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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 11, 2014, 7:44 AM EST for Dawson County, Lumpkin County, Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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
- Jan 11, 2014, 7:44 AM EST (12:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2014, 8:30 AM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dawson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Pickens County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:45 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 452 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 501 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
427
WFUS52 KFFC 111244
TORFFC
GAC085-187-227-111330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0002.140111T1244Z-140111T1330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
744 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN LUMPKIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 830 AM EST
* AT 740 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 22 MILES WEST OF
DAWSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DAHLONEGA.
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. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3465 8389 3459 8386 3456 8387 3453 8383
3450 8384 3446 8389 3447 8393 3446 8392
3442 8398 3434 8397 3433 8401 3433 8426
3438 8426 3439 8455
TIME...MOT...LOC 1244Z 247DEG 39KT 3435 8444
$$1 follow-up statement
830
WWUS52 KFFC 111302
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
802 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
GAC227-111312-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140111T1330Z/
PICKENS GA-
802 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF PICKENS COUNTY.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
LAT...LON 3459 8386 3456 8387 3452 8383 3450 8384
3446 8389 3447 8393 3442 8398 3434 8397
3433 8426 3434 8426 3447 8426 3453 8421
3465 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 1302Z 249DEG 49KT 3444 8415
$$
GAC085-187-111330-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140111T1330Z/
LUMPKIN GA-DAWSON GA-
802 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM EST FOR DAWSON
AND SOUTHERN LUMPKIN COUNTIES...
AT 759 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JUNO...MOVING EAST
AT 55 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DAWSONVILLE...DOUGHERTY...LUMPKIN...AURARIA...DAHLONEGA AND GARLAND.
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. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3459 8386 3456 8387 3452 8383 3450 8384
3446 8389 3447 8393 3442 8398 3434 8397
3433 8426 3434 8426 3447 8426 3453 8421
3465 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 1302Z 249DEG 49KT 3444 8415
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 12:07 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 29 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 11, 1:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Meriwether | 33 min |
| Jan 11, 2:51 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Newton, Spalding | 24 min |
| Jan 11, 3:20 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton | 25 min |
| Jan 11, 6:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Gordon, Walker, Whitfield | 27 min |
| Jan 11, 6:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Haralson, Polk | 36 min |
| Jan 11, 6:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens, Whitfield | 32 min |
| Jan 11, 7:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 27 min |
| Jan 11, 7:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 34 min |
| Jan 11, 7:13 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 32 min |
| Jan 11, 7:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Pickens | 37 min |
| Jan 11, 7:29 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 31 min |
| Jan 11, 7:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Paulding | 23 min |
| Jan 11, 7:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding | 48 min |
| Jan 11, 8:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall | 23 min |
| Jan 11, 8:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Heard | 36 min |
| Jan 11, 8:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Troup | 37 min |
| Jan 11, 8:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson | 16 min |
| Jan 11, 8:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Gwinnett, Jackson, Madison | 48 min |
| Jan 11, 8:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and 4 more | 46 min |
| Jan 11, 8:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Haralson and 3 more | 73 min |
| Jan 11, 8:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Meriwether, Newton and 3 more | 40 min |
| Jan 11, 9:12 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 6 hr |
| Jan 11, 9:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 11, 9:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 30 min |
| Jan 11, 9:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Meriwether, Newton, Pike, Spalding | 29 min |
| Jan 11, 9:42 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 11, 9:57 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 51 hr |
| Jan 11, 10:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Lamar, Morgan, Pike, Talbot and 1 more | 29 min |
| Jan 11, 10:03 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 22 hr |
| Jan 11, 10:17 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 24 hr |
| Jan 11, 10:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton, Gwinnett | 24 hr |
| Jan 11, 10:26 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 2 hr |
| Jan 11, 10:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Oglethorpe, Putnam and 3 more | 46 min |
| Jan 11, 10:32 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 24 hr |
| Jan 11, 10:41 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 3 days |
| Jan 11, 11:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Marion, Peach, Schley, Stewart, Sumter and 2 more | 45 min |
| Jan 11, 11:06 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 24 hr |
| Jan 11, 11:19 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Hancock, Jones, Putnam and 1 more | 26 min |
| Jan 11, 11:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Crisp, Dooly, Hancock and 9 more | 47 min |
| Jan 11, 12:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 37 min |
| Jan 11, 12:18 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Madison, Morgan, Oconee and 4 more | 72 min |
| Jan 11, 12:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 32 min |
| Jan 11, 12:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox | 24 min |
| Jan 11, 12:54 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 43 hr |
| Jan 11, 1:00 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Elbert, Madison, Oglethorpe | 22 hr |
| Jan 11, 1:05 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 24 hr |
| Jan 11, 1:21 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 39 min |
| Jan 11, 1:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 46 min |
| Jan 11, 2:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Toombs | 15 min |
| Jan 11, 4:04 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 24 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:27 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 36 hr |
| Jan 11, 5:51 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton | 24 hr |
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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.