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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 23, 2014Talbot County, Upson County, Georgia

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.

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 23, 4:10 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG2 N Geneva, GANUMEROUS TREES DOWN...SOME TWISTED... IN AN AREA ALONG HIGHWAY 80 BETWEEN GENEVA AND TALBOTTON.
Nov 23, 4:10 PM ESTTORNADO2 N Geneva, GATHIS 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 23, 1:35 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2014-11-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2014-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 23, 11:09 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard, Troup21 min
Nov 23, 11:32 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Coweta, Fayette, Haralson, Heard28 min
Nov 23, 11:57 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Clayton, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Haralson33 min
Nov 23, 12:33 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton27 min
Nov 23, 2:51 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Gilmer54 min
Nov 23, 3:03 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCChattahoochee, Stewart27 min
Nov 23, 3:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee40 min
Nov 23, 3:32 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot28 min
Nov 23, 3:42 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley, Webster33 min
Nov 23, 3:43 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris32 min
Nov 23, 3:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Troup35 min
Nov 23, 4:06 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Dooly, Macon, Peach, Schley, Sumter and 1 more39 min
Nov 23, 4:18 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Pike, Spalding, Upson27 min
Nov 23, 4:23 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCLamar, Pike, Upson22 min
Nov 23, 4:29 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCrawford, Lamar, Monroe, Upson31 min
Nov 23, 4:45 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCButts, Henry, Lamar, Spalding30 min
Nov 23, 4:51 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam39 min
Nov 23, 4:59 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Bleckley, Houston, Jones, Peach, Pulaski and 2 more31 min
Nov 23, 5:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Dodge, Hancock, Houston and 8 more52 min
Nov 23, 5:18 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCButts, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Walton27 min
Nov 23, 5:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Dodge, Emanuel, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson and 9 more37 min
Nov 23, 6:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Taliaferro, Warren and 2 more36 min
Nov 23, 6:46 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs29 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.