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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 20, 2014Crisp County, Dooly County, Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 2014, 5:43 PM EDT for Crisp County, Dooly County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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 20, 2014, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2014, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2014-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1860 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2014-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1860 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
816 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

631 
WUUS52 KFFC 202143
SVRFFC
GAC081-093-315-202230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0201.140820T2143Z-140820T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
543 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRISP COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTH CENTRAL DOOLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHWESTERN WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 538 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 NEAR
  CORDELE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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

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 3185 8392 3191 8393 3193 8392 3196 8393
      3210 8377 3185 8356 3184 8360 3181 8361
      3180 8362 3179 8379
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 337DEG 15KT 3197 8378

$$
1 follow-up statement
470 
WWUS52 KFFC 202212
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
612 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014

GAC093-202223-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-140820T2230Z/
DOOLY GA-
612 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL DOOLY COUNTY 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 3185 8392 3189 8393 3199 8368 3185 8356
      3184 8360 3181 8361 3180 8362 3179 8379
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 337DEG 15KT 3189 8369

$$

GAC081-315-202230-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-140820T2230Z/
WILCOX GA-CRISP GA-
612 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRISP AND SOUTHWESTERN WILCOX COUNTIES...

AT 610 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR WENONA..MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HATLEY
AND ARABI

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 3185 8392 3189 8393 3199 8368 3185 8356
      3184 8360 3181 8361 3180 8362 3179 8379
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 337DEG 15KT 3189 8369

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 1:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee34 min
Aug 20, 1:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee44 min
Aug 20, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall30 min
Aug 20, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Hall, Lumpkin40 min
Aug 20, 2:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb35 min
Aug 20, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow27 min
Aug 20, 2:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Gordon44 min
Aug 20, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow27 min
Aug 20, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike42 min
Aug 20, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Fulton25 min
Aug 20, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike, Upson48 min
Aug 20, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Monroe49 min
Aug 20, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup31 min
Aug 20, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Henry26 min
Aug 20, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cobb, Paulding52 min
Aug 20, 3:24 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 30 more29 hr
Aug 20, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fayette, Fulton, Henry49 min
Aug 20, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd29 min
Aug 20, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Walton45 min
Aug 20, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Monroe, Peach, Taylor42 min
Aug 20, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs34 min
Aug 20, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale, Walton28 min
Aug 20, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas, Paulding24 min
Aug 20, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette29 min
Aug 20, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Houston33 min
Aug 20, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Morgan, Putnam48 min
Aug 20, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas31 min
Aug 20, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon25 min
Aug 20, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Taliaferro37 min
Aug 20, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs49 min
Aug 20, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk48 min
Aug 20, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson42 min
Aug 20, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Union50 min
Aug 20, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Taliaferro49 min
Aug 20, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Muscogee, Taylor27 min
Aug 20, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington38 min
Aug 20, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon33 min
Aug 20, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Fulton49 min
Aug 20, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin44 min
Aug 20, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox34 min
Aug 20, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson29 min
Aug 20, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Laurens, Pulaski and 1 more44 min
Aug 20, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion27 min
Aug 20, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether44 min
Aug 20, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock27 min
Aug 20, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Lumpkin, Union42 min
Aug 20, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler42 min
Aug 20, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer41 min
Aug 20, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Whitfield40 min
Aug 20, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray51 min
Aug 20, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade, Walker33 min
Aug 20, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Warren44 min
Aug 20, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker53 min
Aug 20, 6:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Union6 hr
Aug 20, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup26 min
Aug 20, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup20 min
Aug 20, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Gilmer, Pickens40 min
Aug 20, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield32 min
Aug 20, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee, Talbot44 min
Aug 20, 7:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd28 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.