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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 17, 2014Chattahoochee County, Stewart County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2014, 7:17 AM EST for Chattahoochee County, Stewart County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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: Nov 17, 2014, 7:17 AM EST (12:17 UTC)
Expired: Nov 17, 2014, 8:00 AM EST
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Stewart County, GA

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:19 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
Nov 17, 6:11 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 123 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 72 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 465 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 410 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 444 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

790 
WFUS52 KFFC 171217
TORFFC
GAC053-259-171300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0015.141117T1217Z-141117T1300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
717 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHWESTERN STEWART COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 800 AM EST
    
* AT 716 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS 
  STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF SEALE ALABAMA...OR 16 MILES 
  EAST OF HURTSBORO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  CUSSETA...FORT BENNING/LAWSON ARMY AIR FLD...OMAHA...EELBECK/WEST
  FORT BENNING...RENFROE...MANTA...CHRISTOPHER...JAMESTOWN/SOUTH FORT
  BENNING AND LOUVALE.

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 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.

&&

LAT...LON 3213 8506 3218 8501 3220 8496 3222 8498
      3222 8493 3225 8492 3226 8489 3230 8494
      3232 8500 3235 8500 3241 8488 3242 8477
      3249 8473 3253 8465 3251 8464 3249 8464
      3249 8466 3223 8466 3209 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 1216Z 242DEG 36KT 3217 8515 

$$

1 follow-up statement

765 
WWUS52 KFFC 171244
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
744 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014

GAC053-259-171300-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-141117T1300Z/
CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-STEWART GA-
744 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR
CHATTAHOOCHEE AND NORTHWESTERN STEWART COUNTIES...
    
AT 743 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE ROTATION WAS 
WEAKENING...BUT ANOTHER AREA OF ROTATION WAS INCREASING IN N ORTHERN 
STEWART COUNTY JUST WEST OF LOUVALE. BOTH CIRCULATIONS ARE MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
CUSSETA...FORT BENNING/LAWSON ARMY AIR FLD...OMAHA...EELBECK/WEST
FORT BENNING...RENFROE...MANTA...CHRISTOPHER...JAMESTOWN/SOUTH FORT
BENNING AND LOUVALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

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 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.

&&

LAT...LON 3213 8506 3218 8501 3220 8496 3222 8498
      3222 8493 3225 8492 3226 8489 3230 8494
      3232 8500 3235 8500 3241 8488 3242 8477
      3249 8473 3253 8465 3251 8464 3249 8464
      3249 8466 3223 8466 3209 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 1243Z 243DEG 37KT 3229 8486 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 17, 3:15 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, Forsyth, Pickens	45 min
Nov 17, 3:25 AM EST	Freeze Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly and 22 more	31 hr
Nov 17, 3:31 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin and 7 more	31 hr
Nov 17, 6:00 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth	13 hr
Nov 17, 6:51 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	24 min
Nov 17, 7:00 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	30 min
Nov 17, 7:01 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	29 min
Nov 17, 7:19 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Paulding	26 min
Nov 17, 7:38 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley	22 min
Nov 17, 7:45 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton	30 min
Nov 17, 7:59 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion, Taylor	46 min
Nov 17, 8:04 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	26 min
Nov 17, 8:14 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Macon, Marion, Peach, Schley, Talbot and 2 more	46 min
Nov 17, 8:31 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Henry	29 min
Nov 17, 8:32 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Henry	28 min
Nov 17, 8:51 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs	39 min
Nov 17, 9:02 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Newton	28 min
Nov 17, 9:24 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Jones, Wilkinson	40 min
Nov 17, 9:29 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	31 min
Nov 17, 9:59 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson	46 min
Nov 17, 10:08 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes	37 min
Nov 17, 11:31 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wheeler	44 min
Nov 17, 11:50 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	25 min
Nov 17, 12:02 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery	43 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.