Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 50, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Oct 19, 2019, 8:23 PM EDT for Dodge County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report 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
- Oct 19, 2019, 8:23 PM EDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2019, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Dodge County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 8:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Five Points, GA | TREE DOWNED AT 117 SOUTH AND JIM ROSS RD. |
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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
679
WFUS52 KFFC 200023
TORFFC
GAC091-200115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0050.191020T0023Z-191020T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
823 PM EDT Sat Oct 19 2019
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Dodge County in central Georgia...
* Until 915 PM EDT.
* At 823 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Abbeville, moving northeast at 15 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...
Eastman, Rhine, Union, Godwinsville and Five Points.
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.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
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 3202 8330 3202 8329 3203 8330 3204 8329
3205 8331 3205 8330 3209 8331 3222 8323
3216 8311 3204 8304 3196 8324
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 226DEG 12KT 3203 8327
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
452
WWUS52 KFFC 200054
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
854 PM EDT Sat Oct 19 2019
GAC091-200115-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-191020T0115Z/
Dodge GA-
854 PM EDT Sat Oct 19 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN DODGE COUNTY...
At 853 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Five Points, or near Eastman, moving northeast at 15
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Eastman, Union, Godwinsville and Five Points.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3201 8320 3204 8323 3206 8324 3207 8326
3211 8329 3222 8323 3216 8311 3204 8304
3199 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 226DEG 12KT 3210 8318
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski, Telfair, Wilcox | 39 min |
| Oct 19, 8:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski, Wheeler, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Oct 19, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 31 min |
| Oct 19, 9:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler | 51 min |
| Oct 19, 11:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 48 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.