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Tornado Warning 77, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2017, 7:35 PM EDT for Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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
- Jun 22, 2017, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Hall County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:44 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nne Clarks Bridge Pla, GA | TREE DOWN OVER ROADWAY ON CLARKS BRIDGE RD |
| Jun 22, 7:44 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Heather Heights, GA | TREE DOWN ON HIGHLAND CIR |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 137 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.
776
WFUS52 KFFC 222335
TORFFC
GAC139-230000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0077.170622T2335Z-170623T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
735 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Hall County in north central Georgia...
* Until 800 PM EDT
* At 735 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Gainesville, moving northeast at 20 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...
Gainesville and Clermont.
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 3450 8378 3450 8375 3443 8364 3429 8388
3434 8396 3451 8384 3450 8379 3452 8378
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 228DEG 16KT 3434 8388
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$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, 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, 7:41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.