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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Nov 23, 2014, 4:01 PM EST for Talbot County, Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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
- Nov 23, 2014, 4:01 PM EST (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2014, 4:30 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Talbot County, GA, Upson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 4:10 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Geneva, GA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...SOME TWISTED... IN AN AREA ALONG HIGHWAY 80 BETWEEN GENEVA AND TALBOTTON. |
| Nov 23, 4:10 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 N Geneva, GA | THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE TORNADO THAT FORMED IN ALABAMA AND MOVED INTO STEWART COUNTY AND NORTHEAST FOR OVER 100 MILES. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...SOME TWISTED... IN AN AREA ALONG HIGHWAY 80 BETWEEN GENEVA AND TALBOTTON. |
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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 79 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.
134
WFUS52 KFFC 232101
TORFFC
GAC263-293-232130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0019.141123T2101Z-141123T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
401 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
CENTRAL TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 430 PM EST
* AT 400 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
DETECT A TORNADO ON RADAR THAT HAS SHOWN LOFTED DEBRIS. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED OVER GENEVA...OR NEAR TALBOTTON...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TALBOTTON...JUNCTION CITY...GENEVA...PRATTSBURG...BALDWINVILLE...PO
BIDDY CROSSROADS...PLEASANT HILL AND BIG LAZER CREEK WMA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3253 8462 3257 8464 3286 8451 3285 8436
3275 8428 3274 8429 3272 8434 3270 8434
3254 8455 3255 8455 3253 8457
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 214DEG 42KT 3259 8459
$$1 follow-up statement
469
WWUS52 KFFC 232113
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
413 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
GAC263-293-232130-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-141123T2130Z/
UPSON GA-TALBOT GA-
413 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EST FOR CENTRAL
UPSON AND CENTRAL TALBOT COUNTIES...
AT 411 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE
TO DETECT A TORNADO THAT HAS LOFTED DEBRIS FROM CAUSING PREVIOUS DAMAGE.
THIS DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER TALBOTTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TALBOTTON...PRATTSBURG...BIG LAZER CREEK WMA...BALDWINVILLE...PO
BIDDY CROSSROADS AND PLEASANT HILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3264 8453 3273 8457 3286 8451 3285 8436
3275 8428 3274 8429 3272 8434 3270 8434
3264 8442
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 214DEG 42KT 3270 8450
$$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, 3:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 27 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, 4:06 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.