Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2013, 6:34 PM EDT for Hancock County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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
- May 21, 2013, 6:34 PM EDT (22:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2013, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hancock County, GA, Washington County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1321 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 925 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
624
WUUS52 KFFC 212234
SVRFFC
GAC141-303-212315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0113.130521T2234Z-130521T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
634 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 629 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SPARTA...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HAMBURG STATE PARK...SPRINGFIELD...LINTON AND CULVERTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR 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. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3325 8275 3306 8288 3311 8303 3324 8306
3340 8300 3344 8297 3343 8283 3339 8283
3336 8280 3331 8280 3331 8278 3327 8278
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 062DEG 5KT 3333 8283
$$1 follow-up statement
897
WWUS52 KFFC 212307
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
707 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013
GAC141-303-212315-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-130521T2315Z/
WASHINGTON GA-HANCOCK GA-
707 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN HANCOCK AND NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 704 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT
6 MILES EAST OF LINTON. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SPRINGFIELD...POWELTON...CULVERTON AND SPARTA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3325 8275 3306 8288 3311 8303 3324 8306
3340 8300 3344 8297 3343 8283 3339 8283
3336 8280 3331 8280 3331 8278 3327 8278
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 095DEG 1KT 3313 8289
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 10:47 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 72 hr |
| May 21, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 31 min |
| May 21, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 27 min |
| May 21, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 25 min |
| May 21, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 36 min |
| May 21, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 30 min |
| May 21, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lincoln | 26 min |
| May 21, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 33 min |
| May 21, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Warren | 50 min |
| May 21, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 32 min |
| May 21, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 35 min |
| May 21, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 34 min |
| May 21, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 30 min |
| May 21, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 39 min |
| May 21, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 50 min |
| May 21, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 31 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.