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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 1, 2016Houston County, Peach County, Twiggs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 1, 2016, 7:30 AM EDT for Houston County, Peach County, Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 min. 4 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: Apr 1, 2016, 7:30 AM EDT (11:30 UTC)
Expired: Apr 1, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Houston County, GA, Peach County, GA, Twiggs County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:31 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 1, 7:34 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ne Powersville, GA	TWO PINE TREES DOWN ALONG KAY RD SOUTH OF BYRON. ESTIMATED WINDS 60 MPH. DAMAGE LOCATION LINES UP WITH WHERE POSSIBLE TORNADO COULD HAVE TOUCHED DOWN.
Apr 1, 7:42 AM EDT	TORNADO	Fairview Estates, GA	A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST NORTHEAST OF CENTERVILLE AND INITIALLY TOOK OUT TREES ALONG SENTRY OAKS DRIVE. AS IT MOVED EAST THE TORNADO BRIEFLY REACHED EF-1 INTENSITY WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WINDS AROUND 90 MPH AT NAPIER AVE AND FISHER ST WHERE LARGE TREES WERE
Apr 1, 7:42 AM EDT	TORNADO	Fairview Estates, GA	A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST NORTHEAST OF CENTERVILLE AND INITIALLY TOOK OUT TREES ALONG SENTRY OAKS DRIVE. AS IT MOVED EAST THE TORNADO BRIEFLY REACHED EF-1 INTENSITY WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WINDS AROUND 90 MPH AT NAPIER AVE AND FISHER ST WHERE LARGE TREES WERE
Apr 1, 7:49 AM EDT	TSTM WND GST 83	1 Se Elberta, GA	WARNER ROBINS ASOS STATION REPORTED PEAK GUST OF 72 KTS OUT OF SW JUST NORTH OF STRONG ROTATION SIGNATURE.

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
Mar 31, 9:14 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	18 hr
Apr 1, 7:26 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 112 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 138 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 260 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

666 
WFUS52 KFFC 011130
TORFFC
GAC153-225-289-011200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0004.160401T1130Z-160401T1200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
730 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN PEACH COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 800 AM EDT
    
* AT 730 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED OVER BYRON...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT VALLEY...MOVING
  EAST 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. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WARNER ROBINS...CENTERVILLE...BYRON...ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE...ELBERTA...
  BONAIRE...POWERVILLE AND LAKEWOOD.

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE 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 3257 8387 3261 8388 3268 8379 3268 8367
      3267 8363 3266 8362 3266 8360 3267 8360
      3267 8361 3269 8361 3269 8352 3252 8346
TIME...MOT...LOC 1130Z 266DEG 31KT 3264 8380 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

1 follow-up statement

772 
WWUS52 KFFC 011154
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
754 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2016

GAC225-011203-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160401T1200Z/
PEACH GA-
754 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PEACH COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL
GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3256 8362 3261 8364 3264 8364 3265 8363
      3267 8363 3266 8362 3266 8360 3267 8360
      3267 8361 3269 8361 3269 8352 3256 8348
TIME...MOT...LOC 1153Z 262DEG 32KT 3263 8356 

$$

GAC153-289-011200-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160401T1200Z/
TWIGGS GA-HOUSTON GA-
754 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL TWIGGS AND NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTIES...
    
AT 753 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE...OR 13 MILES WEST OF
JEFFERSONVILLE...MOVING EAST 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
WARNER ROBINS...ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE AND ELBERTA. 

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3256 8362 3261 8364 3264 8364 3265 8363
      3267 8363 3266 8362 3266 8360 3267 8360
      3267 8361 3269 8361 3269 8352 3256 8348
TIME...MOT...LOC 1153Z 262DEG 32KT 3263 8356 

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
Mar 31, 10:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Meriwether, Troup	41 min
Mar 31, 11:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Harris, Henry, Lamar and 7 more	64 min
Mar 31, 11:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Gordon	40 min
Apr 1, 12:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Putnam	48 min
Apr 1, 12:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Jackson	32 min
Apr 1, 12:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Spalding, Upson	43 min
Apr 1, 1:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Pike, Talbot and 1 more	40 min
Apr 1, 1:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Lamar, Marion, Talbot, Taylor, Upson	41 min
Apr 1, 2:57 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Crawford, Marion, Talbot, Taylor, Upson	33 min
Apr 1, 3:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs, Wilkinson	40 min
Apr 1, 4:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington, Wilkinson	42 min
Apr 1, 4:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette, Henry, Pike, Spalding	44 min
Apr 1, 4:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	24 min
Apr 1, 5:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Troup	44 min
Apr 1, 6:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Monroe, Muscogee, Pike, Talbot, Taylor and 1 more	44 min
Apr 1, 6:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Peach, Taylor	46 min
Apr 1, 6:54 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Crawford, Peach, Taylor	36 min
Apr 1, 7:58 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Twiggs, Wilkinson	32 min
Apr 1, 8:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	31 min
Apr 1, 8:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	41 min
Apr 1, 8:52 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson	38 min
Apr 1, 9:29 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Crawford, Talbot, Taylor, Upson	4 days
Apr 1, 9:29 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Jones	25 hr
Apr 1, 9:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens	29 min
Apr 1, 10:02 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	31 hr
Apr 1, 10:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson	12 min
Apr 1, 10:40 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Treutlen	35 min
Apr 1, 11:15 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Emanuel	15 min
Apr 1, 11:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster	42 min
Apr 1, 12:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel	35 min
Apr 1, 12:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon	28 min
Apr 1, 12:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter, Webster	23 min
Apr 1, 1:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	28 min
Apr 1, 1:03 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson	5 days
Apr 1, 1:03 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs	51 hr
Apr 1, 1:03 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Putnam	21 hr
Apr 1, 1:53 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson	26 hr
Apr 1, 1:53 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson	5 days
Apr 1, 1:53 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dooly, Macon, Sumter	42 hr
Apr 1, 1:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	34 min
Apr 1, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Laurens, Wheeler	47 min
Apr 1, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	25 min
Apr 1, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson, Washington	47 min
Apr 1, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair, Wilcox	21 min
Apr 1, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox	49 min
Apr 1, 3:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Harris, Houston, Jones and 9 more	18 hr
Apr 1, 3:45 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler	24 hr

Nearby

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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.