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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2012, 1:01 PM EDT for Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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
- Jun 5, 2012, 1:01 PM EDT (17:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2012, 1:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Toombs County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 886 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 901 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
534
WFUS52 KFFC 051701
TORFFC
GAC279-051745-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0026.120605T1701Z-120605T1745Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
101 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN TOOMBS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 145 PM EDT
* AT 1257 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SANTA
CLAUS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW
BRANCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL 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. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3215 8218 3208 8219 3196 8221 3196 8222
3197 8227 3203 8243 3220 8236
TIME...MOT...LOC 1702Z 291DEG 26KT 3208 8229
$$2 follow-up statements
331
WWUS52 KFFC 051709
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
109 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012
GAC279-051745-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120605T1745Z/
TOOMBS GA-
109 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
TOOMBS COUNTY...
AT 102 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JOHNSON CORNER...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL PASS TO THE EAST OF JOHNSON CORNER AND LIKELY SOUTH
OF NEW BRANCH. IT WILL THEN MOVE EAST INTO TATTNALL COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3215 8218 3208 8219 3196 8221 3196 8222
3197 8227 3203 8243 3220 8236
TIME...MOT...LOC 1707Z 291DEG 26KT 3207 8225
$$420
WWUS52 KFFC 051725
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
125 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012
GAC279-051735-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120605T1745Z/
TOOMBS GA-
125 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN TOOMBS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT
OF SOUTHERN TOOMBS COUNTY AND SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL 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. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3215 8218 3208 8219 3196 8221 3196 8222
3197 8227 3203 8243 3220 8236
TIME...MOT...LOC 1725Z 291DEG 26KT 3202 8211
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 5:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 24 min |
| Jun 5, 5:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade, Walker | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 5:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 6:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Polk, Walker | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 7:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 24 min |
| Jun 5, 11:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Monroe | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 11:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs | 25 min |
| Jun 5, 11:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 12:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Bleckley, Dodge, Houston, Jones, Laurens and 2 more | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 12:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 12:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 27 min |
| Jun 5, 12:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 12:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 12:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Houston, Peach, Pulaski, Twiggs | 25 min |
| Jun 5, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 1:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup | 43 min |
| Jun 5, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski, Telfair, Wheeler, Wilcox | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Montgomery | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley, Sumter, Webster | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Macon, Peach, Taylor | 25 min |
| Jun 5, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Meriwether | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 28 min |
| Jun 5, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Houston, Macon, Peach, Taylor | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike and 1 more | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach, Twiggs | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Lamar, Pike, Spalding and 1 more | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Clayton, Henry, Lamar, Monroe | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens, Wilkinson | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 23 min |
| Jun 5, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 25 min |
| Jun 5, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 24 min |
| Jun 5, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.