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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 25, 2014Laurens County, Twiggs County, Wilkinson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2014, 9:58 PM EDT for Laurens County, Twiggs County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min. 2 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 25, 2014, 9:58 PM EDT (01:58 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2014, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Laurens County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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, 9:59 PM EDTHAIL 12 Nne Irwinton, GA
May 25, 10:10 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGN Irwinton, GANUMEROUS TREES DOWN...POWERLINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE AREA

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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.

726 
WUUS52 KFFC 260158
SVRFFC
GAC175-289-319-260245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0063.140526T0158Z-140526T0245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WILKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 955 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
  IRWINTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  JEFFERSONVILLE...DANVILLE AND ALLENTOWN.

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 3259 8285 3257 8322 3258 8323 3256 8326
      3255 8343 3285 8334 3289 8305 3287 8304
      3285 8301 3274 8294 3271 8296 3271 8292
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 349DEG 17KT 3279 8316

$$
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes30 min
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, 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.