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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2017, 2:24 PM EDT for Hancock County, Taliaferro County, Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. 2 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 3, 2017, 2:24 PM EDT (18:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2017, 3:03 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Hancock County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Warren County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 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 3, 2:25 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Wnw Shoulderbone, GA | WEBEOC REPORT OF TREES DOWN BLOCKING SR16 AT GREEN SPRING RD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Apr 3, 2:59 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sparta, GA | TREES DOWN ON GA-15 NEAR DOLLAR GENERAL AND ON THE WAY MOTORS |
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 3, 10:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:07 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -350 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 987 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 392 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
852
WFUS52 KFFC 031824
TORFFC
GAC141-265-301-031915-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0032.170403T1824Z-170403T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
224 PM EDT MON APR 3 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Warren County in east central Georgia...
Northern Hancock County in east central Georgia...
Southwestern Taliaferro County in east central Georgia...
* Until 315 PM EDT
* At 224 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Oconee Springs Park, or 11 miles east of Eatonton,
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.
* Locations impacted include...
Sparta, Springfield, Shoulderbone, Powelton, Mayfield and
Culverton.
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 3320 8313 3330 8318 3331 8315 3332 8315
3334 8314 3335 8316 3336 8316 3344 8305
3354 8286 3333 8272
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 245DEG 33KT 3328 8319
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
245
WWUS52 KFFC 031848
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
248 PM EDT MON APR 3 2017
GAC141-265-301-031915-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-170403T1915Z/
Warren GA-Hancock GA-Taliaferro GA-
248 PM EDT MON APR 3 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN WARREN...NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK AND SOUTH CENTRAL
TALIAFERRO COUNTIES...
At 248 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Powelton, or 9 miles northeast of Sparta, moving
northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Powelton, Mayfield and Culverton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3354 8286 3333 8272 3328 8289 3348 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 245DEG 43KT 3340 8289
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$675
WWUS52 KFFC 031903 RRA
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
303 PM EDT MON APR 3 2017
GAC141-265-301-031913-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-170403T1915Z/
Warren GA-Hancock GA-Taliaferro GA-
303 PM EDT MON APR 3 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WARREN...NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK
AND SOUTH CENTRAL TALIAFERRO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled. However gusty winds and heavy rain are still
possible with this thunderstorm.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for east central
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3354 8286 3333 8272 3328 8289 3348 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 245DEG 33KT 3346 8273
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 10:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 10:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Heard, Polk | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 10:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oconee | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 10:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 10:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 10:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard, Troup | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 10:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 10:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 11:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Paulding | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 11:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 11:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Hancock | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 11:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Paulding | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 11:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 11:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether, Troup | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 11:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 11:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 11:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 11:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 11:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 11:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fulton | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 11:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 11:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 16 min |
| Apr 3, 11:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 11:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 11:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 11:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Pike, Spalding, Upson | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 12:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 12:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin, White | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 12:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 12:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 12:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford, Monroe, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 12:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor, Webster | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 12:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Spalding | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 12:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Jackson, Walton | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 12:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Macon, Peach, Schley, Taylor | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 1:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Walton | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 1:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach, Twiggs | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Macon, Peach | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Walton | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Jasper, Jones, Putnam, Twiggs and 1 more | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 1:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jasper, Jones, Putnam | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Bleckley, Dodge, Houston, Laurens, Pulaski and 2 more | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Jones, Putnam, Twiggs, Washington and 1 more | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro and 1 more | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 2:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski, Telfair, Wheeler and 1 more | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 2:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington and 1 more | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Washington | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 3:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen and 1 more | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen | 26 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.