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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 1, 2021, 3:04 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 26 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
- Jan 1, 2021, 3:04 PM EST (20:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2021, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Warren County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 143 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.
099
WFUS52 KFFC 012004
TORFFC
GAC133-141-265-301-012030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0005.210101T2004Z-210101T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
304 PM EST Fri Jan 1 2021
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
West central Warren County in east central Georgia...
Northeastern Hancock County in east central Georgia...
Southeastern Greene County in east central Georgia...
Southwestern Taliaferro County in east central Georgia...
* Until 330 PM EST.
* At 304 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Shoulderbone, or 9 miles northwest of Sparta,
moving northeast at 45 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...
Crawfordville, White Plains, Sharon, Springfield, Powelton,
Barnett, Shoulderbone and Alexander Stephens Park.
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 3332 8310 3340 8313 3362 8293 3357 8277
3339 8277
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 231DEG 38KT 3340 8305
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
112
WWUS52 KFFC 012023
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
323 PM EST Fri Jan 1 2021
GAC133-141-012032-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210101T2030Z/
Hancock GA-Greene GA-
323 PM EST Fri Jan 1 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK AND SOUTHEASTERN
GREENE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3344 8277 3343 8284 3344 8285 3344 8294
3345 8295 3349 8297 3359 8285 3357 8277
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 236DEG 30KT 3349 8289
$$
GAC265-301-012030-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210101T2030Z/
Warren GA-Taliaferro GA-
323 PM EST Fri Jan 1 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN WARREN AND SOUTHWESTERN TALIAFERRO COUNTIES...
At 322 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Powelton, or near Crawfordville, moving northeast at
35 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...
Crawfordville, Sharon and Barnett.
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 3344 8277 3343 8284 3344 8285 3344 8294
3345 8295 3349 8297 3359 8285 3357 8277
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 236DEG 30KT 3349 8289
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, 2:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jones, Monroe | 25 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, 3:28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.