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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2022, 4:13 PM EDT for Twiggs County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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
- Apr 5, 2022, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2022, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Twiggs County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 12:03 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1643 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
104
WFUS52 KFFC 052013
TORFFC
GAC289-319-052045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0018.220405T2013Z-220405T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
413 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Wilkinson County in central Georgia...
East central Twiggs County in central Georgia...
* Until 445 PM EDT.
* At 413 PM EDT, a tornado producing storm was located over
Jeffersonville, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
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...
Jeffersonville, Irwinton, Toomsboro and Nicklesville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3268 8301 3268 8303 3263 8336 3267 8339
3288 8311 3280 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 243DEG 32KT 3266 8334
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$3 follow-up statements
879
WWUS52 KFFC 052020
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
420 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022
GAC289-052030-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-220405T2045Z/
Twiggs GA-
420 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL TWIGGS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for central
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3266 8325 3271 8328 3286 8307 3280 8297
3268 8301 3268 8303 3267 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 245DEG 47KT 3270 8324
$$
GAC319-052045-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-220405T2045Z/
Wilkinson GA-
420 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WILKINSON COUNTY...
At 420 PM EDT, a confirmed tornado was located 4 miles east of
Jeffersonville, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
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...
Toomsboro and Nicklesville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3266 8325 3271 8328 3286 8307 3280 8297
3268 8301 3268 8303 3267 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 245DEG 47KT 3270 8324
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$614
WWUS52 KFFC 052028
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
428 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022
GAC319-052045-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-220405T2045Z/
Wilkinson GA-
428 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL WILKINSON COUNTY...
At 428 PM EDT, a confirmed tornado was located about 8 miles west-
northwest of Nicklesville, or 10 miles south of Irwinton, moving
east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Toomsboro and Nicklesville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3269 8317 3274 8319 3284 8304 3280 8297
3269 8301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 249DEG 40KT 3273 8314
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$415
WWUS52 KFFC 052042
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
442 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022
GAC319-052052-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-220405T2045Z/
Wilkinson GA-
442 PM EDT Tue Apr 5 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WILKINSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 445 PM EDT...
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.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for central
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3269 8317 3274 8319 3284 8304 3280 8297
3269 8301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 243DEG 32KT 3278 8302
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 8:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 8:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Spalding | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 9:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 9:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 9:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 9:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Peach | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 9:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 10:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe, Upson | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 10:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 11:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jones, Putnam | 35 min |
| Apr 5, 11:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Stewart, Webster | 53 min |
| Apr 5, 1:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Stewart | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 1:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Marion, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor, Webster | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 2:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion, Talbot, Taylor | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 2:30 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 4 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:48 PM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Crawford and 46 more | 40 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Lamar, Macon, Monroe and 2 more | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 2:55 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 21 days |
| Apr 5, 2:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford, Taylor | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 2:57 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 35 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:08 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton, Gwinnett | 21 days |
| Apr 5, 3:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Macon | 22 min |
| Apr 5, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Jackson, Madison | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach and 4 more | 47 min |
| Apr 5, 3:14 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 4 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:20 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 21 days |
| Apr 5, 3:20 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones | 25 min |
| Apr 5, 3:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston, Macon, Peach | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Houston, Jones, Peach, Twiggs and 1 more | 47 min |
| Apr 5, 3:31 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette, Spalding | 30 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Pulaski | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 3:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 25 min |
| Apr 5, 3:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Putnam | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens, Pulaski | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Johnson, Laurens, Pulaski, Telfair and 3 more | 39 min |
| Apr 5, 4:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 4:16 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 12 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Twiggs, Washington, Wilkinson | 53 min |
| Apr 5, 4:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 4:29 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 63 min |
| Apr 5, 4:29 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 7 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 4:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hancock, Warren | 11 min |
| Apr 5, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair and 3 more | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 4:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 4:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Montgomery, Toombs | 35 min |
| Apr 5, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 20 min |
| Apr 5, 5:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 20 min |
| Apr 5, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 6:22 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 5 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:50 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 27 hr |
| Apr 5, 7:52 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Crawford, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 3 days |
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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.