Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2014, 4:19 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 41 min. 4 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
- May 14, 2014, 4:19 PM EDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bleckley County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Telfair County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 4:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Milan, GA | AT LEAST FOUR TREES BLOWN DOWN IN THE MILAN AREA. |
| May 14, 4:32 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Eastman, GA | BLOCK WALL BLOWN OVER AS WELL AS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO ROOF OF HOUSE. PINE TREES TWISTED AND BLOWN OVER. |
| May 14, 4:32 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 E Eastman, GA | SOPERTON HWY BLOCKED BY FALLEN TREES AND POWERLINES. ALSO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES AND METAL ROOFS. |
| May 14, 4:47 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nnw Eastman, GA | A METAL HAY BARN WAS DEMOLISHED ALONG BELL LINE ROAD. |
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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 895 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
435 WUUS52 KFFC 142019 SVRFFC GAC023-091-175-271-142100- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0029.140514T2019Z-140514T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 419 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BLECKLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTH CENTRAL TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 500 PM EDT * AT 415 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 MILAN... MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHAUNCEY...EASTMAN...CHESTER...RENTZ...DEXTER AND CADWELL. 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. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX. && LAT...LON 3241 8335 3248 8297 3197 8292 3199 8322 TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 175DEG 24KT 3205 8308 $$
2 follow-up statements
738
WWUS52 KFFC 142033
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
433 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014
GAC023-091-175-271-142100-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-140514T2100Z/
TELFAIR GA-LAURENS GA-BLECKLEY GA-DODGE GA-
433 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR DODGE...SOUTHEASTERN BLECKLEY...SOUTHWESTERN LAURENS AND NORTH
CENTRAL TELFAIR COUNTIES...
AT 427 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. MANY TREES MAY
COME DOWN WITH SUCH INCREASED WINDS! THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CHAUNCEY..MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
EASTMAN...PLAINFIELD...GRESSTON...DUBOIS...YONKERS...RODDY...
EMPIRE...CHESTER...RENTZ...DEXTER...CADWELL AND ROWLAND
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3201 8315 3204 8324 3241 8335 3248 8297
3205 8293
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 175DEG 24KT 3214 8309
$$514
WWUS52 KFFC 142046
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
446 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014
GAC271-142055-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-140514T2100Z/
TELFAIR GA-
446 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TELFAIR 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. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
LAT...LON 3213 8314 3219 8328 3241 8335 3248 8297
3218 8294
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 160DEG 37KT 3231 8317
$$
GAC023-091-175-142100-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-140514T2100Z/
LAURENS GA-BLECKLEY GA-DODGE GA-
446 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN DODGE...SOUTHEASTERN BLECKLEY AND SOUTHWESTERN LAURENS
COUNTIES...
AT 443 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. MANY TREES MAY
COME DOWN WITH SUCH INCREASED WINDS! THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
PLAINFIELD..MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RENTZ...DUBOIS...RODDY...EMPIRE...YONKERS...CHESTER...DEXTER AND
ROWLAND
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3213 8314 3219 8328 3241 8335 3248 8297
3218 8294
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 160DEG 37KT 3231 8317
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 35 min |
| May 14, 3:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 15 hr |
| May 14, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dodge, Telfair, Wheeler, Wilcox | 23 min |
| May 14, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 24 min |
| May 14, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 28 min |
| May 14, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee, Talbot | 29 min |
| May 14, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 39 min |
| May 14, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 44 min |
| May 14, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 28 min |
| May 14, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Macon, Monroe, Peach and 1 more | 43 min |
| May 14, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Morgan, Newton and 1 more | 48 min |
| May 14, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Crawford, Henry, Lamar, Monroe, Pike and 2 more | 48 min |
| May 14, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Henry, Morgan, Newton and 2 more | 47 min |
| May 14, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett | 23 min |
| May 14, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Hall, Jackson | 30 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.