Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2013, 8:44 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2013, 8:44 PM EDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2013, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dodge County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Wilcox County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 8:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Abbeville, GA | TREES AND POWERLINES WERE BLOWN DOWN COUNTYWIDE. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 18, 4:16 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 18, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 240 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1178 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
219
WUUS52 KFFC 190044
SVRFFC
GAC091-235-271-315-190145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0071.130319T0044Z-130319T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
844 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 841 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 NEAR PITTS...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ROCHELLE...ABBEVILLE...RHINE AND JACKSONVILLE.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3180 8309 3180 8314 3184 8318 3184 8337
3194 8361 3215 8360 3187 8274 3186 8274
3185 8277 3183 8279 3178 8287 3178 8299
3177 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 275DEG 28KT 3200 8351
$$1 follow-up statement
185
WWUS52 KFFC 190107
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
907 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013
GAC235-190117-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-130319T0145Z/
PULASKI GA-
907 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
LAT...LON 3178 8302 3180 8309 3180 8314 3184 8318
3184 8337 3184 8338 3190 8352 3209 8340
3193 8293
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 278DEG 29KT 3199 8330
$$
GAC091-271-315-190145-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-130319T0145Z/
WILCOX GA-TELFAIR GA-DODGE GA-
907 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN DODGE...SOUTHWESTERN TELFAIR AND SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX
COUNTIES...
AT 904 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS CENTERED NEAR
ABBEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BROWNING...RHINE...TEMPERANCE AND CHINA HILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. ALTHOUGH
CURRENT DATA DOES NOT INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF A TORNADO...A TORNADO
MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3178 8302 3180 8309 3180 8314 3184 8318
3184 8337 3184 8338 3190 8352 3209 8340
3193 8293
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 278DEG 29KT 3199 8330
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor, Webster | 30 min |
| Mar 18, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen | 61 min |
| Mar 18, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery and 4 more | 40 min |
| Mar 18, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 34 min |
| Mar 18, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler | 52 min |
| Mar 18, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 32 min |
| Mar 19, 3:49 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 48 more | 12 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.