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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 23, 201414 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 23, 2014, 5:08 PM EST for 14 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 52 min. 11 reports 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
Nov 23, 2014, 5:08 PM EST (22:08 UTC)
Expired
Nov 23, 2014, 6:00 PM EST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jones County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 23, 5:10 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG3 Wnw Browndale, GAA MOBILE HOME WAS DEROOFED AND BLOWN 25 FT OFF ITS FOUNDATION ON PITTS RD.
Nov 23, 5:10 PM ESTTORNADO2 Nne Sugar Hill, GAA TORNADO FORMED ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST HOUSTON COUNTY AND MOVED INTO FAR NORTHWEST PULASKI COUNTY. THE TORNADO PUSHED A DOUBLE WIDE TRAILER OFF ITS FOUNDATION ALONG PITTS ROAD...DESTROYED AN ABOVE GROUND POOL...DAMAGED MULTIPLE SHEDS...AND DOWNED MANY TREES
Nov 23, 5:13 PM ESTTORNADO3 E Klondike, GATHIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE TORNADO DAMAGE THAT STARTED IN FAR EASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY.
Nov 23, 5:15 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG2 Nw Macon, GATREES AND POWERLINES REPORTED DOWN ON ZEBULON RD.
Nov 23, 5:15 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG2 Nw Macon, GATREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ALONG ZEBULON ROAD.
Nov 23, 5:15 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG2 W Hawkinsville, GATREES AND POWERLINES WERE REPORTED DOWN ALONG MACEDONIA CHURCH ROAD.
Nov 23, 5:15 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGClinton, GATREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE CLINTON AREA.
Nov 23, 5:20 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGMarion, GANUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
Nov 23, 5:30 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGRoyal, GANUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALL OVER THE COUNTY.
Nov 23, 5:35 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGIrwinton, GATREES AND POWERLINES WERE REPORTED DOWN ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY.
Nov 23, 5:35 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGTemperance, GATREES AND POWERLINES WERE REPORTED DOWN OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 23, 1:35 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 153 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2014-11-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2014-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
430 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
380 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

817 
WUUS52 KFFC 232208
SVRFFC
GAC009-021-023-091-141-153-169-175-235-237-271-289-315-319-232300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0281.141123T2208Z-141123T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
508 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  BLECKLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  BALDWIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  WILKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  WESTERN TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  WESTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 600 PM EST

* AT 507 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF PAYNE CITY TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  HAWKINSVILLE TO NEAR PITTS...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MACON...MILLEDGEVILLE...PERRY...COCHRAN...EASTMAN...HAWKINSVILLE...
  GRAY...ABBEVILLE...JEFFERSONVILLE...IRWINTON...WARNER ROBINS...
  CENTERVILLE...GORDON...CHESTER...ROCHELLE...IVEY...MILAN...
  MCINTYRE...DEXTER AND DUDLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.


&&

LAT...LON 3185 8318 3185 8361 3229 8361 3229 8366
      3291 8375 3296 8371 3303 8372 3331 8319
      3246 8297 3179 8293 3178 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 267DEG 40KT 3295 8367 3236 8359 3186 8354 

$$
2 follow-up statements
063 
WWUS52 KFFC 232228
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
528 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014

GAC021-153-232238-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0281.000000T0000Z-141123T2300Z/
HOUSTON GA-BIBB GA-
528 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HOUSTON AND BIBB COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3185 8318 3185 8334 3201 8337 3229 8339
      3270 8344 3300 8347 3317 8346 3331 8319
      3246 8297 3179 8293 3178 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 267DEG 40KT 3296 8342 3237 8334 3187 8329 

$$

GAC009-023-091-141-169-175-235-237-271-289-315-319-232300-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0281.000000T0000Z-141123T2300Z/
BLECKLEY GA-WILCOX GA-TWIGGS GA-HANCOCK GA-JONES GA-BALDWIN GA-
WILKINSON GA-TELFAIR GA-PULASKI GA-LAURENS GA-PUTNAM GA-DODGE GA-
528 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST
FOR BLECKLEY...EASTERN WILCOX...CENTRAL TWIGGS...WEST CENTRAL
HANCOCK...EASTERN JONES...BALDWIN...WILKINSON...WESTERN TELFAIR...
SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI...WESTERN LAURENS...SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM AND
DODGE COUNTIES...

AT 528 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAY TO COCHRAN TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
ABBEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
MILLEDGEVILLE...COCHRAN...EASTMAN...ABBEVILLE...JEFFERSONVILLE...
IRWINTON...GORDON...CHESTER...IVEY...MILAN...MCINTYRE...DEXTER...
DUDLEY...CADWELL...TOOMSBORO...RHINE...CHAUNCEY...RENTZ...DANVILLE
AND MONTROSE.

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 8318 3185 8334 3201 8337 3229 8339
      3270 8344 3300 8347 3317 8346 3331 8319
      3246 8297 3179 8293 3178 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 267DEG 40KT 3296 8342 3237 8334 3187 8329 

$$
632 
WWUS52 KFFC 232254
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
554 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014

GAC009-023-091-141-169-175-235-237-271-289-315-319-232304-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0281.000000T0000Z-141123T2300Z/
BLECKLEY GA-WILCOX GA-TWIGGS GA-HANCOCK GA-JONES GA-BALDWIN GA-
WILKINSON GA-TELFAIR GA-PULASKI GA-LAURENS GA-PUTNAM GA-DODGE GA-
554 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BLECKLEY...EASTERN WILCOX...
CENTRAL TWIGGS...WEST CENTRAL HANCOCK...EASTERN JONES...BALDWIN...
WILKINSON...WESTERN TELFAIR...SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI...WESTERN
LAURENS...SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM AND DODGE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600
PM EST...
    
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3185 8318 3185 8334 3201 8337 3229 8339
      3270 8344 3300 8347 3317 8346 3331 8319
      3246 8297 3179 8293 3178 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 267DEG 40KT 3296 8342 3237 8334 3187 8329 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 23, 11:09 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard, Troup21 min
Nov 23, 11:32 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Coweta, Fayette, Haralson, Heard28 min
Nov 23, 11:57 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Clayton, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Haralson33 min
Nov 23, 12:33 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton27 min
Nov 23, 2:51 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Gilmer54 min
Nov 23, 3:03 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCChattahoochee, Stewart27 min
Nov 23, 3:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee40 min
Nov 23, 3:32 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot28 min
Nov 23, 3:42 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley, Webster33 min
Nov 23, 3:43 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris32 min
Nov 23, 3:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Troup35 min
Nov 23, 4:01 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCTalbot, Upson29 min
Nov 23, 4:06 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Dooly, Macon, Peach, Schley, Sumter and 1 more39 min
Nov 23, 4:18 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Pike, Spalding, Upson27 min
Nov 23, 4:23 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCLamar, Pike, Upson22 min
Nov 23, 4:29 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCrawford, Lamar, Monroe, Upson31 min
Nov 23, 4:45 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCButts, Henry, Lamar, Spalding30 min
Nov 23, 4:51 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam39 min
Nov 23, 4:59 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Bleckley, Houston, Jones, Peach, Pulaski and 2 more31 min
Nov 23, 5:18 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCButts, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Walton27 min
Nov 23, 5:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Dodge, Emanuel, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson and 9 more37 min
Nov 23, 6:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Taliaferro, Warren and 2 more36 min
Nov 23, 6:46 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.