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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 2, 2015Telfair County, Georgia

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.

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 2, 4:06 PM ESTTORNADOChina Hill, GANWS 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 2, 1:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2015-11-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 230 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2015-11-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 1, 7:39 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox36 min
Nov 2, 6:25 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett65 min
Nov 2, 7:29 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb and 10 more61 min
Nov 2, 7:52 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris38 min
Nov 2, 8:00 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth22 hr
Nov 2, 8:03 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup27 min
Nov 2, 8:24 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton13 hr
Nov 2, 8:24 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton12 hr
Nov 2, 8:24 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton13 hr
Nov 2, 8:24 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett13 hr
Nov 2, 8:37 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris38 min
Nov 2, 8:40 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningFFCBanks, Barrow, Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Forsyth and 4 more12 hr
Nov 2, 9:27 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett27 hr
Nov 2, 9:27 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCClayton, Fayette, Spalding48 hr
Nov 2, 9:27 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Rockdale29 hr
Nov 2, 9:27 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale43 hr
Nov 2, 9:27 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson43 hr
Nov 2, 9:27 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCClarke, Greene, Oconee4 days
Nov 2, 9:44 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett, Walton15 hr
Nov 2, 9:52 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton8 hr
Nov 2, 9:52 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb13 hr
Nov 2, 12:01 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth13 hr
Nov 2, 1:37 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter38 min
Nov 2, 2:02 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly28 min
Nov 2, 2:21 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCElbert, Madison, Oglethorpe26 hr
Nov 2, 2:56 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Heard42 hr
Nov 2, 3:03 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski27 min
Nov 2, 3:59 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley31 min
Nov 2, 4:07 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery23 min
Nov 2, 4:27 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler33 min
Nov 2, 4:31 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington29 min
Nov 2, 4:51 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCButts, Henry, Newton25 hr
Nov 2, 4:51 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale24 hr
Nov 2, 4:59 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs, Wheeler46 min
Nov 2, 5:44 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs16 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.