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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2022, 8:36 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 12 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 6, 2022, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2022, 8:48 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Emanuel County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 1:32 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 1861 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted.
644
WFUS52 KFFC 070036
TORFFC
GAC107-070100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0030.220407T0036Z-220407T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
836 PM EDT Wed Apr 6 2022
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Emanuel County in east central Georgia...
* Until 900 PM EDT.
* At 835 PM EDT, a tornado producing storm was located over
Blundale, or 9 miles northwest of Swainsboro, moving east at 55
mph. Persons in Blundale and Summertown should move to a safe
place now!
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...
Summertown, Blundale, Three Points and Colemans Lake.
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 3271 8244 3273 8245 3276 8243 3277 8242
3277 8241 3278 8240 3283 8229 3283 8226
3280 8221 3281 8219 3281 8215 3273 8211
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 251DEG 46KT 3272 8240
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$1 follow-up statement
211
WWUS52 KFFC 070048
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
848 PM EDT Wed Apr 6 2022
GAC107-070057-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-220407T0100Z/
Emanuel GA-
848 PM EDT Wed Apr 6 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN EMANUEL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for east central
Georgia.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Peachtree City.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
Emanuel County until 900 PM EDT.
LAT...LON 3271 8244 3273 8245 3276 8243 3277 8242
3277 8241 3278 8240 3283 8229 3283 8226
3280 8221 3281 8219 3281 8215 3273 8211
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 251DEG 46KT 3277 8222
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen and 1 more | 48 min |
| Apr 6, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 28 min |
| Apr 6, 8:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 26 min |
| Apr 6, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 25 min |
| Apr 6, 8:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 23 min |
| Apr 6, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Gilmer, Pickens | 30 min |
| Apr 6, 8:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 35 min |
| Apr 6, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Toombs | 18 min |
| Apr 6, 9:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Gilmer, Lumpkin | 31 min |
| Apr 6, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 29 min |
| Apr 6, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 34 min |
| Apr 6, 10:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 24 min |
| Apr 6, 10:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 34 min |
| Apr 6, 10:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 37 min |
| Apr 6, 10:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 28 min |
| Apr 6, 10:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 24 min |
| Apr 6, 11:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 25 min |
| Apr 6, 11:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 30 min |
| Apr 6, 11:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 35 min |
| Apr 6, 11:43 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach | 47 hr |
| Apr 6, 11:49 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Monroe | 23 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette | 30 min |
| Apr 7, 12:42 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 9 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Newton, Spalding | 30 min |
| Apr 7, 12:49 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 41 hr |
| Apr 7, 1:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 5 hr |
| Apr 7, 1:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 36 min |
| Apr 7, 1:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Upson | 32 min |
| Apr 7, 1:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 25 min |
| Apr 7, 2:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 26 min |
| Apr 7, 2:18 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 4 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 50 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 30 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 8 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 24 min |
| Apr 7, 5:40 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Putnam | 13 hr |
| Apr 7, 5:44 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Jones | 11 hr |
| Apr 7, 5:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dooly | 64 min |
| Apr 7, 6:26 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 15 hr |
| Apr 7, 6:32 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll | 3 hr |
| Apr 7, 6:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 34 min |
| Apr 7, 11:25 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette, Spalding | 30 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:45 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dooly | 17 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.