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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 16, 2025, 7:59 AM EDT for Emanuel County, Johnson County, Georgia. It was in force for 14 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 16, 2025, 7:59 AM EDT (11:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2025, 8:13 AM EDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Emanuel County, GA, Johnson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:59 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 16, 2:18 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1464 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 417 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted.
735
WFUS52 KFFC 161159
TORFFC
GAC107-167-161230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0016.250316T1159Z-250316T1230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
759 AM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Emanuel County in east central Georgia...
East central Johnson County in east central Georgia...
* Until 830 AM EDT.
* At 758 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Norristown Junction, or 9 miles west of
Swainsboro, moving northeast at 50 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...
Meeks, Norristown Junction, Dellwood, and Swainsboro.
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 3252 8252 3263 8261 3275 8238 3270 8231
3257 8234
TIME...MOT...LOC 1158Z 225DEG 42KT 3261 8249
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$1 follow-up statement
806
WWUS52 KFFC 161213
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
813 AM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025
GAC107-167-161222-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-250316T1230Z/
Emanuel GA-Johnson GA-
813 AM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN EMANUEL AND EAST CENTRAL
JOHNSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, damaging winds remain possible and a Severe
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 AM EDT for east central
Georgia.
&&
LAT...LON 3252 8252 3263 8261 3275 8238 3270 8231
3257 8234
TIME...MOT...LOC 1210Z 225DEG 42KT 3273 8235
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 8:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 17 min |
| Mar 15, 10:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Floyd and 6 more | 65 min |
| Mar 15, 11:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Paulding | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 11:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding | 15 min |
| Mar 15, 11:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Douglas, Floyd, Haralson, Paulding and 1 more | 32 min |
| Mar 15, 11:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Pickens | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 12:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Floyd, Haralson and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot and 1 more | 51 min |
| Mar 16, 1:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Crawford, Harris, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee and 6 more | 46 min |
| Mar 16, 2:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 82 min |
| Mar 16, 2:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 34 min |
| Mar 16, 2:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Schley, Stewart, Taylor, Webster | 44 min |
| Mar 16, 3:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Macon and 7 more | 47 min |
| Mar 16, 3:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 10 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 54 min |
| Mar 16, 3:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bleckley, Dooly, Hancock, Houston, Pulaski and 4 more | 52 min |
| Mar 16, 3:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Putnam | 15 min |
| Mar 16, 4:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 28 min |
| Mar 16, 4:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bleckley, Dodge, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson and 7 more | 44 min |
| Mar 16, 4:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 29 min |
| Mar 16, 4:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Warren | 49 min |
| Mar 16, 5:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Emanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson and 5 more | 52 min |
| Mar 16, 5:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen, Washington | 50 min |
| Mar 16, 6:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 24 min |
| Mar 16, 6:24 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Haralson | 40 hr |
| Mar 16, 6:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox | 50 min |
| Mar 16, 7:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery and 2 more | 41 min |
| Mar 16, 7:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler | 38 min |
| Mar 16, 7:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 13 min |
| Mar 16, 7:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 43 min |
| Mar 16, 7:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 49 min |
| Mar 16, 8:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 14 min |
| Mar 16, 8:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 8 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.