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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 25, 20144 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 30 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 25, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2014, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Oglethorpe County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Warren County, GA, Wilkes County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 25, 8:03 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 Sse Washington, GANUMEROUS TREES AND LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. LINES DOWN RELATED TO TELEPHONE 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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 00:00Z on 2014-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 236 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2014-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
236 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2186 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 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.

389 
WUUS52 KFFC 260000
SVRFFC
GAC221-265-301-317-260030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0056.140526T0000Z-140526T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
800 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL TALIAFERRO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTH CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN WILKES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN OGLETHORPE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 759 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF TIGNALL TO WASHINGTON
  TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF WASHINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCKY
  CREEK FIRE DEPT....CADLEY...DELHI...AONIA...DANBURG...METASVILLE...
  FLORAL HILL AND HOLLIDAY PARK.

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 3363 8255 3363 8260 3360 8264 3350 8260
      3348 8260 3352 8277 3379 8279 3398 8284
      3398 8264 3388 8260 3387 8256 3382 8259
      3365 8249
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 280DEG 26KT 3395 8275 3378 8268
          3354 8269

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington40 min
May 25, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs31 min
May 25, 8:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington37 min
May 25, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCToombs44 min
May 25, 8:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones43 min
May 25, 8:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington47 min
May 25, 9:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCToombs16 min
May 25, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Washington, Wilkinson36 min
May 25, 9:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox29 min
May 25, 9:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson25 min
May 25, 9:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson47 min
May 25, 10:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston23 min
May 25, 10:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston29 min
May 25, 10:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Houston, Laurens, Pulaski, Twiggs, Wilkinson62 min
May 25, 10:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge31 min
May 25, 11:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox48 min
May 25, 11:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski, Wheeler44 min
May 26, 12:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Wheeler29 min
May 26, 12:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox34 min
May 26, 12:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler47 min
May 26, 12:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite10 min
May 26, 2:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett37 min
May 26, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb30 min
May 26, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas29 min
May 26, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa34 min
May 26, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett30 min
May 26, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton37 min
May 26, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Fulton33 min
May 26, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts28 min
May 26, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk35 min
May 26, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar33 min
May 26, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry36 min
May 26, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts28 min
May 26, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry, Newton27 min
May 26, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd31 min
May 26, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper27 min
May 26, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam29 min
May 26, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow38 min
May 26, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb32 min
May 26, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb28 min
May 26, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones29 min
May 26, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson29 min
May 26, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether33 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.