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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 14, 20147 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2014, 6:12 PM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2014, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Butts County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Putnam County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 14, 6:14 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Wayside, GA	AT LEAST 10 TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN COUNTYWIDE ALONG WITH SEVERAL POWER LINES.

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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 79 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

459 
WUUS52 KFFC 142212
SVRFFC
GAC035-159-169-207-211-217-237-142300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0033.140514T2212Z-140514T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
612 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BUTTS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 607 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. 
  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF GRAY TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAY TO 14 MILES SOUTH
  OF FLOVILLA...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MONTICELLO...JACKSON...SHADY DALE...JENKINSBURG...NEWBORN AND
  MANSFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK SHELTER 
NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

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 3294 8389 3331 8406 3345 8393 3349 8395
      3356 8373 3354 8348 3337 8342 3318 8339
      3318 8342 3316 8343 3299 8338 3290 8368
      3295 8370 3295 8373 3290 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 170DEG 32KT 3316 8340 3317 8364
          3310 8381

$$

1 follow-up statement

520 
WWUS52 KFFC 142254
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
654 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014

GAC169-237-142304-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-140514T2300Z/
PUTNAM GA-JONES GA-
654 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JONES AND WESTERN PUTNAM
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. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.

LAT...LON 3294 8389 3331 8406 3345 8393 3349 8395
      3356 8373 3354 8348 3346 8345 3343 8360
      3314 8382
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 170DEG 32KT 3354 8348 3355 8372
          3348 8389

$$

GAC035-159-207-211-217-142300-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-140514T2300Z/
NEWTON GA-MORGAN GA-MONROE GA-BUTTS GA-JASPER GA-
654 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR JASPER...BUTTS...NORTH CENTRAL MONROE...SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN AND
SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES...

AT 653 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GODFREY
TO MANSFIELD TO ROCKY PLAINS..MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO REESE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK SHELTER 
NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

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 3294 8389 3331 8406 3345 8393 3349 8395
      3356 8373 3354 8348 3346 8345 3343 8360
      3314 8382
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 170DEG 32KT 3354 8348 3355 8372
          3348 8389

$$

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, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Telfair	41 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, 6:27 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.