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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 283, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 23, 20148 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 23, 2014, 6:09 PM EST for 8 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. 3 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, 6:09 PM EST (23:09 UTC)
Expired
Nov 23, 2014, 6:45 PM EST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wilkes County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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, 6:12 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGWarrenton, GASEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS WARREN COUNTY.
Nov 23, 6:25 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGLouisville, GAMULTIPLE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN WRENS AND LOUISVILLE. ONE TREE FELL ON A HOUSE IN LOUISVILLE.
Nov 23, 6:37 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGSummertown, GAPOWERLINES REPORTED DOWN IN EMANUEL COUNTY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 187 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.

967 
WUUS52 KFFC 232309
SVRFFC
GAC107-125-163-167-265-301-303-317-232345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0283.141123T2309Z-141123T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN WILKES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  CENTRAL TALIAFERRO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  GLASCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHERN EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 645 PM EST

* AT 608 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR NORWOOD TO EDGEHILL TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  WRIGHTSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SWAINSBORO...LOUISVILLE...WARRENTON...GIBSON...CRAWFORDVILLE...
  WRENS...WADLEY...DAVISBORO...STAPLETON...BARTOW...AVERA...
  NORWOOD...MITCHELL...SUMMERTOWN...SHARON...CAMAK...RIDDLEVILLE...
  EDGE HILL...EDGEHILL AND KITE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED ROTATION WITHIN THESE STORMS.  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.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THESE STORMS.
ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...
ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR

&&

LAT...LON 3253 8264 3311 8273 3324 8278 3325 8275
      3327 8278 3358 8290 3377 8256 3364 8248
      3365 8258 3360 8265 3341 8255 3335 8255
      3331 8234 3323 8223 3311 8228 3293 8227
      3284 8232 3280 8221 3281 8215 3269 8209
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 260DEG 61KT 3350 8274 3313 8264 3267 8260 

$$

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, 5:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Dodge, Hancock, Houston and 8 more52 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, 6:46 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.