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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 22, 2003Houston County, Twiggs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 22, 2003, 8:48 AM EST for Houston County, Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 22, 2003, 8:48 AM EST (13:48 UTC)
Expired: Feb 22, 2003, 9:30 AM EST
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Houston County, GA, Twiggs County, GA

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 22, 6:50 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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: 335 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 681 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 2.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 221348
TORATL
GAC153-289-221430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
848 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 930 AM EST

* AT 843 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROBINS AFB.  THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...JEFFERSONVILLE
AND ROBINS AFB.

RADAR SHOWS STRONG SIGNS THAT A TORNADO IS DEVELOPING. TAKE COVER
NOW

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER 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.

LAT...LON 3255 8368 3242 8353 3260 8327 3283 8339

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 22, 3:16 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Heard	29 min
Feb 22, 6:58 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Henry, Newton, Rockdale	32 min
Feb 22, 7:19 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Walton	26 min
Feb 22, 7:32 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Morgan	28 min
Feb 22, 7:40 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Oconee	35 min
Feb 22, 7:41 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Marion	34 min
Feb 22, 7:51 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Putnam	24 min
Feb 22, 7:52 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Taylor	23 min
Feb 22, 8:01 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Oglethorpe	29 min
Feb 22, 8:02 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Sumter	28 min
Feb 22, 8:09 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Putnam	36 min
Feb 22, 8:33 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilkes	27 min
Feb 22, 8:38 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston, Twiggs	37 min
Feb 22, 9:12 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley	18 min
Feb 22, 9:16 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilkinson	29 min
Feb 22, 9:23 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hancock, Washington	22 min
Feb 22, 9:30 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens	45 min
Feb 22, 9:32 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Warren	28 min
Feb 22, 9:33 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge	27 min
Feb 22, 9:40 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Warren	35 min
Feb 22, 9:42 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson	48 min
Feb 22, 9:46 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock	29 min
Feb 22, 9:52 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson	53 min
Feb 22, 9:54 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Telfair	51 min
Feb 22, 10:08 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Washington	37 min
Feb 22, 10:33 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler	42 min
Feb 22, 10:45 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel	45 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.