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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 2022, 6:49 AM EST for Stewart County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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
- Mar 9, 2022, 6:49 AM EST (11:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2022, 7:15 AM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Stewart County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:49 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 6:51 AM EST | TORNADO | 4 Wnw Providence Canyon, GA | RADAR CONFIRMED (TDS) TORNADO. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 6:18 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 492 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
174
WFUS52 KFFC 091149
TORFFC
GAC259-091215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0002.220309T1149Z-220309T1215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
649 AM EST Wed Mar 9 2022
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Stewart County in west central Georgia...
* Until 715 AM EST.
* At 649 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Florence Marina State Park, or 10 miles west of
Lumpkin, 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...
Lumpkin, Richland, Charles, Brooklyn, Louvale and Providence Canyon
State 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3208 8506 3209 8504 3222 8482 3222 8480
3223 8480 3223 8466 3209 8466 3200 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 1149Z 235DEG 32KT 3206 8498
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$2 follow-up statements
248
WWUS52 KFFC 091151
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
651 AM EST Wed Mar 9 2022
GAC259-091215-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-220309T1215Z/
Stewart GA-
651 AM EST Wed Mar 9 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM EST FOR CENTRAL
STEWART COUNTY...
At 650 AM EST, a confirmed tornado was located near Providence Canyon
State Park, or 9 miles west of Lumpkin, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Lumpkin, Richland, Charles, Brooklyn, Louvale and Providence Canyon
State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3208 8506 3209 8504 3222 8482 3222 8480
3223 8480 3223 8466 3209 8466 3200 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 1150Z 235DEG 32KT 3207 8496
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$375
WWUS52 KFFC 091159
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
659 AM EST Wed Mar 9 2022
GAC259-091215-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-220309T1215Z/
Stewart GA-
659 AM EST Wed Mar 9 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN STEWART COUNTY...
At 659 AM EST, a confirmed tornado was located near Charles, or near
Lumpkin, 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...
Richland, Charles, Brooklyn, Louvale and Providence Canyon State
Park.
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 3212 8496 3222 8482 3222 8480 3223 8480
3223 8466 3209 8466 3206 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 1159Z 235DEG 32KT 3212 8488
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 8:23 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 44 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 16 min |
| Mar 8, 11:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 15 min |
| Mar 9, 1:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Walker, Whitfield | 30 min |
| Mar 9, 2:51 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 24 min |
| Mar 9, 5:34 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 19 hr |
| Mar 9, 6:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart | 43 min |
| Mar 9, 7:13 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion, Stewart, Webster | 32 min |
| Mar 9, 7:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley | 36 min |
| Mar 9, 7:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley | 32 min |
| Mar 9, 8:06 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley | 24 min |
| Mar 9, 8:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley | 34 min |
| Mar 9, 8:30 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Macon | 15 min |
| Mar 9, 8:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley | 28 min |
| Mar 9, 9:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 27 min |
| Mar 9, 9:21 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 9 hr |
| Mar 9, 9:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach, Twiggs | 37 min |
| Mar 9, 10:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 28 min |
| Mar 9, 2:00 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 7 hr |
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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.