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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Nov 2, 2015, 4:59 PM EST for Montgomery County, Toombs County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 2, 2015, 4:59 PM EST (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 2, 2015, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Montgomery County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Wheeler County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 577 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
433
WFUS52 KFFC 022159
TORFFC
GAC209-279-309-022245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0012.151102T2159Z-151102T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
459 PM EST MON NOV 2 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN TOOMBS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN WHEELER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 545 PM EST
* AT 459 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LUMBER CITY...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF
HAZLEHURST...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
VIDALIA...UVALDA...SANTA CLAUS...ALSTON...CEDAR CROSSING...JOHNSON
CORNER...ROCK SPRINGS...CHARLOTTEVILLE...TOOMBS CENTRAL...JORDAN...
SOUTH THOMPSON...CENTER...SPRING HILL AND MCNATT FALLS.
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 3193 8265 3196 8269 3201 8273 3201 8276
3221 8241 3216 8227 3201 8228 3197 8247
3197 8249 3195 8251 3196 8253 3196 8257
3194 8259 3192 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 244DEG 36KT 3199 8266
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
838
WWUS52 KFFC 022215
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
515 PM EST MON NOV 2 2015
GAC309-022224-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-151102T2245Z/
WHEELER GA-
515 PM EST MON NOV 2 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WHEELER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3199 8256 3201 8260 3203 8260 3203 8261
3205 8261 3221 8241 3216 8227 3203 8228
3198 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 245DEG 27KT 3202 8255
$$
GAC209-279-022245-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-151102T2245Z/
MONTGOMERY GA-TOOMBS GA-
515 PM EST MON NOV 2 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN
MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHWESTERN TOOMBS COUNTIES...
AT 514 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF UVALDA...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNT VERNON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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
VIDALIA...UVALDA...SANTA CLAUS...ALSTON...CEDAR CROSSING...TOOMBS
CENTRAL...JOHNSON CORNER...ROCK SPRINGS...CHARLOTTEVILLE...SOUTH
THOMPSON AND CENTER.
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 3199 8256 3201 8260 3203 8260 3203 8261
3205 8261 3221 8241 3216 8227 3203 8228
3198 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 245DEG 27KT 3202 8255
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$934
WWUS52 KFFC 022241
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
541 PM EST MON NOV 2 2015
GAC209-279-022250-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-151102T2245Z/
MONTGOMERY GA-TOOMBS GA-
541 PM EST MON NOV 2 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHWESTERN
TOOMBS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM EST...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY
RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM THROUGH AT LEAST 600 PM EST.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3199 8256 3201 8260 3203 8260 3203 8261
3205 8261 3221 8241 3216 8227 3203 8228
3198 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 244DEG 36KT 3202 8255
$$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, 4:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Telfair | 30 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.