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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2020, 3:24 AM EDT for Greene County, Hancock County, Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. 6 reports 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
- Apr 13, 2020, 3:24 AM EDT (07:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2020, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Putnam County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:25 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 3:24 AM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Sse Rock Eagle 4-H Ce, GA | *** 1 INJ *** AN EF1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 105 MPH TOUCHED DOWN IN THE OCONNE NATIONAL FOREST WEST OF EATONTON NEAR HWY 16. THE TORNADO TRACKED ENE, JUST NORTH OF THE EATONTON CITY LIMITS. THE TORNADO WAS AT ITS STRONGEST AS IT CROSSED |
| Apr 13, 3:29 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Reynolds Plantation, GA | TREES DOWN ON MULTIPLE HOMES ALONG ROSE CREEK ROAD IN REYNOLDS PLANTATION SUBDIVISION. |
| Apr 13, 3:30 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Reynolds Plantation, GA | TREES DOWN ON MULTIPLE HOMES ALONG ROSE CREEK. |
| Apr 13, 3:30 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Reynolds Plantation, GA | TREES DOWN AND HOMES DAMAGED ALL ALONG CHEROKEE DRIVE IN THE CHEROKEE POINTE SUBDIVISION. |
| Apr 13, 3:38 AM EDT | TORNADO | 3 N Reynolds Plantation, GA | AN EF1 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS SPEEDS OF 105 MPH TOUCHED DOWN IN SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY, WEST OF LAKE OCONEE. THE TORNADO APPROACHED THE LAKE NEAR THE CREEK CLUB REYNOLDS PLANTATION SUBDIVISION WHERE IT INTENSIFIED TO ITS MAXIMUM INTENSITY WHERE |
| Apr 13, 3:48 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese Veazey, GA | TREE DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF WHITE PLAINS RD AND SYRUP MILL CROSSING |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 12, 11:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 404 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 804 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 733 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 874 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 10.8
The text
As transmitted.
912
WFUS52 KFFC 130724
TORFFC
GAC133-141-237-130800-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0032.200413T0724Z-200413T0800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
324 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Putnam County in central Georgia...
Northwestern Hancock County in east central Georgia...
Southeastern Greene County in east central Georgia...
* Until 400 AM EDT.
* At 324 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing a tornado
was located near Eatonton. Another circulation was located near
Resseaus Crossroads, 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...
Eatonton, Greensboro, Union Point, White Plains, Siloam, Phoenix,
Reynolds at Lake Oconee, Liberty, Veazey, Harmony, Oconee Springs
Park, Warfield, Rockville, Rock Eagle 4-H Center and Shoulderbone.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
This line of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.
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 3326 8302 3321 8345 3338 8346 3348 8332
3348 8328 3351 8328 3366 8306 3348 8299
3347 8301 3345 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 0724Z 241DEG 44KT 3335 8343 3324 8343
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
429
WWUS52 KFFC 130728
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
328 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020
GAC133-141-237-130800-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-200413T0800Z/
Putnam GA-Hancock GA-Greene GA-
328 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT FOR PUTNAM...
NORTHWESTERN HANCOCK AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES...
At 328 AM EDT, a confirmed tornado was located over Rock Eagle 4-H
Center, or near Eatonton, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Eatonton, Greensboro, Union Point, White Plains, Siloam, Phoenix,
Reynolds at Lake Oconee, Liberty, Veazey, Oconee Springs Park,
Warfield, Rockville, Rock Eagle 4-H Center, Shoulderbone and Harmony.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3338 8346 3347 8333 3347 8329 3348 8329
3348 8328 3351 8328 3365 8307 3347 8300
3347 8301 3346 8302 3344 8300 3326 8303
3321 8345
TIME...MOT...LOC 0728Z 235DEG 37KT 3338 8338
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$127
WWUS52 KFFC 130745
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
345 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020
GAC237-130754-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-200413T0800Z/
Putnam GA-
345 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PUTNAM COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 AM EDT for central and
east central Georgia.
LAT...LON 3324 8317 3337 8317 3351 8324 3363 8311
3365 8307 3347 8300 3347 8301 3346 8302
3344 8300 3326 8303
TIME...MOT...LOC 0744Z 234DEG 47KT 3349 8317 3339 8313
$$
GAC133-141-130800-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-200413T0800Z/
Hancock GA-Greene GA-
345 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN HANCOCK AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES...
At 344 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Veazey. Another circulation was located near
Liberty, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Greensboro, Union Point, White Plains, Siloam, Liberty, Veazey and
Shoulderbone.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
This line of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3324 8317 3337 8317 3351 8324 3363 8311
3365 8307 3347 8300 3347 8301 3346 8302
3344 8300 3326 8303
TIME...MOT...LOC 0744Z 234DEG 47KT 3349 8317 3339 8313
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 8:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Walker, Whitfield | 32 min |
| Apr 12, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 28 min |
| Apr 12, 8:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 26 min |
| Apr 12, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 22 min |
| Apr 12, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 31 min |
| Apr 12, 9:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 36 min |
| Apr 12, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 31 min |
| Apr 12, 9:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 12, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 35 min |
| Apr 12, 9:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 14 min |
| Apr 12, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 40 min |
| Apr 12, 10:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 36 min |
| Apr 12, 11:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 12 min |
| Apr 12, 11:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker and 1 more | 49 min |
| Apr 12, 11:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 35 min |
| Apr 13, 12:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Paulding and 1 more | 56 min |
| Apr 13, 12:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon and 3 more | 68 min |
| Apr 13, 12:18 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 15 hr |
| Apr 13, 12:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson and 2 more | 81 min |
| Apr 13, 1:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 28 min |
| Apr 13, 1:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 23 min |
| Apr 13, 1:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 57 min |
| Apr 13, 1:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 52 min |
| Apr 13, 1:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 40 min |
| Apr 13, 1:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson, Heard and 1 more | 48 min |
| Apr 13, 1:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 14 min |
| Apr 13, 2:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin and 2 more | 44 min |
| Apr 13, 2:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 29 min |
| Apr 13, 2:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 41 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Crawford, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Peach and 6 more | 42 min |
| Apr 13, 2:20 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar, Monroe, Upson | 25 min |
| Apr 13, 2:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Forsyth and 4 more | 38 min |
| Apr 13, 2:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton | 36 min |
| Apr 13, 2:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 12 min |
| Apr 13, 2:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Butts, Crawford, Jasper, Jones, Lamar and 1 more | 50 min |
| Apr 13, 2:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Lumpkin, White | 33 min |
| Apr 13, 2:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe | 30 min |
| Apr 13, 2:46 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 14 min |
| Apr 13, 2:50 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 25 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, Rockdale and 1 more | 37 min |
| Apr 13, 2:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jasper, Jones and 5 more | 51 min |
| Apr 13, 2:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Walton | 47 min |
| Apr 13, 3:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Hall, Jackson, Madison | 45 min |
| Apr 13, 3:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Crawford, Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon and 6 more | 44 min |
| Apr 13, 3:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jasper, Jones, Putnam | 25 min |
| Apr 13, 3:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 4 days |
| Apr 13, 3:25 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 3 days |
| Apr 13, 3:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Johnson, Laurens, Twiggs, Washington and 1 more | 40 min |
| Apr 13, 3:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Webster | 24 min |
| Apr 13, 3:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Laurens, Pulaski and 2 more | 53 min |
| Apr 13, 3:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 40 min |
| Apr 13, 4:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson | 27 min |
| Apr 13, 4:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington | 25 min |
| Apr 13, 4:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington | 23 min |
| Apr 13, 4:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Washington | 80 min |
| Apr 13, 4:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Pulaski, Telfair and 3 more | 73 min |
| Apr 13, 4:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 6 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 78 min |
| Apr 13, 4:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 37 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 16 min |
| Apr 13, 4:36 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 12 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:46 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 29 min |
| Apr 13, 4:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Stewart, Sumter, Webster | 5 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:55 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 2 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler | 77 min |
| Apr 13, 5:02 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Walker | 5 hr |
| Apr 13, 5:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox | 31 min |
| Apr 13, 5:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 39 min |
| Apr 13, 5:42 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 4 hr |
| Apr 13, 6:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Toombs | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.