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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Nov 23, 2014, 4:45 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 30 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, 4:45 PM EST (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2014, 5:15 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Butts County, GA, Henry County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Spalding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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, 4:50 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 nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 40 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.
144
WFUS52 KFFC 232145
TORFFC
GAC035-151-171-255-232215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0022.141123T2145Z-141123T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
445 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BUTTS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
EASTERN SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 515 PM EST
* AT 443 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE
TO DETECT A TORNADO THAT HAS A LONG HISTORY OF PRODUCING DEBRIS
ON RADAR AND CAUSING NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS OVER MILNER...OR NEAR BARNESVILLE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MCDONOUGH...BARNESVILLE...JACKSON...LOCUST GROVE...MILNER...
JENKINSBURG...ORCHARD HILL...ALDORA...CHAPPEL MILL...MCKIBBEN...
WORTHVILLE...WALKER MILL...BLACKSVILLE...OLA...FINCHERVILLE...
LIBERTY HILL AND LUELLA.
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 3348 8414 3348 8396 3338 8388 3320 8402
3320 8404 3318 8404 3305 8414 3302 8424
3305 8425 3311 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 206DEG 50KT 3311 8420
$$2 follow-up statements
963
WWUS52 KFFC 232200
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
500 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
GAC035-151-171-255-232215-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-141123T2215Z/
BUTTS GA-SPALDING GA-LAMAR GA-HENRY GA-
500 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EST FOR CENTRAL
BUTTS...EASTERN SPALDING...NORTHEASTERN LAMAR AND SOUTHEASTERN HENRY
COUNTIES...
AT 458 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE
TO DETECT A LONG TRACKED AND DANGEROUS TORNADO THAT HAS A LONG HISTORY
OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE. IT CONTINUES TO SHOW
IMPRESSIVE DEBRIS ON RADAR. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER LOCUST
GROVE...OR 7 MILES WEST OF JACKSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MCDONOUGH...JACKSON...LOCUST GROVE...JENKINSBURG...WORTHVILLE...
MCKIBBEN...CHAPPEL MILL...OLA AND FINCHERVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3348 8414 3348 8396 3338 8388 3320 8402
3320 8404 3318 8404 3317 8409 3319 8416
3324 8416
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 206DEG 50KT 3330 8409
$$784
WWUS52 KFFC 232210
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
510 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
GAC171-255-232218-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-141123T2215Z/
SPALDING GA-LAMAR GA-
510 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN SPALDING AND NORTHEASTERN LAMAR
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3348 8405 3348 8396 3338 8388 3326 8397
3327 8401 3331 8406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 216DEG 45KT 3336 8396
$$
GAC035-151-232215-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-141123T2215Z/
BUTTS GA-HENRY GA-
510 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EST FOR CENTRAL
BUTTS AND SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTIES...
AT 508 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
DETECT A LONG TRACKED TORNADO WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE AND LOFTED DEBRIS ON RADAR. THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS LOCATED NEAR
JACKSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
JACKSON...JENKINSBURG...WORTHVILLE...OLA AND FINCHERVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3348 8405 3348 8396 3338 8388 3326 8397
3327 8401 3331 8406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 216DEG 45KT 3336 8396
$$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, 4:23 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, 4:51 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.