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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 2022, 8:06 AM EST for Macon County, Schley County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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, 8:06 AM EST (13:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2022, 8:30 AM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Macon County, GA, Schley County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:06 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 115 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.
070
WFUS52 KFFC 091306
TORFFC
GAC193-249-091330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0005.220309T1306Z-220309T1330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
806 AM EST Wed Mar 9 2022
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
West central Macon County in west central Georgia...
Central Schley County in west central Georgia...
* Until 830 AM EST.
* At 806 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Murrays Crossroads, 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...
Ideal, Bartlett and Murrays Crossroads.
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 3232 8434 3240 8421 3240 8420 3242 8419
3244 8415 3239 8406 3232 8408 3229 8432
TIME...MOT...LOC 1306Z 248DEG 29KT 3232 8430
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$1 follow-up statement
292
WWUS52 KFFC 091316
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
816 AM EST Wed Mar 9 2022
GAC249-091326-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-220309T1330Z/
Schley GA-
816 AM EST Wed Mar 9 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL SCHLEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 PM EST for west central
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3230 8425 3236 8426 3237 8425 3240 8421
3240 8420 3241 8420 3243 8418 3244 8415
3239 8406 3232 8408
TIME...MOT...LOC 1316Z 246DEG 23KT 3235 8423
$$
GAC193-091330-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-220309T1330Z/
Macon GA-
816 AM EST Wed Mar 9 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM EST FOR WEST
CENTRAL MACON COUNTY...
At 816 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Ideal, or 8 miles northeast of Ellaville, moving
northeast at 25 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...
Ideal and Bartlett.
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 3230 8425 3236 8426 3237 8425 3240 8421
3240 8420 3241 8420 3243 8418 3244 8415
3239 8406 3232 8408
TIME...MOT...LOC 1316Z 246DEG 23KT 3235 8423
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, 7:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley | 32 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.