Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 21, 2014, 8:23 AM EST for Johnson County, Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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
- Feb 21, 2014, 8:23 AM EST (13:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2014, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 8:26 AM EST | TORNADO | 3 Ene Holly Hills, GA | POSSIBLE TORNADO TREES DOWN AND HOUSES DAMAGED NORTH OF DUBLIN. |
| Feb 21, 8:38 AM EST | TORNADO | Spann, GA | POSSIBLE TORNADO. TWELVE STRUCTURES DAMAGED. ONE BARN AND SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED. LARGE DOORS RIPPED OFF THE PINEY MOUNT FIRESTATION. MULTIPLE TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. |
| Feb 21, 8:38 AM EST | TORNADO | Spann, GA | NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED TORNADO IN LAURENS COUNTY CONTINUED INTO JOHNSON COUNTY. TORNADO START TIME 821 AM...TORNADO END TIME 841 AM. SEE PNS FOR MORE DETAILS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 6:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 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 211323
TORFFC
GAC167-175-211400-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0005.140221T1323Z-140221T1400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
823 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 900 AM EST
* AT 821 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER DUBLIN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EAST
DUBLIN AND WRIGHTSVILLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE
A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3251 8297 3262 8301 3280 8269 3279 8268
3278 8266 3279 8264 3279 8263 3264 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 1323Z 246DEG 39KT 3259 8293
$$1 follow-up statement
994 WWUS52 KFFC 211343 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 843 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 GAC175-211353- /O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140221T1400Z/ LAURENS GA- 843 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3262 8269 3269 8273 3275 8261 3264 8255 TIME...MOT...LOC 1343Z 249DEG 44KT 3267 8267 $$ GAC167-211400- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140221T1400Z/ JOHNSON GA- 843 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST FOR CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY... AT 841 AM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY..MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3262 8269 3269 8273 3275 8261 3264 8255 TIME...MOT...LOC 1343Z 249DEG 44KT 3267 8267 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 12:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 32 min |
| Feb 21, 12:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 48 min |
| Feb 21, 1:44 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 31 min |
| Feb 21, 1:51 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 39 min |
| Feb 21, 2:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 38 min |
| Feb 21, 2:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Polk | 47 min |
| Feb 21, 2:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 23 min |
| Feb 21, 2:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 45 min |
| Feb 21, 2:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Murray | 44 min |
| Feb 21, 3:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Pike, Spalding | 41 min |
| Feb 21, 3:40 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens and 1 more | 65 min |
| Feb 21, 3:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 44 min |
| Feb 21, 4:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee, Talbot | 52 min |
| Feb 21, 4:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding | 49 min |
| Feb 21, 4:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 26 min |
| Feb 21, 4:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin, Towns, White | 27 min |
| Feb 21, 4:55 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe, Upson | 65 min |
| Feb 21, 5:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 42 min |
| Feb 21, 5:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Schley | 49 min |
| Feb 21, 5:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 58 min |
| Feb 21, 5:22 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Stewart, Webster | 68 min |
| Feb 21, 5:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 53 min |
| Feb 21, 5:41 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 49 min |
| Feb 21, 5:42 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 21 hr |
| Feb 21, 5:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 46 min |
| Feb 21, 6:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 34 min |
| Feb 21, 6:21 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Peach, Taylor | 54 min |
| Feb 21, 6:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Schley | 50 min |
| Feb 21, 6:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones, Monroe, Putnam | 32 min |
| Feb 21, 6:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 40 min |
| Feb 21, 7:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes, Wilkinson | 35 min |
| Feb 21, 7:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Twiggs | 49 min |
| Feb 21, 7:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 15 min |
| Feb 21, 7:42 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Glascock, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington and 2 more | 48 min |
| Feb 21, 8:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 43 min |
| Feb 21, 8:48 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson | 27 min |
| Feb 21, 8:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler | 38 min |
| Feb 21, 9:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 32 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.