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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2017, 4:26 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2017, 4:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Cherokee County, GA, Pickens County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 103 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.
567
WFUS52 KFFC 222026
TORFFC
GAC057-227-222115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0076.170622T2026Z-170622T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
426 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Cherokee County in north central Georgia...
Southeastern Pickens County in north central Georgia...
* Until 515 PM EDT
* At 426 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Hobgood Park, or 7 miles southwest of Canton,
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...
Canton, Jasper, Woodstock, Holly Springs, Ball Ground, Nelson,
Waleska, Talking Rock, Buffington, Hickory Flat, Union Hill,
Kellogg Creek, Oak Grove, Little River Landing, Lebanon, Tate,
Reavis Mountain, Hobgood Park and Bridgemill.
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 3439 8426 3430 8426 3408 8449 3409 8464
3452 8453
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 211DEG 20KT 3414 8455
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
876
WWUS52 KFFC 222055
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
455 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2017
GAC057-227-222105-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-170622T2115Z/
Cherokee GA-Pickens GA-
455 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHEROKEE AND SOUTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3439 8426 3430 8426 3408 8449 3409 8464
3452 8453
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 211DEG 20KT 3428 8445
$$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, 4:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether | 39 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.