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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 31, 2025Twiggs County, Wilkinson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2025, 2:40 PM EDT for Twiggs County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 13 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 31, 2025, 2:40 PM EDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2025, 2:53 PM EDT
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Twiggs County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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 31, 11:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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: 511 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 4.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

935 
WFUS52 KFFC 311840
TORFFC
GAC289-319-311915-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0021.250331T1840Z-250331T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
240 PM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Wilkinson County in central Georgia...
  East central Twiggs County in central Georgia...

* Until 315 PM EDT.

* At 240 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Jeffersonville, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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...
  Jeffersonville, Irwinton, Toomsboro, Ripley, and Nicklesville.

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 3265 8340 3273 8342 3285 8307 3279 8301
      3270 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 255DEG 35KT 3267 8335 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

1 follow-up statement

808 
WWUS52 KFFC 311853
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
253 PM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025

GAC289-319-311903-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250331T1915Z/
Wilkinson GA-Twiggs GA-
253 PM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WILKINSON AND EAST CENTRAL TWIGGS
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for
central Georgia.

&&

LAT...LON 3265 8340 3273 8342 3285 8307 3279 8301
      3270 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 255DEG 35KT 3270 8320 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 5:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	32 min
Mar 31, 6:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Whitfield	27 min
Mar 31, 9:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	46 min
Mar 31, 9:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	32 min
Mar 31, 10:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield	50 min
Mar 31, 11:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray	46 min
Mar 31, 11:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Haralson	26 min
Mar 31, 12:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton	42 min
Mar 31, 12:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot	51 min
Mar 31, 12:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Troup	34 min
Mar 31, 12:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Meriwether, Troup	47 min
Mar 31, 12:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gilmer	27 min
Mar 31, 12:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, Douglas, Fulton, Pickens	33 min
Mar 31, 12:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton	42 min
Mar 31, 12:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette	25 min
Mar 31, 12:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee, Talbot	37 min
Mar 31, 12:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson	46 min
Mar 31, 12:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Henry, Rockdale	7 min
Mar 31, 12:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Newton, Rockdale and 1 more	41 min
Mar 31, 12:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Stewart, Webster	41 min
Mar 31, 1:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson, DeKalb, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Lumpkin	29 min
Mar 31, 1:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Henry, Newton, Rockdale	10 min
Mar 31, 1:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe	25 min
Mar 31, 1:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Clarke, DeKalb, Greene, Henry, Jasper and 8 more	52 min
Mar 31, 1:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion, Schley, Taylor, Webster	31 min
Mar 31, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Jackson	34 min
Mar 31, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Monroe, Peach	29 min
Mar 31, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	30 min
Mar 31, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Peach and 2 more	40 min
Mar 31, 2:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jones, Morgan, Putnam and 3 more	51 min
Mar 31, 2:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Peach, Twiggs	30 min
Mar 31, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe	27 min
Mar 31, 2:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Madison, Oglethorpe, Wilkes	44 min
Mar 31, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes	28 min
Mar 31, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Johnson, Laurens, Pulaski, Twiggs and 2 more	44 min
Mar 31, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox	27 min
Mar 31, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Laurens, Pulaski, Wilcox	40 min
Mar 31, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen, Washington	49 min
Mar 31, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Treutlen, Wheeler and 1 more	51 min
Mar 31, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Treutlen	51 min
Mar 31, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Toombs	44 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.