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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Dec 17, 2012, 1:49 PM EST for Montgomery County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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
- Dec 17, 2012, 1:49 PM EST (18:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 17, 2012, 2:15 PM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Montgomery County, GA, Wheeler County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 1:49 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 Wsw Glenwood, GA | WHEELER COUNTY EM REPORTED SOME DOWNED TREES ALONG WITH SOME TREES WITH SHEARED OFF TOPS. THIS CORRESPONDS WELL WITH THE RADAR ROTATION SIGNATURE. NWS SURVEY TEAM WILL INVESTIGATE THE DAMAGE TOMORROW. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 1:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
468
WFUS52 KFFC 171849
TORFFC
GAC209-309-171915-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0028.121217T1849Z-121217T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
149 PM EST MON DEC 17 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHERN WHEELER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 215 PM EST
* AT 147 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GLENWOOD...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNT
VERNON...AILEY...TARRYTOWN AND HIGGSTON.
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 ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE
A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3220 8285 3223 8281 3233 8256 3233 8251
3235 8241 3234 8241 3230 8243 3221 8244
3215 8246 3205 8277
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 247DEG 47KT 3219 8267
$$2 follow-up statements
110
WWUS52 KFFC 171853
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
153 PM EST MON DEC 17 2012
GAC209-309-171915-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-121217T1915Z/
WHEELER GA-MONTGOMERY GA-
153 PM EST MON DEC 17 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
MONTGOMERY AND CENTRAL WHEELER COUNTIES...
AT 152 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT VERNON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
AILEY...TARRYTOWN...KIBBEE AND HIGGSTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3206 8274 3225 8276 3233 8256 3233 8251
3235 8241 3227 8244 3221 8244 3216 8247
3211 8258
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 247DEG 47KT 3221 8260
$$695
WWUS52 KFFC 171901
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
201 PM EST MON DEC 17 2012
GAC209-309-171915-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-121217T1915Z/
WHEELER GA-MONTGOMERY GA-
201 PM EST MON DEC 17 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
MONTGOMERY AND EAST CENTRAL WHEELER COUNTIES...
AT 157 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR AILEY...MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH. ALTHOUGH THE STORM HAS WEAKENED SOMEWHAT...THERE IS STILL
ROTATION IN THIS STORM.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TARRYTOWN...KIBBEE AND HIGGSTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3209 8268 3229 8264 3233 8256 3233 8251
3235 8241 3227 8244 3221 8244 3216 8247
3211 8258
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 249DEG 35KT 3222 8253
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 1:25 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 35 min |
| Dec 17, 1:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Telfair, Wilcox | 24 min |
| Dec 17, 1:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 34 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.