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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 3, 2020, 7:46 PM EST for Laurens County, Wheeler 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, 7:46 PM EST (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2020, 8:01 PM EST
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Laurens County, GA, Wheeler County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 960 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -250 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
047
WFUS52 KFFC 040046
TORFFC
GAC175-309-040115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0002.200104T0046Z-200104T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
746 PM EST Fri Jan 3 2020
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Laurens County in central Georgia...
Northwestern Wheeler County in central Georgia...
* Until 815 PM EST.
* At 746 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Cedar Grove, or 8 miles north of Alamo, moving
northeast at 40 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...
Cedar Grove.
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 3227 8293 3238 8275 3235 8273 3233 8275
3233 8274 3231 8273 3229 8267 3230 8266
3229 8265 3228 8265 3217 8285
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 236DEG 35KT 3226 8283
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
927
WWUS52 KFFC 040053
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
753 PM EST Fri Jan 3 2020
GAC175-309-040115-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200104T0115Z/
Laurens GA-Wheeler GA-
753 PM EST Fri Jan 3 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LAURENS AND NORTH CENTRAL WHEELER COUNTIES...
At 753 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Lowery, or 10 miles north of Alamo, moving northeast
at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Laurens and north central Wheeler Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3230 8283 3238 8275 3235 8273 3233 8275
3233 8274 3231 8273 3229 8267 3230 8266
3229 8265 3228 8265 3226 8279
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 236DEG 35KT 3230 8276
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$650
WWUS52 KFFC 040101
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
801 PM EST Fri Jan 3 2020
GAC175-309-040111-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200104T0115Z/
Laurens GA-Wheeler GA-
801 PM EST Fri Jan 3 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAURENS AND NORTH CENTRAL
WHEELER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3230 8283 3238 8275 3235 8273 3233 8275
3233 8274 3231 8273 3229 8267 3230 8266
3229 8265 3228 8265 3226 8279
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 236DEG 35KT 3234 8268
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 7:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 32 min |
| Jan 3, 7:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 33 min |
| Jan 3, 8:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 25 min |
| Jan 3, 8:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Telfair | 17 min |
| Jan 3, 8:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 29 min |
| Jan 3, 9:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 29 min |
| Jan 3, 9:38 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 9 hr |
| Jan 3, 9:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 30 min |
| Jan 3, 10:18 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 27 min |
| Jan 3, 10:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 43 min |
| Jan 3, 11:25 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 50 min |
| Jan 4, 6:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 10 hr |
| Jan 4, 9:59 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 29 hr |
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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.