Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2014, 10:43 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 62 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 25, 2014, 10:43 PM EDT (02:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2014, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bleckley County, GA, Houston County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 10:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hayneville, GA | TEN LARGE PECAN TREES WERE UPROOTED AT RESIDENCES ALONG WIMBERLY ROAD IN THE COMMUNITY OF HAYNEVILLE. |
| May 25, 10:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Montrose, GA | TREES DOWN NEAR MONTROSE AREA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| May 25, 10:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Dudley, GA | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN NEAR INTERSTATE 16 IN WESTERN LAURENS COUNTY |
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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
968 WUUS52 KFFC 260243 SVRFFC GAC023-153-175-235-289-319-260345- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0064.140526T0243Z-140526T0345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1043 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BLECKLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA EAST CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WEST CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTH CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHERN TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTH CENTRAL WILKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1145 PM EDT * AT 1039 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MONTROSE...ALLENTOWN AND DANVILLE. 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 3273 8331 3255 8303 3232 8359 3245 8368 TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 238DEG 17KT 3243 8359 $$
1 follow-up statement
066 WWUS52 KFFC 260333 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1133 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2014 GAC023-153-175-235-289-319-260343- /O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-140526T0345Z/ TWIGGS GA-PULASKI GA-LAURENS GA-WILKINSON GA-BLECKLEY GA-HOUSTON GA- 1133 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2014 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HOUSTON... NORTHERN BLECKLEY...SOUTH CENTRAL WILKINSON...WEST CENTRAL LAURENS... NORTH CENTRAL PULASKI AND SOUTHERN TWIGGS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX. LAT...LON 3273 8331 3255 8303 3232 8359 3245 8368 TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 238DEG 17KT 3255 8335 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 30 min |
| May 25, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 40 min |
| May 25, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 31 min |
| May 25, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington | 37 min |
| May 25, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Toombs | 44 min |
| May 25, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 43 min |
| May 25, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 47 min |
| May 25, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Toombs | 16 min |
| May 25, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 36 min |
| May 25, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 29 min |
| May 25, 9:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 25 min |
| May 25, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 47 min |
| May 25, 10:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 23 min |
| May 25, 10:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 29 min |
| May 25, 10:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 31 min |
| May 25, 11:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox | 48 min |
| May 25, 11:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski, Wheeler | 44 min |
| May 26, 12:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Wheeler | 29 min |
| May 26, 12:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 34 min |
| May 26, 12:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler | 47 min |
| May 26, 12:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 10 min |
| May 26, 2:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 37 min |
| May 26, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 30 min |
| May 26, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 29 min |
| May 26, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 34 min |
| May 26, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 30 min |
| May 26, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 37 min |
| May 26, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 33 min |
| May 26, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 28 min |
| May 26, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 35 min |
| May 26, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar | 33 min |
| May 26, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 36 min |
| May 26, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 28 min |
| May 26, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Newton | 27 min |
| May 26, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 31 min |
| May 26, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 27 min |
| May 26, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 29 min |
| May 26, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 38 min |
| May 26, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 32 min |
| May 26, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 28 min |
| May 26, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 29 min |
| May 26, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 29 min |
| May 26, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 33 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.