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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 23, 2017Dooly County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2017, 1:41 PM EDT for Dooly County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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: May 23, 2017, 1:41 PM EDT (17:41 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2017, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Dooly County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:40 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
May 23, 10:10 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 77 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

063 
WFUS52 KFFC 231741
TORFFC
GAC093-231815-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0059.170523T1741Z-170523T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
141 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Dooly County in central Georgia...

* Until 215 PM EDT
    
* At 140 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Vienna, 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...
  Vienna, Unadilla, Pinehurst, Lilly, Richwood and Tippettville. 

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 3203 8391 3209 8395 3229 8368 3229 8361
      3225 8361 3225 8362 3224 8361 3208 8361
      3203 8377
TIME...MOT...LOC 1740Z 239DEG 33KT 3208 8386 

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

$$

2 follow-up statements

656 
WWUS52 KFFC 231756
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
156 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017

GAC093-231815-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-170523T1815Z/
Dooly GA-
156 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN DOOLY COUNTY...
    
At 156 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado 
was centered 2 miles northeast of Vienna, 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. 

Locations impacted include...
Vienna.

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 3215 8378 3229 8361 3225 8361 3225 8362
      3224 8361 3213 8361 3206 8377
TIME...MOT...LOC 1756Z 240DEG 31KT 3213 8373 

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

$$

427 
WWUS52 KFFC 231807
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
207 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017

GAC093-231816-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-170523T1815Z/
Dooly GA-
207 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DOOLY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
215 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 600 PM EDT for central
Georgia.

LAT...LON 3215 8378 3229 8361 3225 8361 3225 8362
      3224 8361 3213 8361 3206 8377
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 239DEG 33KT 3217 8365 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 8:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	27 min
May 23, 5:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	27 min
May 23, 5:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris, Talbot	23 min
May 23, 11:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	37 min
May 23, 12:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	23 min
May 23, 12:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	32 min
May 23, 12:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox	36 min
May 23, 1:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Sumter	36 min
May 23, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery	30 min
May 23, 1:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp	30 min
May 23, 1:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	36 min
May 23, 1:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Crisp, Wilcox	28 min
May 23, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	29 min
May 23, 2:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox	17 min
May 23, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	34 min
May 23, 3:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler	30 min
May 23, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	24 min
May 23, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	31 min
May 23, 7:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Floyd	6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.