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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Dec 31, 2021, 6:22 PM EST for Morgan County, Oconee County, Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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, 6:22 PM EST (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2021, 6:46 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Morgan County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Walton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 94 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.
525
WFUS52 KFFC 312322
TORFFC
GAC211-219-297-010000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0048.211231T2322Z-220101T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
622 PM EST Fri Dec 31 2021
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Oconee County in northeastern Georgia...
Northwestern Morgan County in north central Georgia...
East central Walton County in north central Georgia...
* Until 700 PM EST.
* At 621 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Ebenezer, or 7 miles southeast of Monroe, moving
east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Weather spotters reported funnel cloud.
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...
Watkinsville, North High Shoals, Bostwick, Bishop, Ebenezer and
Farmington.
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 3368 8366 3369 8368 3372 8369 3388 8343
3372 8334 3368 8359
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 250DEG 21KT 3370 8364
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$1 follow-up statement
204
WWUS52 KFFC 312346
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
646 PM EST Fri Dec 31 2021
GAC211-219-297-312356-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-220101T0000Z/
Oconee GA-Morgan GA-Walton GA-
646 PM EST Fri Dec 31 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE...NORTHWESTERN MORGAN
AND EAST CENTRAL WALTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3368 8366 3369 8368 3372 8369 3388 8343
3372 8334 3368 8359
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 250DEG 21KT 3375 8347
$$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, 5:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gordon, Pickens | 23 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, 6:53 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.