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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 23, 20144 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Nov 23, 2014, 4:51 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. 3 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, 4:51 PM EST (21:51 UTC)
Expired: Nov 23, 2014, 5:30 PM EST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Putnam County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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, 5:01 PM EST	TORNADO	Juliette, GA	THIS DAMAGE REPORT IS FOR THE TORNADO THAT FORMED NEAR DYAS AND CONTINUED ACROSS THE COUNTY.
Nov 23, 5:05 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Juliette, GA	TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN EXTENDING FROM RUSSELLVILLE TO SMARR TO JULIETTE.
Nov 23, 5:15 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	2 S Monticello, GA	TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 83 SOUTH OF MONTICELLO.

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, 9.9 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

028 
WFUS52 KFFC 232151
TORFFC
GAC159-169-207-237-232230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0023.141123T2151Z-141123T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
451 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHWESTERN JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 530 PM EST
    
* AT 451 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORSYTH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  EATONTON...FORSYTH...MONTICELLO...SHADY DALE...JULIETTE...JARRELL
  PLANTATION...WARFIELD...STANFORDVILLE...BERNER...RESSEAUS
  CROSSROADS...ROCK EAGLE 4-H CENTER...ADGATEVILLE...DAMES FERRY...
  WAYSIDE...WILLARD...ROUND OAK...MCELHENEYS CROSSROADS...CENTRAL
  GEORGIA EXPERIMENT STN...HILLSBORO AND BOLINGBROKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 3289 8384 3301 8400 3320 8385 3318 8382
      3321 8383 3347 8362 3347 8359 3343 8352
      3344 8343 3343 8333 3327 8331
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 224DEG 56KT 3299 8392 

$$

2 follow-up statements

542 
WWUS52 KFFC 232212
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
512 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014

GAC207-232222-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-141123T2230Z/
MONROE GA-
512 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MONROE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT 
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3298 8372 3300 8372 3301 8373 3303 8372
      3313 8382 3318 8382 3321 8383 3347 8362
      3347 8359 3343 8352 3344 8343 3343 8333
      3327 8331
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 217DEG 50KT 3322 8373 

$$

GAC159-169-237-232230-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-141123T2230Z/
JONES GA-JASPER GA-PUTNAM GA-
512 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN JONES...JASPER AND WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES...
    
AT 512 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTICELLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
EATONTON...MONTICELLO...SHADY DALE...JARRELL PLANTATION...WARFIELD...
STANFORDVILLE...RESSEAUS CROSSROADS...ROCK EAGLE 4-H CENTER...
ADGATEVILLE...WAYSIDE...WILLARD...ROUND OAK...MCELHENEYS
CROSSROADS...CENTRAL GEORGIA EXPERIMENT STN AND HILLSBORO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3298 8372 3300 8372 3301 8373 3303 8372
      3313 8382 3318 8382 3321 8383 3347 8362
      3347 8359 3343 8352 3344 8343 3343 8333
      3327 8331
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 217DEG 50KT 3322 8373 

$$

676 
WWUS52 KFFC 232230
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
530 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014

GAC159-169-237-232239-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-141123T2230Z/
JONES GA-JASPER GA-PUTNAM GA-
530 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN JONES...JASPER AND WESTERN
PUTNAM COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM EST...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3298 8372 3300 8372 3301 8373 3303 8372
      3313 8382 3318 8382 3321 8383 3347 8362
      3347 8359 3343 8352 3344 8343 3343 8333
      3327 8331
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 224DEG 56KT 3322 8373 

$$

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, 4:45 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry, Lamar, Spalding	30 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.