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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2014, 8:57 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 33 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
- Aug 18, 2014, 8:57 PM EDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2014, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jasper County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Walton County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 594 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
523
WUUS52 KFFC 190057
SVRFFC
GAC159-211-217-297-190130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0178.140819T0057Z-140819T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
857 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
EAST CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTH CENTRAL WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 854 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWBORN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RUTLEDGE...MADISON AND BUCKHEAD.
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 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3347 8333 3343 8355 3347 8375 3353 8380
3365 8379 3374 8346 3370 8340 3365 8336
3363 8336 3362 8335
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 266DEG 30KT 3356 8367
$$1 follow-up statement
166
WWUS52 KFFC 190115
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
915 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2014
GAC217-297-190126-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-140819T0130Z/
NEWTON GA-WALTON GA-
915 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WALTON AND EAST
CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
LAT...LON 3347 8333 3343 8355 3346 8368 3355 8368
3362 8362 3366 8348 3367 8338 3366 8337
3362 8335
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 266DEG 30KT 3357 8348
$$
GAC159-211-190130-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-140819T0130Z/
MORGAN GA-JASPER GA-
915 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN JASPER AND SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTIES...
AT 913 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MADISON..MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BUCKHEAD
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 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3347 8333 3343 8355 3346 8368 3355 8368
3362 8362 3366 8348 3367 8338 3366 8337
3362 8335
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 266DEG 30KT 3357 8348
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 8:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 27 min |
| Aug 18, 8:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, DeKalb, Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 30 min |
| Aug 18, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison, Oglethorpe | 24 min |
| Aug 19, 10:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Treutlen, Wheeler | 34 min |
| Aug 19, 11:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen | 26 min |
| Aug 19, 11:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 17 min |
| Aug 19, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 29 min |
| Aug 19, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 28 min |
| Aug 19, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 33 min |
| Aug 19, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 32 min |
| Aug 19, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 34 min |
| Aug 19, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 21 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.