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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 16, 2026, 8:05 AM EDT for Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 8 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, 2026, 8:05 AM EDT (12:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2026, 8:13 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Jones County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:05 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, 4:10 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 301 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
615
WFUS52 KFFC 161205
TORFFC
GAC169-161230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0017.260316T1205Z-260316T1230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
805 AM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Jones County in central Georgia...
* Until 830 AM EDT.
* At 805 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Clinton, or near Gray, moving northeast at 35 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...
Gray, James, Greenberry Crossroads, and Clinton.
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 3290 8365 3295 8367 3305 8351 3301 8344
3293 8343
TIME...MOT...LOC 1205Z 244DEG 32KT 3295 8360
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$1 follow-up statement
344
WWUS52 KFFC 161213
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
813 AM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026
GAC169-161223-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-260316T1230Z/
Jones GA-
813 AM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area. However,
gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 AM EDT for central
Georgia.
&&
LAT...LON 3290 8365 3295 8367 3305 8351 3301 8344
3293 8343
TIME...MOT...LOC 1212Z 244DEG 32KT 3298 8352
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 40 min |
| Mar 16, 2:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 48 min |
| Mar 16, 3:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray and 2 more | 39 min |
| Mar 16, 3:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 21 min |
| Mar 16, 4:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield | 47 min |
| Mar 16, 4:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon, Pickens | 41 min |
| Mar 16, 4:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 20 min |
| Mar 16, 4:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 28 min |
| Mar 16, 4:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Towns and 2 more | 27 min |
| Mar 16, 4:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Gordon, Pickens | 26 min |
| Mar 16, 5:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb and 5 more | 44 min |
| Mar 16, 5:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Gilmer, Hall and 5 more | 43 min |
| Mar 16, 5:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 38 min |
| Mar 16, 5:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Harris, Heard, Henry and 5 more | 36 min |
| Mar 16, 5:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Clayton, DeKalb, Forsyth, Gwinnett and 5 more | 46 min |
| Mar 16, 6:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Towns, White | 13 min |
| Mar 16, 6:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 20 min |
| Mar 16, 6:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson and 6 more | 48 min |
| Mar 16, 6:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Fayette, Henry, Lamar, Meriwether, Newton and 2 more | 40 min |
| Mar 16, 6:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Lamar, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee and 3 more | 38 min |
| Mar 16, 6:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 16 min |
| Mar 16, 6:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Talbot, Upson | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 7:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 42 min |
| Mar 16, 7:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Schley, Talbot, Taylor | 37 min |
| Mar 16, 7:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson | 39 min |
| Mar 16, 7:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Morgan, Newton and 1 more | 35 min |
| Mar 16, 7:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Talbot, Taylor and 1 more | 32 min |
| Mar 16, 7:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 40 min |
| Mar 16, 7:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Macon and 4 more | 51 min |
| Mar 16, 7:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Morgan, Putnam | 34 min |
| Mar 16, 7:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 26 min |
| Mar 16, 7:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones | 23 min |
| Mar 16, 8:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Webster | 30 min |
| Mar 16, 8:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 42 min |
| Mar 16, 8:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bleckley, Hancock, Houston, Jones, Laurens and 4 more | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 8:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley, Sumter, Webster | 12 min |
| Mar 16, 8:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 9:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Warren, Washington | 44 min |
| Mar 16, 9:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 9:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 29 min |
| Mar 16, 9:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski | 23 min |
| Mar 16, 9:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 25 min |
| Mar 16, 10:24 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 80 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:54 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson and 13 more | 4 min |
| Mar 16, 10:58 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson and 13 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 16, 11:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 37 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.