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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Nov 23, 2014, 5:18 PM EST for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 27 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, 5:18 PM EST (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2014, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Butts County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Walton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 5:25 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 Wnw Malcolm Woods, GA | THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE TORNADO THAT FORMED IN ALABAMA AND MOVED INTO STEWART COUNTY AND NORTHEAST FOR GREATER THAN 100 MILES. NUMEROUS TREES IN THE AREA WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. |
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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 77 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.
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WFUS52 KFFC 232218
TORFFC
GAC035-159-211-217-297-232245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0024.141123T2218Z-141123T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
518 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BUTTS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
EASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 545 PM EST
* AT 517 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
DETECT A TORNADO WITH A LONG HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD DAMAGE
AND LOFTING DEBRIS ON RADAR. THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS LOCATED 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MANSFIELD...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
COVINGTON...SOCIAL CIRCLE...RUTLEDGE...NEWBORN...MANSFIELD...
JERSEY...STEWART...EBENEZER...STARRSVILLE...WORTHVILLE...HARD LABOR
CREEK STATE PARK...BRICK STORE...TURTLE COVE...HERNDONVILLE AND
NORTH ALCOVY.
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 3375 8357 3362 8349 3334 8388 3339 8395
3373 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 218DEG 51KT 3343 8387
$$2 follow-up statements
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WWUS52 KFFC 232226
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
526 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
GAC035-232235-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-141123T2245Z/
BUTTS GA-
526 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BUTTS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3375 8357 3362 8349 3343 8376 3349 8391
3373 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 218DEG 51KT 3353 8378
$$
GAC159-211-217-297-232245-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-141123T2245Z/
JASPER GA-NEWTON GA-WALTON GA-MORGAN GA-
526 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN JASPER...EASTERN NEWTON...SOUTHEASTERN WALTON AND
NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTIES...
AT 525 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
DETECT A TORNADO WITH A LONG HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD DAMAGE
AND LOFTING DEBRIS ON RADAR. THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS LOCATED OVER
MANSFIELD...OR NEAR COVINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. IT LOOKS
TO CROSS INTERSTATE 20 NEAR BRICK STORE.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
COVINGTON...SOCIAL CIRCLE...RUTLEDGE...NEWBORN...MANSFIELD...
JERSEY...STARRSVILLE...HARD LABOR CREEK STATE PARK...BRICK STORE...
HERNDONVILLE AND EBENEZER.
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 3375 8357 3362 8349 3343 8376 3349 8391
3373 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 218DEG 51KT 3353 8378
$$747
WWUS52 KFFC 232242
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
542 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
GAC159-211-217-297-232251-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-141123T2245Z/
JASPER GA-NEWTON GA-WALTON GA-MORGAN GA-
542 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN JASPER...EASTERN NEWTON...
SOUTHEASTERN WALTON AND NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
545 PM EST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS BEEN WEAKENING...AND NO LONGER
APPEARS TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
PEACHTREE CITY.
LAT...LON 3375 8357 3362 8349 3343 8376 3349 8391
3373 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 218DEG 51KT 3353 8378
$$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, 4:51 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, 5:38 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.