Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 2012, 3:07 PM EST for Jefferson County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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, 3:07 PM EST (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2012, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jefferson County, GA, Washington County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 201 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.
558
WFUS52 KFFC 212007
TORFFC
GAC163-303-212045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0006.120121T2007Z-120121T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
307 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 345 PM EST
* AT 302 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TENNILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RIDDLEVILLE...DAVISBORO...BARTOW...LOUISVILLE AND WADLEY.
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 800 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3285 8230 3283 8235 3281 8237 3281 8241
3288 8282 3309 8279 3305 8228 3301 8227
3293 8227
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 274DEG 33KT 3296 8270
$$1 follow-up statement
950
WWUS52 KFFC 212012
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
312 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
GAC163-303-212045-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120121T2045Z/
WASHINGTON GA-JEFFERSON GA-
312 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN
JEFFERSON AND EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 311 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
RIDDLEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. IN ADDITION...QUARTER SIZED
HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DAVISBORO...BARTOW...LOUISVILLE...MOXLEY AND WADLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3285 8230 3283 8235 3281 8237 3281 8241
3288 8282 3309 8279 3305 8228 3301 8227
3293 8227
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 279DEG 27KT 3294 8266
$$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, 1:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris | 40 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, 3:20 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.