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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 2022, 7:43 AM EST for Marion County, Schley 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, 7:43 AM EST (12:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2022, 8:15 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, Schley County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:47 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 124 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.
923
WFUS52 KFFC 091243
TORFFC
GAC197-249-091315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0004.220309T1243Z-220309T1315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
743 AM EST Wed Mar 9 2022
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Marion County in west central Georgia...
West central Schley County in west central Georgia...
* Until 815 AM EST.
* At 743 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Draneville, or near Buena Vista, 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...
Ellaville, Putnam, Draneville, Doyle and Walls Crossing.
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 3220 8452 3225 8454 3234 8440 3231 8428
3225 8429
TIME...MOT...LOC 1243Z 249DEG 30KT 3224 8450
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$1 follow-up statement
667
WWUS52 KFFC 091252
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
752 AM EST Wed Mar 9 2022
GAC197-249-091315-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-220309T1315Z/
Marion GA-Schley GA-
752 AM EST Wed Mar 9 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM EST FOR EAST
CENTRAL MARION AND WEST CENTRAL SCHLEY COUNTIES...
At 751 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Putnam, or near Ellaville, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Ellaville, Putnam, Doyle and Walls Crossing.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3223 8444 3227 8448 3234 8440 3231 8428
3225 8429
TIME...MOT...LOC 1251Z 249DEG 30KT 3227 8442
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$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, 7:13 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, 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.