Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 8, 2014, 1:56 PM EDT (17:56 UTC)

Expired

Aug 8, 2014, 2:30 PM EDT

In force

34 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Baldwin County, GA, Jones County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS52 KFFC 081756
SVRFFC
GAC009-169-289-319-081830-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0151.140808T1756Z-140808T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
156 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTH CENTRAL TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHWESTERN WILKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 153 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 8 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF GORDON  THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

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

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 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.

&&

LAT...LON 3310 8336 3290 8324 3279 8345 3297 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 241DEG 2KT 3293 8346

$$

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.