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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 2022, 7:13 AM EST for Marion County, Stewart County, Webster 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
- Mar 9, 2022, 7:13 AM EST (12:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2022, 7:45 AM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Marion County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Webster County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 6:18 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
122
WFUS52 KFFC 091213
TORFFC
GAC197-259-307-091245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0003.220309T1213Z-220309T1245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
713 AM EST Wed Mar 9 2022
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Marion County in west central Georgia...
Northeastern Stewart County in west central Georgia...
Northwestern Webster County in west central Georgia...
* Until 745 AM EST.
* At 713 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Charles, or near Lumpkin, moving east 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...
Seminole and Brooklyn.
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 3217 8482 3223 8467 3223 8466 3224 8466
3227 8461 3222 8451 3215 8458 3210 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 1213Z 249DEG 30KT 3214 8479
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$1 follow-up statement
294
WWUS52 KFFC 091224
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
724 AM EST Wed Mar 9 2022
GAC197-259-307-091245-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-220309T1245Z/
Marion GA-Stewart GA-Webster GA-
724 AM EST Wed Mar 9 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM EST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MARION...NORTHEASTERN STEWART AND NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER
COUNTIES...
At 724 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Brooklyn, or 10 miles northeast of Lumpkin, moving
east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Seminole and Brooklyn.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3218 8472 3223 8467 3223 8466 3224 8466
3226 8460 3222 8451 3215 8458 3214 8470
TIME...MOT...LOC 1224Z 249DEG 30KT 3217 8469
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$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, 6:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Stewart | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.