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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Nov 23, 2014, 4:23 PM EST for Lamar County, Pike County, Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 22 min. 6 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, 4:23 PM EST (21:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2014, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lamar County, GA, Pike County, GA, Upson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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, 4:25 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ssw Silvertown, GA | TREES SNAPPED AND POWER LINES DOWNED AT EMMAUS CHURCH RD AND MILL RACE RD. |
| Nov 23, 4:25 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Thomaston, GA | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Nov 23, 4:27 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Delray, GA | A HOME WAS DAMAGED BY A FALLING TREE AT ADAMS RD AND DELRAY RD. |
| Nov 23, 4:27 PM EST | TORNADO | Delray, GA | THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE TORNADO THAT FORMED IN ALABAMA AND MOVED INTO STEWART COUNTY AND NORTHEAST FOR OVER 100 MILES. A HOME WAS DAMAGED BY A FALLING TREE AT ADAMS RD AND DELRAY RD ALONG WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO OTHER HOMES IN THE AREA. |
| Nov 23, 4:40 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 Nne Milner Crossroads, GA | THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE TORNADO THAT FORMED IN ALABAMA AND MOVED INTO STEWART COUNTY AND NORTHEAST FOR GREATER THAN 100 MILES. A METAL BUILDING SYSTEM HAD ITS ROOF COMPROMISED AND WALLS WERE PARTIALLY PULLED FROM THE BUILDING. NUMEROUS TREES WERE ALSO SN |
| Nov 23, 4:50 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 Nne Milner Crossroads, GA | THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE TORNADO THAT FORMED IN ALABAMA AND MOVED INTO STEWART COUNTY AND NORTHEAST FOR GREATER THAN 100 MILES. A METAL BUILDING SYSTEM HAD ITS ROOF COMPROMISED AND WALLS WERE PARTIALLY PULLED FROM THE BUILDING. NUMEROUS TREES WERE ALSO SN |
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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 53 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.
893
WFUS52 KFFC 232123
TORFFC
GAC171-231-293-232145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0020.141123T2123Z-141123T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
423 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 445 PM EST
* AT 422 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
DETECT A TORNADO THAT HAS A LONG HISTORY OF SHOWING DEBRIS ON RADAR.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS NEAR LINCOLN PARK...OR NEAR THOMASTON
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
THOMASTON...BARNESVILLE...MILNER...YATESVILLE...MEANSVILLE...
ALDORA...THE ROCK...SUNSET VILLAGE...LINCOLN PARK...REDBONE...
ATWATER...SUNNYSIDE...JOHNSTONVILLE...HANNAHS MILL...GOGGINS...
REDBONE CROSSROADS...PIEDMONT AND LIBERTY HILL.
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 3317 8427 3317 8404 3297 8404 3293 8410
3293 8412 3291 8412 3279 8431 3278 8438
3283 8441 3284 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 214DEG 42KT 3284 8438
$$1 follow-up statement
050
WWUS52 KFFC 232139
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
439 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
GAC171-231-293-232145-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-141123T2145Z/
UPSON GA-PIKE GA-LAMAR GA-
439 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN UPSON...SOUTHEASTERN PIKE AND LAMAR COUNTIES...
AT 437 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
DETECT A TORNADO WITH A LONG HISTORY OF PRODUCING DEBRIS ON RADAR.
LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER THE ROCK...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BARNESVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BARNESVILLE...MILNER...YATESVILLE...MEANSVILLE...ALDORA...THE ROCK...
REDBONE...GOGGINS...PIEDMONT...LIBERTY HILL AND JOHNSTONVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3317 8427 3317 8404 3297 8404 3293 8410
3293 8412 3291 8412 3289 8416 3287 8419
3290 8422 3296 8431 3306 8432
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 214DEG 42KT 3299 8426
$$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, 4:01 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, 4:29 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.