Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 18, 2013, 7:40 PM EDT for Carroll County, Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min. 2 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
- Aug 18, 2013, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2013, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carroll County, GA, Heard County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 7:40 PM EDT | TORNADO 1 | 2 Wnw Ephesus, GA | NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST INSIDE THE GA-AL LINE IN HEARD COUNTY. A MOBILE HOME SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE AS THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD...PARALLELING UPPER CALDWELL ROAD AS IT STRENGTHENED TO AN EF1 |
| Aug 18, 7:41 PM EDT | TORNADO 1 | 2 Wnw Ephesus, GA | NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST INSIDE THE GA-AL LINE IN HEARD COUNTY. A MOBILE HOME SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE AS THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD...PARALLELING UPPER CALDWELL ROAD AS IT STRENGTHENED TO AN EF1 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
250 WFUS52 KFFC 182340 TORFFC GAC045-149-190030- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0022.130818T2340Z-130819T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 740 PM EDT SUN AUG 18 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA NORTHWESTERN HEARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 830 PM EDT * AT 737 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR EPHESUS... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOWDON...ROOPVILLE...MOUNT ZION AND CARROLLTON. 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. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT WILL BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. 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. && LAT...LON 3370 8514 3353 8496 3333 8528 3355 8532 TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 229DEG 18KT 3345 8527 $$
2 follow-up statements
851
WWUS52 KFFC 182355
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
755 PM EDT SUN AUG 18 2013
GAC149-190005-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-130819T0030Z/
HEARD GA-
755 PM EDT SUN AUG 18 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HEARD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THEREFORE THE WARNING IS
CANCELLED.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
LAT...LON 3370 8514 3353 8496 3342 8513 3343 8530
3355 8532
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 229DEG 18KT 3350 8520
$$
GAC045-190030-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-130819T0030Z/
CARROLL GA-
755 PM EDT SUN AUG 18 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY...
AT 751 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TYUS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ROOPVILLE...JOHN TANNER STATE PARK...MOUNT ZION...CARROLLTON...CLEM
AND BOWDON JUNCTION.
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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT WILL BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE
PLACE.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3370 8514 3353 8496 3342 8513 3343 8530
3355 8532
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 229DEG 18KT 3350 8520
$$072
WWUS52 KFFC 190012
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
812 PM EDT SUN AUG 18 2013
GAC045-190030-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-130819T0030Z/
CARROLL GA-
812 PM EDT SUN AUG 18 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR CARROLL
COUNTY...
AT 810 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROOPVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JOHN
TANNER STATE PARK...MOUNT ZION...CLEM...BOWDON JUNCTION AND
CARROLLTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT WILL BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE
PLACE.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3343 8513 3349 8522 3360 8525 3370 8514
3353 8496
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 223DEG 16KT 3352 8517
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 30 min |
| Aug 17, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen | 62 min |
| Aug 18, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 28 min |
| Aug 18, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Houston | 30 min |
| Aug 18, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Washington | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 32 min |
| Aug 18, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 33 min |
| Aug 18, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Monroe | 23 min |
| Aug 18, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones, Monroe | 28 min |
| Aug 18, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 34 min |
| Aug 18, 7:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 37 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.