Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2020
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 3, 2020, 8:11 PM EST for Telfair County, Georgia. It was in force for 17 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, 8:11 PM EST (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2020, 8:28 PM EST
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Telfair County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 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
- 723 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS52 KFFC 040111
TORFFC
GAC271-040200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0003.200104T0111Z-200104T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
811 PM EST Fri Jan 3 2020
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Telfair County in central Georgia...
* Until 900 PM EST.
* At 811 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over China Hill, or 14 miles southeast of Abbeville,
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...
China Hill 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 3189 8312 3201 8299 3190 8290 3185 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 237DEG 34KT 3189 8308
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
042
WWUS52 KFFC 040121
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
821 PM EST Fri Jan 3 2020
GAC271-040200-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200104T0200Z/
Telfair GA-
821 PM EST Fri Jan 3 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR CENTRAL
TELFAIR COUNTY...
At 821 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Workmore, or 10 miles southwest of McRae, moving
northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Workmore.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3194 8306 3201 8299 3190 8290 3189 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 237DEG 31KT 3193 8300
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$747
WWUS52 KFFC 040128
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
828 PM EST Fri Jan 3 2020
GAC271-040138-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200104T0200Z/
Telfair GA-
828 PM EST Fri Jan 3 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL TELFAIR COUNTY 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 3194 8306 3201 8299 3190 8290 3189 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 237DEG 34KT 3197 8293
$$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, 7:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens, Wheeler | 15 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, 8:31 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.