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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 1, 2022Dade County, Walker County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 1, 2022, 9:52 PM EST for Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 8 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
Jan 1, 2022, 9:52 PM EST (02:52 UTC)
Expired
Jan 1, 2022, 10:00 PM EST
In force
8 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:55 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 1, 9:56 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG2 Ese Morganville, GAPOWER LINE DOWNED AT SAGE DR AND SCENIC HWY

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 1, 7:53 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2022-01-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2022-01-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -302 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
89 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-302 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

689 
WFUS52 KFFC 020252
TORFFC
GAC083-295-020300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0001.220102T0252Z-220102T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
952 PM EST Sat Jan 1 2022

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Walker County in northwestern Georgia...
  Northern Dade County in northwestern Georgia...

* Until 1000 PM EST.
    
* At 951 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Stephensville, or over Trenton, moving east 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...
  Trenton, Rossville, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Fairview,
  Stephensville, Chattanooga  Valley, New England, Morganville,
  Hooker, Cole City and Wildwood.

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 3498 8527 3486 8527 3483 8558 3498 8560
      3498 8532 3499 8531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 251DEG 45KT 3491 8553 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 1, 9:08 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCJohnson, Washington, Wilkinson39 hr
Jan 1, 9:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker44 min
Jan 2, 1:35 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga25 min
Jan 2, 2:59 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin31 min
Jan 2, 3:17 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDade7 hr
Jan 2, 4:06 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Paulding24 min
Jan 2, 4:09 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryFFCBartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb and 18 more29 hr
Jan 2, 4:30 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett30 min
Jan 2, 4:39 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Douglas36 min
Jan 2, 4:59 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Jackson, Madison31 min
Jan 2, 5:14 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton31 min
Jan 2, 5:51 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup24 min
Jan 2, 6:11 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup34 min
Jan 2, 6:33 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSpalding27 min
Jan 2, 6:36 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris24 min
Jan 2, 6:38 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether37 min
Jan 2, 6:59 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Harris, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Pike and 2 more46 min
Jan 2, 7:53 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones, Monroe37 min
Jan 2, 9:47 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth11 hr
Jan 2, 12:54 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCWhitfield21 days
Jan 2, 1:50 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox25 min
Jan 2, 2:10 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair35 min
Jan 2, 2:59 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox31 min
Jan 2, 3:04 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs26 min
Jan 2, 3:41 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Pulaski34 min
Jan 2, 3:55 PM ESTWind AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more20 hr
Jan 2, 3:55 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Towns, Union and 1 more17 hr
Jan 2, 4:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox26 min
Jan 2, 4:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Pulaski, Wilcox34 min
Jan 2, 4:45 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Wilcox30 min
Jan 2, 5:05 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Laurens40 min
Jan 2, 5:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler, Wilcox16 min
Jan 2, 5:41 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair34 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.