Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 1, 2016, 7:58 AM EDT for Twiggs County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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
- Apr 1, 2016, 7:58 AM EDT (11:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2016, 8:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Twiggs County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 8:06 AM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Ene Bullard, GA | WEAK EF0 TORNADO. SAME STORM THAT CAUSED THE WARNER ROBBINS TORNADO SPUN UP BRIEFLY SNAPPING A FEW TREES ALONG BULLARD ROAD. MAX WIND 65 MPH. WIDTH 60 YARDS. LENGTH 0.6MI. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 7:26 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
831
WFUS52 KFFC 011158
TORFFC
GAC289-319-011230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0005.160401T1158Z-160401T1230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
758 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN WILKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
CENTRAL TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 830 AM EDT
* AT 758 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE...OR 9 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JEFFERSONVILLE...DANVILLE...ALLENTOWN...MARION...DISTRICT PATH AND
BULLARD.
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 3258 8354 3260 8354 3261 8355 3263 8354
3266 8356 3266 8358 3267 8358 3276 8318
3260 8320 3258 8323 3256 8327
TIME...MOT...LOC 1158Z 261DEG 32KT 3265 8351
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, 7:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach, Twiggs | 30 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 |
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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.