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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 2012, 1:20 PM EST for Harris County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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 21, 2012, 1:20 PM EST (18:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2012, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Harris County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 12:28 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
880
WFUS52 KFFC 211820
TORFFC
GAC145-211900-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0003.120121T1820Z-120121T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
120 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 200 PM EST
* AT 117 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES WEST OF
HAMILTON...MOVING EAST AT 85 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PINE
MOUNTAIN-CALLAWAY GARDENS...WAVERLY HALL AND SHILOH.
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 800 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3287 8480 3285 8471 3284 8470 3274 8469
3273 8468 3271 8470 3263 8469 3267 8510
3269 8512 3273 8512 3275 8515 3278 8513
3281 8517 3283 8517
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 264DEG 74KT 3276 8507
$$3 follow-up statements
364
WWUS52 KFFC 211824
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
124 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
GAC145-211900-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120121T1900Z/
HARRIS GA-
124 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST FOR HARRIS
COUNTY...
AT 124 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE HARDING AND
ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF HAMILTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WHITESVILLE-PINE LAKE...MOUNTAIN HILL...MULBERRY GROVE...HAMILTON...
CATAULA...PINE MOUNTAIN-CALLAWAY GARDENS...PINE MOUNTAIN VALLEY...
F.D. ROOSEVELT STATE PARK...WAVERLY HALL AND SHILOH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE
A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3287 8480 3285 8471 3284 8470 3274 8469
3273 8468 3271 8470 3263 8469 3267 8510
3269 8512 3273 8512 3275 8515 3278 8513
3281 8517 3283 8517
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 267DEG 38KT 3275 8507
$$369
WWUS52 KFFC 211836 RRA
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
136 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
GAC145-211900-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120121T1900Z/
HARRIS GA-
136 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST FOR HARRIS
COUNTY...
AT 135 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
HAMILTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PINE
MOUNTAIN-CALLAWAY GARDENS...PINE MOUNTAIN VALLEY...F.D. ROOSEVELT
STATE PARK...WAVERLY HALL AND SHILOH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3279 8504 3282 8501 3287 8480 3285 8471
3284 8470 3274 8469 3271 8470 3263 8469
3270 8499 3272 8503 3275 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 269DEG 33KT 3275 8494
$$676
WWUS52 KFFC 211851
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
151 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
GAC145-211900-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120121T1900Z/
HARRIS GA-
151 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST FOR EAST
CENTRAL HARRIS COUNTY...
AT 145 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HAMILTON...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAVERLY
HALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO
A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE
A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3280 8488 3284 8479 3285 8471 3284 8470
3276 8470 3275 8471 3275 8470 3267 8469
3271 8489 3277 8490
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 269DEG 33KT 3275 8480
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 7:19 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Fulton | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 8:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Fulton | 45 min |
| Jan 21, 8:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 27 min |
| Jan 21, 8:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas, Newton, Rockdale | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 8:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 34 min |
| Jan 21, 9:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Union | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 9:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 43 min |
| Jan 21, 10:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Fulton | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 10:19 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 4 hr |
| Jan 21, 10:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 38 min |
| Jan 21, 10:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 36 min |
| Jan 21, 10:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 10:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 5 hr |
| Jan 21, 10:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale, Walton | 40 min |
| Jan 21, 10:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 11:07 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Barrow, Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb and 13 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 38 min |
| Jan 21, 11:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Jackson, Madison | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 11:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Fulton | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 11:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee, Walton | 28 min |
| Jan 21, 11:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Fulton | 28 min |
| Jan 21, 11:34 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 11:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 11:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 12:04 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton | 2 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 28 min |
| Jan 21, 12:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 49 min |
| Jan 21, 12:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 12:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Clayton, Henry, Spalding | 52 min |
| Jan 21, 12:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 1:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Upson | 45 min |
| Jan 21, 1:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Newton | 40 min |
| Jan 21, 1:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 34 min |
| Jan 21, 1:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 30 min |
| Jan 21, 1:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Putnam, Washington and 1 more | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 1:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Talbot | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 1:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 31 min |
| Jan 21, 2:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 25 min |
| Jan 21, 2:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 34 min |
| Jan 21, 2:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Washington, Wilkinson | 39 min |
| Jan 21, 2:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Peach, Taylor | 48 min |
| Jan 21, 2:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 28 min |
| Jan 21, 2:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 31 min |
| Jan 21, 2:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Schley | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 3:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Taylor | 39 min |
| Jan 21, 3:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 38 min |
| Jan 21, 3:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Peach, Twiggs | 25 min |
| Jan 21, 3:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Macon | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 3:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston | 37 min |
| Jan 21, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 60 min |
| Jan 21, 4:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 43 min |
| Jan 21, 4:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pulaski, Wilcox | 42 min |
| Jan 21, 4:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston | 18 min |
| Jan 21, 4:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 31 min |
| Jan 21, 4:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Pulaski | 24 min |
| Jan 21, 4:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 62 min |
| Jan 21, 4:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 4:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Sumter | 39 min |
| Jan 21, 5:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler | 66 min |
| Jan 21, 5:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 48 min |
| Jan 21, 5:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Wilcox | 15 min |
| Jan 21, 5:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 66 min |
| Jan 21, 5:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wilcox | 40 min |
| Jan 21, 6:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler | 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.