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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 5, 2007, 2:21 PM EST for Bleckley County, Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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
- Jan 5, 2007, 2:21 PM EST (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2007, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bleckley County, GA, Twiggs County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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.
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 5, 8:21 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KFFC 051921 TORFFC GAC023-289-052000- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0008.070105T1921Z-070105T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 221 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BLECKLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 300 PM EST * AT 218 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF COLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FIVE POINTS...TARVERSVILLE...CARY AND BULLARD. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA. 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 3254 8355 3236 8345 3249 8326 3276 8346 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KFFC 051933 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 232 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 GAC023-289-052000- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070105T2000Z/ BLECKLEY GA-TWIGGS GA- 232 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EST FOR TWIGGS AND BLECKLEY COUNTIES... AT 232 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF COLEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TARVERSVILLE...CARY AND BULLARD. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A STRONG TORNADO. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3254 8355 3236 8345 3249 8326 3276 8346 $$
000 WWUS52 KFFC 051943 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 243 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 GAC023-289-052000- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070105T2000Z/ BLECKLEY GA-TWIGGS GA- 243 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EST FOR TWIGGS AND BLECKLEY COUNTIES... AT 243 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STRONGEST STORM WITH THE HIGHEST VELOCITY SIGNATURE WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF CARY AND BROWN HILL IN TWIGGS COUNTY...AND MOVING EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ALLENTOWN AND DANVILLE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG WINDS OR A TORNADO. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. 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 3254 8355 3236 8345 3247 8318 3276 8333 $$
000 WWUS52 KFFC 051955 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 255 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 GAC023-289-052002- /O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070105T2000Z/ BLECKLEY GA-TWIGGS GA- 255 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TWIGGS AND BLECKLEY COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 300 PM EST... AT 255 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING A LINE OF GUSTY WINDS...MAINLY ALOND AND NEAR THE TWIGSS AND BLECKELY COUNTIES LINE. THIS LINE OF GUSTY WINDS IS EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST OF BOTH COUNTIES BY AROUND 300 PM EST...AND THEREFORE...THE WARNING MAY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THIS IS STILL A DANGEROUS SITUATION...IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE INDOORS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3254 8355 3236 8345 3247 8318 3276 8333 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 8:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 26 min |
| Jan 5, 8:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 54 min |
| Jan 5, 9:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 41 min |
| Jan 5, 9:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta | 23 min |
| Jan 5, 10:00 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta | 45 min |
| Jan 5, 10:13 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fulton | 47 min |
| Jan 5, 10:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 33 min |
| Jan 5, 10:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas | 24 min |
| Jan 5, 10:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 32 min |
| Jan 5, 10:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 24 min |
| Jan 5, 10:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 46 min |
| Jan 5, 11:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 37 min |
| Jan 5, 11:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Spalding | 23 min |
| Jan 5, 11:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 40 min |
| Jan 5, 11:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts | 25 min |
| Jan 5, 11:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 41 min |
| Jan 5, 11:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 33 min |
| Jan 5, 12:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 33 min |
| Jan 5, 12:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 38 min |
| Jan 5, 12:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson, White | 37 min |
| Jan 5, 1:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 36 min |
| Jan 5, 1:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Pulaski | 31 min |
| Jan 5, 2:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston, Pulaski | 18 min |
| Jan 5, 2:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 50 min |
| Jan 5, 2:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 43 min |
| Jan 5, 3:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 22 min |
| Jan 5, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.