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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2019, 1:01 PM EDT for Gwinnett 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
- Apr 14, 2019, 1:01 PM EDT (17:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2019, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Gwinnett County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:28 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 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
- 413 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 373 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted.
554
WFUS52 KFFC 141701
TORFFC
GAC135-141730-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0033.190414T1701Z-190414T1730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
101 PM EDT Sun Apr 14 2019
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Gwinnett County in north central Georgia...
* Until 130 PM EDT.
* At 101 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Snellville, or 8 miles southwest of Lawrenceville,
moving northeast at 50 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...
Lawrenceville, Snellville, Dacula, Grayson, Mountain Park, Harbin
and Hog Mountain.
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 3410 8393 3402 8386 3400 8387 3398 8383
3397 8383 3395 8381 3394 8381 3380 8409
3385 8414
TIME...MOT...LOC 1701Z 226DEG 43KT 3386 8408
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
675
WWUS52 KFFC 141727
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
127 PM EDT Sun Apr 14 2019
GAC135-141737-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-190414T1730Z/
Gwinnett GA-
127 PM EDT Sun Apr 14 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL GWINNETT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 130
PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 PM EDT for north central
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3410 8393 3402 8386 3400 8387 3398 8383
3397 8383 3395 8381 3394 8381 3380 8409
3385 8414
TIME...MOT...LOC 1727Z 226DEG 43KT 3407 8382
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 42 min |
| Apr 14, 7:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 7:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 8:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 8:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 9:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard, Troup | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 9:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee | 48 min |
| Apr 14, 9:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 17 min |
| Apr 14, 10:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard, Troup | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 10:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 10:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 10:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 10:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 48 min |
| Apr 14, 11:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Troup | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 11:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 11:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Talbot, Upson | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 11:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 11:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Lamar, Pike, Spalding | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 11:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Spalding | 14 min |
| Apr 14, 11:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Dawson, DeKalb, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton and 1 more | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 12:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 24 min |
| Apr 14, 12:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Jackson, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale and 1 more | 42 min |
| Apr 14, 12:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Twiggs | 24 min |
| Apr 14, 12:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Taylor | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 12:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin, Towns, Union | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 12:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 12:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 12:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 12:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, Towns, White | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 12:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 16 min |
| Apr 14, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 1:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs, Wilcox | 50 min |
| Apr 14, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Hall, Jackson | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 1:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 2:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 2:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski, Wilcox | 17 min |
| Apr 14, 2:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 23 min |
| Apr 14, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler | 23 min |
| Apr 14, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 16 min |
| Apr 14, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 23 min |
| Apr 14, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 12 min |
| Apr 14, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 10 min |
| Apr 14, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 13 min |
| Apr 14, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Lumpkin, Towns, Union and 1 more | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, Towns, White | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 6:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 23 min |
| Apr 14, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 23 min |
| Apr 14, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 18 min |
| Apr 14, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 31 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.