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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Nov 2, 2015, 4:00 PM EST for Telfair County, 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 2, 2015, 4:00 PM EST (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 2, 2015, 4:30 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Telfair County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 2, 4:06 PM EST | TORNADO | China Hill, GA | NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM FOUND 15-20 TREES SNAPPED ALONG WITH STRUCTURAL DAMAGE /ROOF LIFTED OFF BUILDING/ IN SOUTHERN TELFAIR COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF GA 117 AND CHINA HILL RD |
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 2, 1:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
650
WFUS52 KFFC 022100
TORFFC
GAC271-022130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0010.151102T2100Z-151102T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
400 PM EST MON NOV 2 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 430 PM EST
* AT 400 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF RHINE...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST
OF FITZGERALD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MILAN...WORKMORE...CHINA HILL AND TEMPERANCE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
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 3182 8311 3181 8311 3181 8313 3182 8314
3182 8315 3183 8315 3184 8317 3186 8318
3187 8318 3190 8321 3207 8300 3201 8286
3187 8288 3181 8310
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 235DEG 34KT 3184 8318
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
084
WWUS52 KFFC 022111
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
411 PM EST MON NOV 2 2015
GAC271-022130-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-151102T2130Z/
TELFAIR GA-
411 PM EST MON NOV 2 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EST FOR CENTRAL
TELFAIR COUNTY...
AT 410 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF CHINA HILL OR 7 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF
JACKSONVILLE...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF FITZGERALD...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WORKMORE...CHINA HILL AND TEMPERANCE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3182 8311 3188 8316 3204 8295 3201 8286
3188 8288 3188 8290
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 242DEG 30KT 3187 8309
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 7:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 36 min |
| Nov 2, 6:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett | 65 min |
| Nov 2, 7:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb and 10 more | 61 min |
| Nov 2, 7:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 38 min |
| Nov 2, 8:00 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 22 hr |
| Nov 2, 8:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 27 min |
| Nov 2, 8:24 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 13 hr |
| Nov 2, 8:24 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 12 hr |
| Nov 2, 8:24 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 13 hr |
| Nov 2, 8:24 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 13 hr |
| Nov 2, 8:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 38 min |
| Nov 2, 8:40 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Forsyth and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Nov 2, 9:27 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 27 hr |
| Nov 2, 9:27 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 48 hr |
| Nov 2, 9:27 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 29 hr |
| Nov 2, 9:27 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 43 hr |
| Nov 2, 9:27 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 43 hr |
| Nov 2, 9:27 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 4 days |
| Nov 2, 9:44 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 15 hr |
| Nov 2, 9:52 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 8 hr |
| Nov 2, 9:52 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 13 hr |
| Nov 2, 12:01 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 13 hr |
| Nov 2, 1:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 38 min |
| Nov 2, 2:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 28 min |
| Nov 2, 2:21 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Elbert, Madison, Oglethorpe | 26 hr |
| Nov 2, 2:56 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 42 hr |
| Nov 2, 3:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 27 min |
| Nov 2, 3:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 31 min |
| Nov 2, 4:07 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery | 23 min |
| Nov 2, 4:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 33 min |
| Nov 2, 4:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 29 min |
| Nov 2, 4:51 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Newton | 25 hr |
| Nov 2, 4:51 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 24 hr |
| Nov 2, 4:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler | 46 min |
| Nov 2, 5:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 16 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.