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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 18, 2013, 7:56 PM EDT for Crisp County, Dooly County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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
- Mar 18, 2013, 7:56 PM EDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2013, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Wilcox County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 8:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Abbeville, GA | TREES AND POWERLINES WERE BLOWN DOWN COUNTYWIDE. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 4:16 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
371
WFUS52 KFFC 182356
TORFFC
GAC081-093-315-190045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0013.130318T2356Z-130319T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
756 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CRISP COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN DOOLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 753 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF
VIENNA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PITTS...PINEVIEW...ROCHELLE AND ABBEVILLE.
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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3201 8395 3213 8396 3215 8361 3212 8361
3212 8344 3213 8341 3213 8337 3207 8330
3201 8330 3200 8328 3198 8329 3196 8327
3185 8328
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 270DEG 34KT 3205 8390
$$1 follow-up statement
753
WWUS52 KFFC 190039
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
839 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013
GAC081-093-190049-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130319T0045Z/
CRISP GA-DOOLY GA-
839 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DOOLY AND NORTHERN CRISP COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3195 8360 3204 8361 3207 8357 3211 8346
3211 8343 3213 8341 3213 8337 3207 8330
3201 8330 3200 8328 3198 8329 3196 8327
3185 8328
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 270DEG 34KT 3197 8355
$$
GAC315-190045-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130319T0045Z/
WILCOX GA-
839 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR WILCOX
COUNTY...
AT 836 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SEVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POPE
CITY...ANTIOCH CHURCH...ROCHELLE...ABBEVILLE AND CEDAR CREEK.
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 1000 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3195 8360 3204 8361 3207 8357 3211 8346
3211 8343 3213 8341 3213 8337 3207 8330
3201 8330 3200 8328 3198 8329 3196 8327
3185 8328
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 270DEG 34KT 3197 8355
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 11:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Pickens | 48 min |
| Mar 18, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade | 46 min |
| Mar 18, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 29 min |
| Mar 18, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 39 min |
| Mar 18, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding | 50 min |
| Mar 18, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Murray and 2 more | 56 min |
| Mar 18, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 24 min |
| Mar 18, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Polk | 65 min |
| Mar 18, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 43 min |
| Mar 18, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton | 39 min |
| Mar 18, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Fulton | 51 min |
| Mar 18, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 65 min |
| Mar 18, 5:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 44 min |
| Mar 18, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 41 min |
| Mar 18, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas and 5 more | 60 min |
| Mar 18, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup | 51 min |
| Mar 18, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster | 65 min |
| Mar 18, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 45 min |
| Mar 18, 6:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton and 3 more | 45 min |
| Mar 18, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Gilmer and 5 more | 52 min |
| Mar 18, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 52 min |
| Mar 18, 6:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 42 min |
| Mar 18, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Henry | 39 min |
| Mar 18, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 54 min |
| Mar 18, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 49 min |
| Mar 18, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley, Sumter | 39 min |
| Mar 18, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 64 min |
| Mar 18, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Pike, Upson | 47 min |
| Mar 18, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Newton | 41 min |
| Mar 18, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam, Spalding | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones, Lamar, Monroe | 51 min |
| Mar 18, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam | 64 min |
| Mar 18, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Schley, Sumter | 54 min |
| Mar 18, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Hancock, Houston, Jefferson and 6 more | 57 min |
| Mar 18, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 50 min |
| Mar 18, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Crawford, Dodge, Houston, Macon, Peach and 3 more | 60 min |
| Mar 18, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Warren, Washington | 59 min |
| Mar 18, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Sumter, Wilcox | 56 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.