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Tornado Warning 61, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2017, 2:25 PM EDT for Dodge County, Telfair County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 17 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, 2:25 PM EDT (18:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2017, 2:42 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Dodge County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Wilcox County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
846
WFUS52 KFFC 231825
TORFFC
GAC091-271-315-231900-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0061.170523T1825Z-170523T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
225 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Dodge County in central Georgia...
West central Telfair County in central Georgia...
East central Wilcox County in central Georgia...
* Until 300 PM EDT
* At 224 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located about 2 miles southwest of Abbeville, moving
east 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...
Abbeville, Milan, Rhine, Chauncey, Antioch Church and Five Points.
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 3192 8336 3200 8337 3214 8304 3195 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 257DEG 33KT 3196 8333
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
245
WWUS52 KFFC 231842
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
242 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017
GAC091-271-315-231851-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0061.000000T0000Z-170523T1900Z/
Dodge GA-Telfair GA-Wilcox GA-
242 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DODGE...WEST CENTRAL TELFAIR
AND EAST CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 600 PM EDT for central
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3192 8336 3200 8337 3214 8304 3195 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 257DEG 33KT 3200 8314
$$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 | 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, 1:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dooly | 34 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, 2:41 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.