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Tornado Warning 75, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2017, 4:06 PM EDT for Harris County, Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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
- Jun 22, 2017, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2017, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Harris County, GA, Meriwether County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
664
WFUS52 KFFC 222006
TORFFC
GAC145-199-222045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0075.170622T2006Z-170622T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
406 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Meriwether County in west central Georgia...
Eastern Harris County in west central Georgia...
* Until 445 PM EDT
* At 405 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Cataula, or near Hamilton, moving northeast at 25
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...
Hamilton, Greenville, Pine Mountain, Woodbury, Waverly Hall, Warm
Springs, F.d. Roosevelt State Park, Stovall, Raleigh, Durand,
Harris City and Odessadale.
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 3287 8489 3287 8486 3296 8486 3306 8483
3298 8459 3284 8466 3284 8470 3278 8469
3263 8477 3268 8495
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 202DEG 21KT 3269 8485
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
162
WWUS52 KFFC 222036
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
436 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2017
GAC145-199-222046-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-170622T2045Z/
Meriwether GA-Harris GA-
436 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MERIWETHER AND EASTERN HARRIS
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Peachtree City.
LAT...LON 3287 8489 3287 8486 3296 8486 3306 8483
3298 8459 3284 8466 3284 8470 3278 8469
3263 8477 3268 8495
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 202DEG 21KT 3286 8477
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 3:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 3:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 4:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Gwinnett | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Crawford, Fayette, Lamar, Pike, Spalding and 1 more | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly, Macon, Peach | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Butts, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Monroe and 3 more | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 7:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hall | 25 min |
| Jun 22, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Putnam and 1 more | 49 min |
| Jun 22, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 68 min |
| Jun 22, 7:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hall | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.