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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2021, 12:48 PM EDT for Jackson County, Madison County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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
- May 3, 2021, 12:48 PM EDT (16:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2021, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Jackson County, GA, Madison County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 12:54 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 S Neese, GA | A NWS SURVEY FOUND A 5.6 MILE DAMAGE PATH SW OF DANIELSVILLE WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS OF 90 MPH. DOZENS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED INCLUDING SEVERAL ON HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS. THE TORNADO DEVELOPED ON WILLIS GLENN RD AND LIFTED NEAR COLBERT GROVE CHURC |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 674 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted.
135
WFUS52 KFFC 031648
TORFFC
GAC157-195-031715-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0020.210503T1648Z-210503T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1248 PM EDT Mon May 3 2021
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Jackson County in northeastern Georgia...
Central Madison County in northeastern Georgia...
* Until 115 PM EDT.
* At 1248 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over Neese, or 7 miles west of Danielsville,
moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
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...
Danielsville, Nicholson, Comer, Neese, Diamond Hill and Paoli.
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 3417 8310 3415 8308 3416 8307 3413 8305
3412 8305 3412 8304 3404 8308 3406 8341
3413 8341 3419 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 1648Z 266DEG 28KT 3409 8335
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
292
WWUS52 KFFC 031704
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
104 PM EDT Mon May 3 2021
GAC157-031714-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210503T1715Z/
Jackson GA-
104 PM EDT Mon May 3 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 PM EDT for northeastern
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3417 8310 3415 8308 3416 8307 3413 8305
3412 8305 3412 8304 3404 8310 3405 8327
3414 8328 3419 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 1704Z 266DEG 28KT 3410 8320
$$
GAC195-031715-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210503T1715Z/
Madison GA-
104 PM EDT Mon May 3 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
MADISON COUNTY...
At 104 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Danielsville, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
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...
Danielsville, Comer and Paoli.
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 3417 8310 3415 8308 3416 8307 3413 8305
3412 8305 3412 8304 3404 8310 3405 8327
3414 8328 3419 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 1704Z 266DEG 28KT 3410 8320
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 8:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 25 min |
| May 3, 9:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 34 min |
| May 3, 9:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 32 min |
| May 3, 9:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 29 min |
| May 3, 10:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 31 min |
| May 3, 10:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 24 min |
| May 3, 10:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 31 min |
| May 3, 11:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 50 min |
| May 3, 11:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 32 min |
| May 3, 11:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 32 min |
| May 3, 11:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale | 37 min |
| May 3, 11:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton | 37 min |
| May 3, 11:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding, Polk | 32 min |
| May 3, 12:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 42 min |
| May 3, 12:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson | 23 min |
| May 3, 12:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth and 5 more | 8 hr |
| May 3, 12:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 27 min |
| May 3, 12:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe | 24 min |
| May 3, 12:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe | 33 min |
| May 3, 12:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 29 min |
| May 3, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Spalding | 36 min |
| May 3, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Spalding | 42 min |
| May 3, 1:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 24 min |
| May 3, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe | 28 min |
| May 3, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 11 min |
| May 3, 1:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 34 min |
| May 3, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison, Oglethorpe | 33 min |
| May 3, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam | 34 min |
| May 3, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Talbot | 45 min |
| May 3, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 43 min |
| May 3, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 35 min |
| May 3, 3:01 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 7 hr |
| May 3, 3:02 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 67 hr |
| May 3, 3:03 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 11 hr |
| May 3, 3:06 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 7 hr |
| May 3, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Washington | 39 min |
| May 3, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 31 min |
| May 3, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 29 min |
| May 3, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 34 min |
| May 3, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 34 min |
| May 3, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 13 min |
| May 3, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 24 min |
| May 3, 4:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 66 hr |
| May 3, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Walton | 29 min |
| May 3, 4:34 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 6 hr |
| May 3, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 23 min |
| May 3, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 37 min |
| May 3, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 46 min |
| May 3, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington | 29 min |
| May 3, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 24 min |
| May 3, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 24 min |
| May 3, 5:29 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 7 hr |
| May 3, 5:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll and 63 more | 32 hr |
| May 3, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding, Polk | 29 min |
| May 3, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 44 min |
| May 3, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 24 min |
| May 3, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 27 min |
| May 3, 6:41 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 3 hr |
| May 3, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 25 min |
| May 3, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 33 min |
| May 3, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 27 min |
| May 3, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 36 min |
| May 3, 7:45 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.