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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Nov 23, 2014, 3:03 PM EST for Chattahoochee County, Stewart County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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
- Nov 23, 2014, 3:03 PM EST (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2014, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Stewart County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 3:15 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 W Coffinton, GA | A TORNADO CROSSED INTO STEWART COUNTY FROM ALABAMA AND TRACKED NORTHEAST ON A SEMI-CONTINUOUS 119 MILE PATH. THE TORNADO WAS AN EF-2 AT ITS PEAK...BUT CAUSED EF-1 DAMAGE THROUGH MOST OF ITS TRACK. TREES WERE DOWNED IN STEWART AND TALBOT COUNTIES BEFORE THE TOR |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 1:35 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 430 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
137
WFUS52 KFFC 232003
TORFFC
GAC053-259-232030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0017.141123T2003Z-141123T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
303 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN STEWART COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 330 PM EST
* AT 302 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED OVER LAKEPOINT RESORT STATE PARK...OR NEAR
GEORGETOWN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CUSSETA...OMAHA...LOUVALE...PROVIDENCE CANYON STATE PARK AND
JAMESTOWN/SOUTH FORT BENNING.
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 3199 8504 3199 8506 3202 8505 3208 8505
3209 8504 3213 8506 3218 8501 3220 8496
3221 8498 3222 8498 3222 8493 3225 8492
3226 8489 3229 8493 3234 8481 3222 8473
3198 8500 3197 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 213DEG 41KT 3196 8511
$$2 follow-up statements
542
WWUS52 KFFC 232011
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
311 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
GAC053-259-232030-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-141123T2030Z/
CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-STEWART GA-
311 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CHATTAHOOCHEE AND NORTHWESTERN STEWART COUNTIES...
AT 310 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONFIRMED A
TORNADO BEING TRACKED ON RADAR. EXTREMELY STRONG ROTATION WAS SEEN WITH
THIS STORM AND MAY BE A SIGNIFICANT AND OR STRONG TORNADO. THIS TORNADO LOCATED
NEAR LAKEPOINT RESORT STATE PARK...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF GEORGETOWN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CUSSETA...OMAHA...LOUVALE...PROVIDENCE CANYON STATE PARK AND
JAMESTOWN/SOUTH FORT BENNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3199 8504 3199 8506 3202 8505 3208 8505
3209 8504 3213 8506 3218 8501 3220 8496
3221 8498 3222 8498 3222 8493 3225 8492
3226 8489 3229 8493 3234 8481 3222 8473
3198 8500 3197 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 213DEG 41KT 3204 8505
$$277
WWUS52 KFFC 232025
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
325 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
GAC053-259-232030-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-141123T2030Z/
CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-STEWART GA-
325 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CHATTAHOOCHEE AND NORTHWESTERN STEWART COUNTIES...
AT 313 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A
CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LAKEPOINT RESORT STATE PARK...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF GEORGETOWN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CUSSETA...OMAHA...LOUVALE...PROVIDENCE CANYON STATE PARK AND
JAMESTOWN/SOUTH FORT BENNING.
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 3199 8504 3199 8506 3202 8505 3208 8505
3209 8504 3213 8506 3218 8501 3220 8496
3221 8498 3222 8498 3222 8493 3225 8492
3226 8489 3229 8493 3234 8481 3222 8473
3198 8500 3197 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 213DEG 41KT 3207 8503
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 11:09 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard, Troup | 21 min |
| Nov 23, 11:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Fayette, Haralson, Heard | 28 min |
| Nov 23, 11:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Clayton, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Haralson | 33 min |
| Nov 23, 12:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 27 min |
| Nov 23, 2:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 54 min |
| Nov 23, 3:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee | 40 min |
| Nov 23, 3:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 28 min |
| Nov 23, 3:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley, Webster | 33 min |
| Nov 23, 3:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 32 min |
| Nov 23, 3:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Troup | 35 min |
| Nov 23, 4:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 29 min |
| Nov 23, 4:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Dooly, Macon, Peach, Schley, Sumter and 1 more | 39 min |
| Nov 23, 4:18 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Spalding, Upson | 27 min |
| Nov 23, 4:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Upson | 22 min |
| Nov 23, 4:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Upson | 31 min |
| Nov 23, 4:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Lamar, Spalding | 30 min |
| Nov 23, 4:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam | 39 min |
| Nov 23, 4:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Bleckley, Houston, Jones, Peach, Pulaski and 2 more | 31 min |
| Nov 23, 5:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Dodge, Hancock, Houston and 8 more | 52 min |
| Nov 23, 5:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Walton | 27 min |
| Nov 23, 5:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Dodge, Emanuel, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson and 9 more | 37 min |
| Nov 23, 6:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Taliaferro, Warren and 2 more | 36 min |
| Nov 23, 6:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 29 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.