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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2019, 4:04 PM EST for Montgomery County, Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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
- Mar 3, 2019, 4:04 PM EST (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2019, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Montgomery County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Wheeler County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 4:05 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 Se Workmore, GA | NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WORKMORE MILAN RD AND MACEDONIA CHURCH RD, A PORCH CONNECTED TO A HOME WAS RIPPED FROM ITS CONCRETE FOOTINGS AND THROWN 100 YARDS. MINOR ROOF DAMAGE ALSO OCCURRED AT THE SAME ADDRESS ALONG WITH A SNAPPED POWER POLE. THE TORNADO ALSO DO |
| Mar 3, 4:09 PM EST | TORNADO | 3 Nne Horse Creek Wma, GA | THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AROUND .75 MILES NW OF THE INTERSECTION OF BIG HORSE CREEK RD AND EAST RIVER RD. THE TORNADO LIFTED AND THREW A CHICKEN HOUSE AROUND 50FT INTO A SHED. SEVERAL TREES WERE ALSO SNAPPED ALONG THE TORNADO PATH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 12:24 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 684 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 640 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted.
617
WFUS52 KFFC 032104
TORFFC
GAC209-271-309-032145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0020.190303T2104Z-190303T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
404 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2019
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Telfair County in central Georgia...
Southeastern Wheeler County in central Georgia...
Southwestern Montgomery County in central Georgia...
* Until 445 PM EST.
* At 404 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Jacksonville, or 14 miles south of McRae, moving
east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
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...
Lumber City, Jacksonville, Towns, Horse Creek Wma, Spring Hill,
Jordan and Workmore.
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 8305 3211 8265 3195 8249 3196 8255
3192 8263 3192 8268 3191 8268 3190 8269
3190 8270 3186 8276 3186 8278 3185 8279
3184 8278 3182 8281 3179 8291 3178 8292
3179 8298 3178 8301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 249DEG 35KT 3187 8295
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
281
WWUS52 KFFC 032139 RRA
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
439 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2019
GAC209-271-309-032149-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-190303T2145Z/
Telfair GA-Wheeler GA-Montgomery GA-
439 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TELFAIR...SOUTHEASTERN
WHEELER AND SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM
EST...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EST for central
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3192 8305 3211 8265 3195 8249 3196 8255
3192 8263 3192 8268 3191 8268 3190 8269
3190 8270 3186 8276 3186 8278 3185 8279
3184 8278 3182 8281 3179 8291 3178 8292
3179 8298 3178 8301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 249DEG 35KT 3199 8259
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 1:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 46 min |
| Mar 3, 1:18 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Cobb, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Hall and 4 more | 42 min |
| Mar 3, 1:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee, Talbot | 24 min |
| Mar 3, 1:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee, Talbot | 34 min |
| Mar 3, 1:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 47 min |
| Mar 3, 2:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 46 min |
| Mar 3, 2:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 27 min |
| Mar 3, 2:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 41 min |
| Mar 3, 2:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Laurens, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler | 52 min |
| Mar 3, 2:40 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 50 min |
| Mar 3, 2:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Sumter | 34 min |
| Mar 3, 2:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford, Taylor | 24 min |
| Mar 3, 2:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson | 38 min |
| Mar 3, 2:56 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe, Upson | 49 min |
| Mar 3, 3:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox | 38 min |
| Mar 3, 3:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach, Twiggs | 34 min |
| Mar 3, 3:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson | 32 min |
| Mar 3, 3:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley, Sumter, Webster | 30 min |
| Mar 3, 3:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox | 27 min |
| Mar 3, 3:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 26 min |
| Mar 3, 3:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Macon, Pulaski, Sumter | 38 min |
| Mar 3, 3:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 34 min |
| Mar 3, 3:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 34 min |
| Mar 3, 3:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 3:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Putnam | 29 min |
| Mar 3, 3:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 26 min |
| Mar 3, 3:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski, Wilcox | 23 min |
| Mar 3, 4:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford, Monroe, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 25 min |
| Mar 3, 4:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 9 min |
| Mar 3, 4:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Macon, Marion, Schley, Taylor | 37 min |
| Mar 3, 4:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson | 46 min |
| Mar 3, 4:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 26 min |
| Mar 3, 4:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 41 min |
| Mar 3, 4:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson | 32 min |
| Mar 3, 4:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 40 min |
| Mar 3, 4:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Macon, Peach, Twiggs | 51 min |
| Mar 3, 4:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 23 min |
| Mar 3, 4:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Stewart | 35 min |
| Mar 3, 4:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe, Upson | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 5:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Schley | 30 min |
| Mar 3, 5:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley, Sumter | 26 min |
| Mar 3, 5:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wheeler, Wilcox | 17 min |
| Mar 3, 5:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 29 min |
| Mar 3, 5:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 41 min |
| Mar 3, 5:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 32 min |
| Mar 3, 5:31 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 30 hr |
| Mar 3, 5:31 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 5:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 43 min |
| Mar 3, 5:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Schley, Sumter, Webster | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 5:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 47 min |
| Mar 3, 6:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jones, Warren, Washington | 44 min |
| Mar 3, 6:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dodge, Wilcox | 42 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.