CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...  
 
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 918 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO  
WAS LOCATED OVER PORTERDALE, OR NEAR COVINGTON, MOVING EAST AT 30  
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...  
COVINGTON, PORTERDALE, NEWBORN, MANSFIELD, AND STARRSVILLE.  
 
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 3359 8390 3360 8372 3357 8368 3353 8368  
3352 8369 3349 8368 3349 8369 3350 8371  
3349 8371 3348 8374 3350 8391  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 274DEG 28KT 3354 8387  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
 
 
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