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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Dec 31, 2021, 5:37 PM EST for Gordon County, Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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
- Dec 31, 2021, 5:37 PM EST (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2021, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Gordon County, GA, Pickens County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1182 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
596
WFUS52 KFFC 312237
TORFFC
GAC129-227-312300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0045.211231T2237Z-211231T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
537 PM EST Fri Dec 31 2021
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Gordon County in northwestern Georgia...
Northwestern Pickens County in north central Georgia...
* Until 600 PM EST.
* At 537 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Sonoraville, or near Calhoun, moving east at 30
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...
Fairmount, Ranger, Sonoraville and Hinton.
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 3455 8465 3455 8460 3443 8456 3442 8485
3443 8486 3446 8487 3450 8485 3458 8465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 257DEG 27KT 3447 8484
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$1 follow-up statement
223
WWUS52 KFFC 312259
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
559 PM EST Fri Dec 31 2021
GAC129-227-312309-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-211231T2300Z/
Gordon GA-Pickens GA-
559 PM EST Fri Dec 31 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GORDON AND NORTHWESTERN
PICKENS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM EST...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3455 8465 3455 8460 3443 8456 3442 8485
3443 8486 3446 8487 3450 8485 3458 8465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 257DEG 27KT 3450 8466
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 7:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler | 30 min |
| Dec 30, 7:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen | 18 min |
| Dec 30, 8:35 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 23 hr |
| Dec 31, 12:17 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 13 hr |
| Dec 31, 3:48 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 74 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 31, 7:35 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 13 hr |
| Dec 31, 7:59 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Newton | 7 hr |
| Dec 31, 1:17 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 7 hr |
| Dec 31, 1:55 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 4 days |
| Dec 31, 5:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 52 min |
| Dec 31, 5:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton, Walton | 44 min |
| Dec 31, 6:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 32 min |
| Dec 31, 6:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 25 min |
| Dec 31, 6:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Morgan, Oconee, Walton | 24 min |
| Dec 31, 6:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.