Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 2012, 3:53 PM EST for Dooly County, Houston County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. 3 reports 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
- Jan 21, 2012, 3:53 PM EST (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2012, 4:30 PM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dooly County, GA, Houston County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 4:19 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Unadilla, GA | NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN...GENERALLY IN THE UNADILLA AREA. NO ADDITIONAL DETAILS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AT THIS TIME. |
| Jan 21, 4:19 PM EST | HAIL 0.88 | Unadilla, GA | |
| Jan 21, 4:19 PM EST | TORNADO 0 | 4 Nw Pinehurst, GA | DAMAGE SURVEY DETERMINED THAT AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN NORTHERN DOOLY COUNTY JUST NORTHWEST OF PINEHURST AND FOLLOWED A SPORADIC 5.5-MILE LONG ESE PATH. APPROXIMATELY 15 LARGE TREES WERE DOWN OR SNAPPED ALONG THE PATH OF THE TORNADO...AND ONE POWER POLE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 12:28 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.
563
WFUS52 KFFC 212053
TORFFC
GAC093-153-212130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0008.120121T2053Z-120121T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
353 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN DOOLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 430 PM EST
* AT 350 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DOOLING...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BYROMVILLE...PINEHURST AND UNADILLA.
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.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
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 SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3222 8399 3225 8396 3228 8390 3229 8390
3229 8385 3235 8385 3236 8386 3238 8386
3239 8384 3236 8356 3230 8361 3211 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 283DEG 29KT 3231 8396
$$2 follow-up statements
421
WWUS52 KFFC 212108
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
408 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
GAC093-153-212130-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120121T2130Z/
DOOLY GA-HOUSTON GA-
408 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN
HOUSTON AND NORTHERN DOOLY COUNTIES...
AT 408 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DOOLING...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HENDERSON...GROVE PARK...PINEHURST...UNADILLA...ELKO...GROVANIA AND
KLONDIKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO
A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE
A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3222 8399 3225 8396 3228 8390 3229 8390
3229 8385 3235 8385 3236 8386 3238 8386
3239 8384 3236 8356 3230 8361 3211 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 284DEG 26KT 3228 8382
$$470
WWUS52 KFFC 212121
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
421 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
GAC153-212131-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120121T2130Z/
HOUSTON GA-
421 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE COUNTY.
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 3219 8382 3225 8384 3229 8380 3228 8361
3227 8361 3226 8362 3225 8361 3225 8362
3223 8361 3211 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 287DEG 32KT 3223 8369
$$
GAC093-212130-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120121T2130Z/
DOOLY GA-
421 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN DOOLY COUNTY...
AT 416 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR UNADILLA...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO
A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE
A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3219 8382 3225 8384 3229 8380 3228 8361
3227 8361 3226 8362 3225 8361 3225 8362
3223 8361 3211 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 287DEG 32KT 3223 8369
$$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, 3:07 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.