Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2023
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 3, 2023, 3:09 PM EST for Murray County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 10 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
- Jan 3, 2023, 3:09 PM EST (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2023, 3:19 PM EST
- In force
- 10 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Murray County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 1:56 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
974
WFUS52 KFFC 032009
TORFFC
GAC213-313-032045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0001.230103T2009Z-230103T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
309 PM EST Tue Jan 3 2023
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Murray County in northwestern Georgia...
Southeastern Whitfield County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 345 PM EST.
* At 309 PM EST, severe thunderstorms capable of producing both
tornadoes and extensive straight line wind damage were located over
Dalton, moving southeast at 30 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...
Dalton, Rocky Face and Tilton.
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 3479 8505 3484 8498 3474 8484 3466 8485
3466 8496
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 317DEG 26KT 3478 8500
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$1 follow-up statement
746
WWUS52 KFFC 032019
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
319 PM EST Tue Jan 3 2023
GAC213-313-032027-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-230103T2045Z/
Murray GA-Whitfield GA-
319 PM EST Tue Jan 3 2023
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MURRAY AND SOUTHEASTERN
WHITFIELD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible
with this thunderstorm and a Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in
effect for the area.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EST for northwestern
Georgia.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
portions of NW Georgia.
LAT...LON 3479 8505 3484 8498 3474 8484 3466 8485
3466 8496
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 317DEG 26KT 3473 8495
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 2:19 AM EST | Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee and 51 more | 33 hr |
| Jan 3, 2:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade, Walker | 49 min |
| Jan 3, 2:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 52 min |
| Jan 3, 2:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 37 min |
| Jan 3, 3:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Murray | 27 min |
| Jan 3, 3:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 41 min |
| Jan 3, 4:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee | 24 min |
| Jan 3, 4:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 39 min |
| Jan 3, 4:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Heard | 47 min |
| Jan 3, 4:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 31 min |
| Jan 3, 5:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart | 28 min |
| Jan 3, 5:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Paulding | 25 min |
| Jan 3, 5:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Talbot, Taylor | 34 min |
| Jan 3, 5:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton | 33 min |
| Jan 3, 5:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 30 min |
| Jan 3, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 36 min |
| Jan 3, 5:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 21 min |
| Jan 3, 5:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding | 36 min |
| Jan 3, 5:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Spalding | 23 min |
| Jan 3, 6:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 37 min |
| Jan 3, 6:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett | 33 min |
| Jan 3, 6:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford | 33 min |
| Jan 3, 6:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 29 min |
| Jan 3, 6:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee | 17 min |
| Jan 3, 6:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton, Walton | 34 min |
| Jan 3, 6:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 29 min |
| Jan 3, 6:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 28 min |
| Jan 3, 6:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Jackson | 27 min |
| Jan 3, 6:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 39 min |
| Jan 3, 6:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 34 min |
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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.