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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 27, 2011Dodge County, Telfair County, Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2011, 4:26 PM EDT for Dodge County, Telfair County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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 27, 2011, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2011, 4:51 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Dodge County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 27, 9:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 193 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2011-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 199 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2011-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 231 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
199 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
999 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

993 
WUUS52 KFFC 272026
SVRFFC
GAC091-271-315-272115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0098.110327T2026Z-110327T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
426 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 422 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES WEST
  OF JACKSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  JACKSONVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3181 8310 3181 8313 3185 8318 3184 8331
      3185 8332 3197 8324 3192 8264 3192 8267
      3185 8276 3185 8278 3181 8281 3178 8288
      3179 8298 3177 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 284DEG 37KT 3186 8327

$$
1 follow-up statement
415 
WWUS52 KFFC 272051
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
451 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011

GAC091-271-315-272059-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-110327T2115Z/
WILCOX GA-TELFAIR GA-DODGE GA-
451 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL DODGE...
SOUTHERN TELFAIR AND SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY AND IS 
NO LONGER SEVERE.  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES...FREQUENT LIGHTNING 
AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS 
SOUTHEASTERN TELFAIR COUNTY THROUGH 5 PM.

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3181 8310 3181 8313 3185 8318 3184 8331
      3185 8332 3197 8324 3192 8264 3192 8267
      3185 8276 3185 8278 3181 8281 3178 8288
      3179 8298 3177 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 284DEG 37KT 3180 8300

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 8:00 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach, Twiggs, Wilkinson45 min
Mar 26, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Webster46 min
Mar 26, 8:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk43 min
Mar 26, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Dade, Walker50 min
Mar 26, 8:25 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCStewart, Sumter, Webster50 min
Mar 26, 8:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer, Murray51 min
Mar 26, 8:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Gordon52 min
Mar 26, 9:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Fannin, Lumpkin, Union46 min
Mar 26, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens, Wilkinson40 min
Mar 26, 9:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Gilmer, Pickens47 min
Mar 26, 9:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Chattooga, Floyd38 min
Mar 26, 9:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall, White46 min
Mar 26, 9:44 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens46 min
Mar 26, 10:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding, Polk52 min
Mar 26, 10:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fayette, Fulton, Henry25 min
Mar 26, 10:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Hall, Jackson38 min
Mar 26, 10:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett60 min
Mar 26, 10:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Polk49 min
Mar 26, 11:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, DeKalb, Henry, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale and 1 more47 min
Mar 26, 11:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton34 min
Mar 27, 1:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard, Troup52 min
Mar 27, 2:15 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton29 hr
Mar 27, 3:00 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCMeriwether, Talbot, Troup, Upson45 min
Mar 27, 3:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Peach, Upson50 min
Mar 27, 6:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall, Jackson37 min
Mar 27, 6:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren38 min
Mar 27, 7:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding27 min
Mar 27, 7:38 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCWhitfield46 hr
Mar 27, 10:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Talbot, Upson30 min
Mar 27, 10:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Monroe42 min
Mar 27, 10:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Monroe, Upson48 min
Mar 27, 12:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens42 min
Mar 27, 1:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Treutlen46 min
Mar 27, 1:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Stewart37 min
Mar 27, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Laurens, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler44 min
Mar 27, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley, Sumter, Webster53 min
Mar 27, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Pulaski43 min
Mar 27, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge53 min
Mar 27, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler59 min
Mar 27, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly49 min
Mar 27, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Wilcox56 min
Mar 27, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler54 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.