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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 11, 2020, 5:02 PM EST for Harris County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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
- Jan 11, 2020, 5:02 PM EST (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2020, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Harris County, GA, Muscogee County, GA
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 5:13 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ene Green Island Hill, GA | A LARGE TREE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE FALLEN ON DOUBLE CHURCHES RD ACROSS THE I-185 OVERPASS. TIME INDICATED BY RADAR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 1:42 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 417 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 450 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
850
WFUS52 KFFC 112202
TORFFC
GAC145-215-112230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0004.200111T2202Z-200111T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
502 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Muscogee County in west central Georgia...
Harris County in west central Georgia...
* Until 530 PM EST.
* At 502 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Smiths, 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...
Hamilton, Pine Mountain, Waverly Hall, Goat Rock Lake, Ellerslie,
Green Island Hills, Mountain Hill, Cataula, Bartletts Ferry Dam,
Fortson, Mulberry Grove and Lake Harding.
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 3286 8499 3283 8476 3267 8470 3251 8500
3255 8503 3258 8507 3262 8509 3263 8508
3264 8510 3264 8511 3266 8509 3268 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 225DEG 46KT 3255 8506
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
091
WWUS52 KFFC 112217
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
517 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020
GAC215-112227-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-200111T2230Z/
Muscogee GA-
517 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MUSCOGEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EST for west central
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3286 8499 3283 8476 3267 8470 3260 8490
3260 8491 3261 8491 3261 8500 3263 8500
3270 8498 3275 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 225DEG 46KT 3269 8490
$$
GAC145-112230-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-200111T2230Z/
Harris GA-
517 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR CENTRAL
HARRIS COUNTY...
At 517 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Cataula, or near Hamilton, 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...
Hamilton, Pine Mountain, Waverly Hall, Fortson, Mulberry Grove and
Cataula.
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 3286 8499 3283 8476 3267 8470 3260 8490
3260 8491 3261 8491 3261 8500 3263 8500
3270 8498 3275 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 225DEG 46KT 3269 8490
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 10:28 AM EST | High Wind Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Floyd and 10 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Walker, Whitfield | 45 min |
| Jan 11, 3:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray and 2 more | 48 min |
| Jan 11, 3:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Polk | 52 min |
| Jan 11, 4:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 44 min |
| Jan 11, 4:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray and 3 more | 41 min |
| Jan 11, 4:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Coweta, Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Muscogee and 2 more | 43 min |
| Jan 11, 4:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Douglas and 2 more | 39 min |
| Jan 11, 4:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Union | 52 min |
| Jan 11, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett and 1 more | 51 min |
| Jan 11, 5:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 48 min |
| Jan 11, 5:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Harris, Henry, Lamar and 5 more | 46 min |
| Jan 11, 5:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Talbot | 41 min |
| Jan 11, 5:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster | 48 min |
| Jan 11, 6:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Taylor, Upson | 52 min |
| Jan 11, 6:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Walton | 50 min |
| Jan 11, 6:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, DeKalb, Henry, Jasper, Newton, Rockdale and 2 more | 48 min |
| Jan 11, 6:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Taylor | 43 min |
| Jan 11, 6:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor, Webster | 34 min |
| Jan 11, 6:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 45 min |
| Jan 11, 6:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jasper, Jones, Putnam | 41 min |
| Jan 11, 6:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 38 min |
| Jan 11, 6:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach, Taylor, Twiggs | 47 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.