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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 1, 2021, 2:35 PM EST for Jones County, Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 min. 2 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
- Jan 1, 2021, 2:35 PM EST (19:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2021, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Jones County, GA, Monroe County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2:35 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 Ese Russellville, GA | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ALONG WITH SEVERAL SMALLER STRUCTURES SUSTAINING DAMAGE ALONG TREADWELL ROAD JUST BEFORE ROGERS CHURCH ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jan 1, 2:57 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 Nw Dames Ferry, GA | *** 1 INJ *** A MOBILE HOME WAS OVERTURNED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GA-18 AND GA-87, INJURING ONE FEMALE OCCUPANT. NUMEROUS TREES WERE ALSO SNAPPED AND UPROOTED IN THE AREA. |
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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 389 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 491 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
657
WFUS52 KFFC 011935
TORFFC
GAC169-207-012000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0003.210101T1935Z-210101T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
235 PM EST Fri Jan 1 2021
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Eastern Monroe County in central Georgia...
Northwestern Jones County in central Georgia...
* Until 300 PM EST.
* At 235 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Russellville, or 9 miles south of Forsyth, 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...
Forsyth, Bolingbroke, Dames Ferry, Juliette, Russellville, Plant
Scherer and Jarrell Plantation.
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.
Motorists should not take shelter under highway overpasses. If you
cannot safely drive away from the tornado, as a last resort, either
park your vehicle and stay put, or abandon your vehicle and lie down
in a low lying area and protect yourself from flying debris.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. 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.
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 8398 3285 8398 3285 8400 3288 8403
3313 8386 3314 8366 3302 8360 3285 8392
3285 8396
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 226DEG 35KT 3289 8395
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
664
WWUS52 KFFC 011954
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
254 PM EST Fri Jan 1 2021
GAC169-207-012000-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210101T2000Z/
Monroe GA-Jones GA-
254 PM EST Fri Jan 1 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EST FOR EAST
CENTRAL MONROE AND NORTHWESTERN JONES COUNTIES...
At 254 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Dames Ferry, or 10 miles east of Forsyth, moving
northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Jarrell Plantation and Dames Ferry.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Motorists should not take shelter under highway overpasses. If you
cannot safely drive away from the tornado, as a last resort, either
park your vehicle and stay put, or abandon your vehicle and lie down
in a low lying area and protect yourself from flying debris.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3300 8382 3303 8382 3314 8374 3314 8366
3304 8361 3297 8375 3297 8379
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 227DEG 42KT 3303 8376
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 1:26 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Butts, Cherokee, Clarke and 47 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 1, 11:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Troup | 31 min |
| Jan 1, 11:32 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 28 min |
| Jan 1, 11:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 27 min |
| Jan 1, 12:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette, Meriwether, Pike | 37 min |
| Jan 1, 12:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Henry, Lamar, Spalding | 30 min |
| Jan 1, 1:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 25 min |
| Jan 1, 1:44 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 44 hr |
| Jan 1, 2:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford, Monroe, Taylor, Upson | 29 min |
| Jan 1, 2:50 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 15 hr |
| Jan 1, 2:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam | 23 min |
| Jan 1, 3:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 26 min |
| Jan 1, 3:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 32 min |
| Jan 1, 3:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam | 24 min |
| Jan 1, 3:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Putnam | 22 min |
| Jan 1, 3:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Peach | 32 min |
| Jan 1, 4:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Taliaferro | 25 min |
| Jan 1, 4:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 30 min |
| Jan 1, 4:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 27 min |
| Jan 1, 5:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Washington | 23 min |
| Jan 1, 6:07 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Johnson, Laurens | 23 min |
| Jan 1, 6:09 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 36 min |
| Jan 1, 6:34 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson, Treutlen | 41 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.