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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 25, 2023Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 2023, 4:15 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 15 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 25, 2023, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired: Mar 25, 2023, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Laurens County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 25, 4:17 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cadwell, GA	PORCH AND PORCH COVING BLOWN OFF MOBILE HOME NEAR ACADEMY ST AND WALNUT ST. SOME SMALL TREES AND TREE LIMBS ALSO DOWN IN THIS AREA. FUTURE UPDATES TO THIS REPORT MAY BE REQUIRED DUE TO RADAR INDICATED CIRCULATION AND LOCAL REPORTS.
Mar 25, 4:17 PM EDT	TORNADO	Cadwell, GA	A NWS STORM SURVEY COORDINATED WITH THE LAURENS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER DOCUMENTED A BRIEF EF0 TORNADO NEAR CADWELL. THE TORNADO STARTED IN CADWELL ON ACADEMY ST AND LIFTED A PORCH ROOF OFF A MANUFACTURED HOME AND DESTROYED A SHED AS WELL AS A FEW TREES AND L
Mar 25, 4:18 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ne Rentz, GA	TREE DOWN AT US 441 AND MEEKS RD. FUTURE UPDATES TO THIS REPORT MAY BE REQUIRED DUE TO RADAR INDICATED CIRCULATION AND LOCAL REPORTS.
Mar 25, 4:19 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Se Cadwell, GA	TREE DOWN AT GRAHAM RD NEAR KEEN RD AND GA HWY 126. FUTURE UPDATES TO THIS REPORT MAY BE REQUIRED DUE TO RADAR INDICATED CIRCULATION AND LOCAL REPORTS.
Mar 25, 4:19 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ne Rentz, GA	WIRES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF MEEKS RD AND HWY 441.
Mar 25, 4:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Se Cadwell, GA	TREE DOWN AT SNOW HILL CHURCH RD AND GRAHAM RD NEAR CALDWELL, GA. FUTURE UPDATES TO THIS REPORT MAY BE REQUIRED DUE TO RADAR INDICATED CIRCULATION AND LOCAL REPORTS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 25, 11:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 232 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

777 
WFUS52 KFFC 252015
TORFFC
GAC175-252045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0021.230325T2015Z-230325T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
415 PM EDT Sat Mar 25 2023

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Laurens County in central Georgia...

* Until 445 PM EDT.
    
* At 415 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Cadwell, or 12 miles northeast of Eastman, moving
  east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.

  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...
  Cadwell, Rentz and Lowery. 

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 3234 8308 3244 8304 3242 8274 3234 8273
      3234 8274 3233 8275 3233 8274 3231 8273
      3223 8281
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 282DEG 26KT 3234 8305 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN

$$

1 follow-up statement

590 
WWUS52 KFFC 252030
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
430 PM EDT Sat Mar 25 2023

GAC175-252039-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-230325T2045Z/
Laurens GA-
430 PM EDT Sat Mar 25 2023

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.


LAT...LON 3234 8308 3244 8304 3242 8274 3234 8273
      3234 8274 3233 8275 3233 8274 3231 8273
      3223 8281
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 282DEG 26KT 3232 8293 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 25, 2:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dade, Walker	60 min
Mar 25, 2:35 AM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FFC	Dade, Walker	18 min
Mar 25, 2:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield	41 min
Mar 25, 3:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	56 min
Mar 25, 3:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	39 min
Mar 25, 3:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	63 min
Mar 25, 3:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Murray	46 min
Mar 25, 4:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Towns, Union	59 min
Mar 25, 4:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson, Gilmer, Pickens	34 min
Mar 25, 4:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	33 min
Mar 25, 6:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	35 min
Mar 25, 7:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	17 min
Mar 25, 10:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Peach	39 min
Mar 25, 11:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston	37 min
Mar 25, 11:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley	49 min
Mar 25, 11:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	38 min
Mar 25, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	32 min
Mar 25, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston	31 min
Mar 25, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	33 min
Mar 25, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley	34 min
Mar 25, 3:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Houston, Laurens	42 min
Mar 25, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	26 min
Mar 25, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	27 min
Mar 25, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Laurens	42 min
Mar 25, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	24 min
Mar 25, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	23 min
Mar 25, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski	48 min
Mar 25, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	32 min
Mar 25, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Emanuel, Laurens, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen	50 min
Mar 25, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Schley	33 min
Mar 25, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Dodge, Laurens	42 min
Mar 25, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly, Houston, Macon, Schley, Sumter	28 min
Mar 25, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen	30 min
Mar 25, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Stewart, Sumter, Webster	18 min
Mar 25, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler	33 min
Mar 25, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	35 min
Mar 25, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.