Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2014, 6:57 PM EDT for Bleckley County, Dodge County, Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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
- May 18, 2014, 6:57 PM EDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2014, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bleckley County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Laurens County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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 18, 7:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 E Cochran, GA | 1 TREE DOWN |
| May 18, 7:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 E Cochran, GA | 6 TREES DOWN |
| May 18, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Roddy, GA | 3 REPORTS OF TREES DOWN |
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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 937 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
895 WUUS52 KFFC 182257 SVRFFC GAC023-091-175-182345- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0038.140518T2257Z-140518T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 657 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN BLECKLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTHERN DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 655 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 COCHRAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHESTER...DEXTER...EASTMAN...CADWELL AND RENTZ. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! 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 3238 8289 3211 8312 3241 8338 3252 8330 TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 305DEG 20KT 3240 8329 $$
1 follow-up statement
907
WWUS52 KFFC 182314
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
714 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 2014
GAC023-182324-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-140518T2345Z/
BLECKLEY GA-
714 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN BLECKLEY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS EXITED BLECKLEY COUNTY. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL
OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN
ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
LAT...LON 3211 8312 3231 8330 3232 8328 3234 8330
3245 8318 3244 8315 3247 8316 3238 8289
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 304DEG 24KT 3235 8316
$$
GAC091-175-182345-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-140518T2345Z/
LAURENS GA-DODGE GA-
714 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN DODGE AND SOUTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTIES...
AT 711 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 YONKERS..MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DEXTER...EASTMAN...PLAINFIELD...CADWELL...RENTZ AND GODWINSVILLE
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 3211 8312 3231 8330 3232 8328 3234 8330
3245 8318 3244 8315 3247 8316 3238 8289
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 304DEG 24KT 3235 8316
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 33 min |
| May 18, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 35 min |
| May 18, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 49 min |
| May 18, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 25 min |
| May 18, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 40 min |
| May 18, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 62 min |
| May 18, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 51 min |
| May 18, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 61 min |
Nearby
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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.