Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2020
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 3, 2020, 6:00 PM EST for Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 15 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
- Jan 3, 2020, 6:00 PM EST (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2020, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Jefferson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
206
WFUS52 KFFC 032300
TORFFC
GAC163-032315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0001.200103T2300Z-200103T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
600 PM EST Fri Jan 3 2020
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Jefferson County in east central Georgia...
* Until 615 PM EST.
* At 600 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Louisville, 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.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
east central Jefferson County.
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 3311 8228 3307 8229 3303 8229 3303 8238
3308 8240 3314 8227
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 243DEG 43KT 3308 8235
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 7:17 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 48 hr |
| Jan 2, 7:23 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 118 min |
| Jan 2, 11:31 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 4 hr |
| Jan 3, 6:12 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Cherokee, Clarke, Cobb and 19 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 3, 8:29 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 7 hr |
| Jan 3, 8:38 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 37 min |
| Jan 3, 8:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton | 30 min |
| Jan 3, 9:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale | 30 min |
| Jan 3, 9:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Spalding | 28 min |
| Jan 3, 9:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 30 min |
| Jan 3, 10:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Morgan | 35 min |
| Jan 3, 11:24 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 61 min |
| Jan 3, 12:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 36 min |
| Jan 3, 1:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 37 min |
| Jan 3, 1:21 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 24 min |
| Jan 3, 1:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 27 min |
| Jan 3, 1:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 25 min |
| Jan 3, 1:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Morgan | 34 min |
| Jan 3, 1:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Schley | 25 min |
| Jan 3, 1:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 35 min |
| Jan 3, 2:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 29 min |
| Jan 3, 2:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 32 min |
| Jan 3, 2:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski | 34 min |
| Jan 3, 2:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington, Wilkinson | 23 min |
| Jan 3, 3:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 25 min |
| Jan 3, 3:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 32 min |
| Jan 3, 3:48 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 3 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 33 min |
| Jan 3, 4:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 35 min |
| Jan 3, 5:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 21 min |
| Jan 3, 6:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 33 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.