Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2018
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 7, 2018, 11:03 AM EST for Talbot County, Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 min. 5 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
- Feb 7, 2018, 11:03 AM EST (16:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2018, 11:30 AM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 11:10 AM EST | TORNADO | 3 W Junction City, GA | AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 3 MILES WEST OF JUNCTION CITY, DOWNING NEARLY ONE HUNDRED TREES IN AND AROUND JUNCTION CITY AND ALSO SLIGHTLY DAMAGING A SMALL BARN BEFORE LIFTING. HIGHEST ESTIMATED WIND SPEED WAS 85 MPH. |
| Feb 7, 11:11 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Junction City, GA | MULTIPLE TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ROCK CHURCH RD AND JUNCTION CITY ST. |
| Feb 7, 11:11 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Junction City, GA | MULTIPLE TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ROCK CHURCH RD AND JUNCTION CITY ST AND ON SAND PIT RD. |
| Feb 7, 11:11 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Junction City, GA | MULTIPLE TREES REPORTED DOWN ON BROADWOOD CIR IN JUNCTION CITY. |
| Feb 7, 11:35 AM EST | TSTM WND GST 41 | 1 Nw Butler, GA | AWOS STATION 6A1, 1 NW BUTLER. |
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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 504 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 655 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
898
WFUS52 KFFC 071603
TORFFC
GAC263-269-071630-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0003.180207T1603Z-180207T1630Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1103 AM EST WED FEB 7 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Talbot County in west central Georgia...
Northwestern Taylor County in west central Georgia...
* Until 1130 AM EST
* At 1103 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over Geneva, or near Talbotton, moving east at
45 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...
Butler, Junction City, Geneva, Howard, Baldwinville, Wesley Church
and Fickling Mill.
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 3255 8445 3256 8445 3256 8449 3255 8449
3255 8458 3264 8460 3272 8422 3268 8420
3268 8416 3263 8411 3254 8417
TIME...MOT...LOC 1603Z 268DEG 41KT 3260 8454
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
432
WWUS52 KFFC 071620
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1120 AM EST WED FEB 7 2018
GAC263-071629-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-180207T1630Z/
Talbot GA-
1120 AM EST WED FEB 7 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TALBOT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3255 8441 3258 8441 3261 8440 3264 8437
3266 8437 3268 8436 3268 8434 3269 8434
3272 8422 3268 8420 3268 8416 3263 8411
3254 8417
TIME...MOT...LOC 1619Z 268DEG 41KT 3261 8431
$$
GAC269-071630-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-180207T1630Z/
Taylor GA-
1120 AM EST WED FEB 7 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN TAYLOR COUNTY...
At 1119 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Wesley Church, or near Butler, moving east at 45
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...
Butler, Howard, Wesley Church and Fickling Mill.
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 3255 8441 3258 8441 3261 8440 3264 8437
3266 8437 3268 8436 3268 8434 3269 8434
3272 8422 3268 8420 3268 8416 3263 8411
3254 8417
TIME...MOT...LOC 1619Z 268DEG 41KT 3261 8431
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 7:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 26 min |
| Feb 7, 7:40 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 35 min |
| Feb 7, 8:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 37 min |
| Feb 7, 8:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Troup | 33 min |
| Feb 7, 9:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 13 min |
| Feb 7, 9:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette, Henry, Spalding | 32 min |
| Feb 7, 10:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 46 min |
| Feb 7, 10:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Talbot, Upson | 29 min |
| Feb 7, 11:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Marion, Schley | 27 min |
| Feb 7, 11:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Peach, Taylor | 30 min |
| Feb 7, 11:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Macon, Sumter, Webster | 47 min |
| Feb 7, 11:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 31 min |
| Feb 7, 12:09 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 14 hr |
| Feb 7, 12:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Twiggs | 40 min |
| Feb 7, 1:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Johnson, Laurens | 30 min |
| Feb 7, 1:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler | 46 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.