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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 13, 2023Toombs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2023, 4:45 PM EDT for Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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 13, 2023, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired: Apr 13, 2023, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Toombs County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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.

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 13, 12:42 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 72 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

989 
WFUS52 KFFC 132045
TORFFC
GAC279-132115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0030.230413T2045Z-230413T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
445 PM EDT Thu Apr 13 2023

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southern Toombs County in southeastern Georgia...

* Until 515 PM EDT.
    
* At 444 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Grays Landing, or near Plant Hatch, moving
  northeast 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...
  English Eddy, Toombs Central, Johnson Corner, Ohoopee, New Branch
  and Grays Landing.

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 3214 8220 3195 8222 3193 8227 3194 8228
      3193 8230 3195 8231 3193 8231 3194 8238
      3196 8238 3195 8239 3196 8240 3195 8240
      3197 8243 3196 8246 3221 8221 3218 8219
      3216 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 229DEG 27KT 3194 8240 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

1 follow-up statement

071 
WWUS52 KFFC 132111
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
511 PM EDT Thu Apr 13 2023

GAC279-132121-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-230413T2115Z/
Toombs GA-
511 PM EDT Thu Apr 13 2023

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN TOOMBS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 515
PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for southeastern
Georgia.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Peachtree City.

LAT...LON 3214 8220 3195 8222 3193 8227 3194 8228
      3193 8230 3195 8231 3193 8231 3194 8238
      3196 8238 3195 8239 3196 8240 3195 8240
      3197 8243 3196 8246 3221 8221 3218 8219
      3216 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 229DEG 27KT 3207 8222 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	36 min
Apr 13, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	30 min
Apr 13, 2:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox	41 min
Apr 13, 2:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox	31 min
Apr 13, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski, Wilcox	35 min
Apr 13, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	27 min
Apr 13, 3:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Dodge	20 min
Apr 13, 4:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Bleckley	34 min
Apr 13, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley	29 min
Apr 13, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	42 min
Apr 13, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson	40 min
Apr 13, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	35 min
Apr 13, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	14 min
Apr 13, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	32 min
Apr 13, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	25 min
Apr 13, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Muscogee, Talbot	49 min
Apr 13, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	24 min
Apr 13, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Schley	33 min
Apr 13, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	36 min
Apr 13, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	34 min
Apr 13, 7:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Schley	28 min
Apr 13, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether	30 min
Apr 13, 7:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	58 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.