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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 317, NWS Atlanta, GA

October 25, 2010Bleckley County, Dodge County, Pulaski County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 25, 2010, 1:41 PM EDT for Bleckley County, Dodge County, Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 25, 2010, 1:41 PM EDT (17:41 UTC)
Expired: Oct 25, 2010, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bleckley County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Pulaski County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 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 nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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: 324 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 221 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.9

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 25, 1:06 PM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 25, 1:06 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 25, 11:10 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1110 AM EDT MON OCT 25 2010

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-261015-
BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA-
CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA-
CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL-
FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE-
GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON-
JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON-
MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY-
MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH-
PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON-
SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS-
TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN-
WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES-
WILKINSON-
1110 AM EDT MON OCT 25 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS CENTRAL
GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS
NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON.

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL LIFT ACROSS PORTIONS OF
TENNESSEE AND NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING.

.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING
WINDS....HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.
HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AREAS EAST OF A MACON TO GREENSBORO
LINE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

.DISCUSSION...
A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA
THIS MORNING WILL PUSH TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. THIS LINE IS VERY
UNSTABLE WITH CAPES NEAR 2000...LIFTED INDICES IN THE -2 TO -6 RANGE
AND GOOD VERTICAL WIND SHEAR. ISOLATED STORMS ALONG IT HAVE A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING NUMEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO
WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 25, 12:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 25, 12:42 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1242 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010

GAZ001-002-251700-
1242 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 35 MPH WINDS
IN DADE AND WALKER COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM EDT...

AT 1238 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MORGANVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS DADE AND
WALKER COUNTIES THROUGH 100 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE
STORM INCLUDE COLE CITY...MORGANVILLE...LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN...HOOKER...
WILDWOOD AND ROSSVILLE.

THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND.

Local storm report, Oct 25, 12:47 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1247 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0555 AM     TSTM WND DMG     DALTON                  34.77N 84.98W
10/25/2010                   WHITFIELD          GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            WHITFIELD COUNTY SCHOOLS BUS DRIVER REPORTED SEVERAL
            TREES DOWN AND POWER OUT TO SCHOOLS VIA AMATEUR RADIO
            RELAY. WHITFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ALSO
            REPORTED 1-2 DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES.

&&

DDARBE

Special weather statement, Oct 25, 12:55 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1255 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010

GAZ076-251730-
1255 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN JEFFERSON
COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM EDT...

AT 1253 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WADLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
JEFFERSON COUNTY THROUGH 130 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM INCLUDE MOXLEY...BARTOW...WADLEY AND LOUISVILLE. BRIEF
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

16

Special weather statement, Oct 25, 1:19 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
119 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010

GAZ006-007-251745-
119 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL IN GILMER AND
FANNIN COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM EDT...

AT 115 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER JONES MILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

Special weather statement, Oct 25, 1:31 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
131 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010

GAZ096-107-109-251800-
131 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS
IN PULASKI...DODGE AND BLECKLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EDT...

AT 130 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HARTFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS PULASKI...
DODGE AND BLECKLEY COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE
PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE PULASKI STATE PRISON...HARTFORD...
HAWKINSVILLE...MOBLEY CROSSING...BAILEYS PARK...COCHRAN...DUBOIS...
EMPIRE...YONKERS...RODDY...CHESTER...GOLDSBORO AND ROWLAND.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 25, 5:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dade, Walker	43 min
Oct 25, 5:20 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Dade, Walker	25 min
Oct 25, 5:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga	49 min
Oct 25, 5:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield	23 min
Oct 25, 5:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Floyd, Gordon	41 min
Oct 25, 6:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield	31 min
Oct 25, 6:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson, Polk	38 min
Oct 25, 6:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens	44 min
Oct 25, 6:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding	48 min
Oct 25, 6:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow	23 min
Oct 25, 6:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Douglas, Heard	50 min
Oct 25, 6:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White	43 min
Oct 25, 7:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton	49 min
Oct 25, 7:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Henry and 2 more	51 min
Oct 25, 10:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Jones	39 min
Oct 25, 10:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington	49 min
Oct 25, 11:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson, Treutlen	42 min
Oct 25, 1:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens, Wilkinson	53 min
Oct 25, 2:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston, Twiggs	52 min
Oct 25, 2:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Houston, Twiggs	26 min
Oct 25, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Laurens	47 min
Oct 25, 3:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Washington	38 min
Oct 25, 3:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens	25 min
Oct 25, 3:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Laurens	36 min
Oct 25, 3:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Treutlen	39 min
Oct 25, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen	45 min
Oct 25, 4:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Emanuel	51 min
Oct 25, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen	46 min
Oct 25, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Sumter	45 min
Oct 25, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel	24 min
Oct 25, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens	50 min
Oct 25, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly, Houston	28 min
Oct 25, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson	39 min
Oct 25, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson	21 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2010 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.