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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 25, 2015Bleckley County, Dodge County, Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2015, 7:10 PM EDT for Bleckley County, Dodge County, Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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: Apr 25, 2015, 7:10 PM EDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Bleckley County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Laurens County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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
Apr 25, 7:22 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 S Garretta, GA	EM REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN SOUTH OF DUBLIN SOUTH OF I-16.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 25, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 582 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 295 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 416 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.

464 
WUUS52 KFFC 252310
SVRFFC
GAC023-091-175-260000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0064.150425T2310Z-150426T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
710 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BLECKLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTH CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 709 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER DEXTER...OR
  12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUBLIN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
           TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE 
           HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DUBLIN...EAST DUBLIN...CHESTER...DEXTER...DUDLEY...CADWELL...
  RENTZ...MONTROSE...ROCKLEDGE...BREWTON...REBIE...HARLOW...
  ROWLAND...RODDY...YONKERS...MINTER...GOLDSBORO AND LOWERY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD 
WIND DAMAGE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 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 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.

&&

LAT...LON 3235 8326 3255 8324 3261 8267 3252 8267
      3251 8266 3246 8267 3245 8269 3243 8270
      3241 8270 3239 8272 3234 8273 3234 8275
      3233 8275 3233 8274 3229 8274
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 269DEG 44KT 3245 8308 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

2 follow-up statements

027 
WWUS52 KFFC 252325
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
725 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015

GAC023-091-252334-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-150426T0000Z/
BLECKLEY GA-DODGE GA-
725 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BLECKLEY AND
NORTH CENTRAL DODGE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 3233 8299 3251 8297 3252 8267 3251 8266
      3246 8267 3245 8269 3243 8270 3241 8270
      3239 8272 3234 8273 3234 8275 3233 8275
      3233 8274 3229 8274
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 269DEG 40KT 3244 8292 

$$

GAC175-260000-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-150426T0000Z/
LAURENS GA-
725 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTY...

AT 724 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED 3 MILES NORTHEAST 
OF RENTZ...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF DUBLIN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE 
         HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DUBLIN...RENTZ...ROCKLEDGE...MINTER AND LOWERY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD 
WIND DAMAGE. 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 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.

&&

LAT...LON 3233 8299 3251 8297 3252 8267 3251 8266
      3246 8267 3245 8269 3243 8270 3241 8270
      3239 8272 3234 8273 3234 8275 3233 8275
      3233 8274 3229 8274
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 269DEG 40KT 3244 8292 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

648 
WWUS52 KFFC 252338
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
738 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015

GAC175-260000-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-150426T0000Z/
LAURENS GA-
738 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTY...

AT 738 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST
OF SOPERTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.

HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. EXPECT 
         CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. 
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ROCKLEDGE...MINTER AND LOWERY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD 
WIND DAMAGE ACROSS EASTERN LAURENS COUNTY. 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 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.

&&

LAT...LON 3232 8294 3243 8289 3251 8285 3252 8267
      3251 8266 3246 8267 3245 8269 3243 8270
      3241 8270 3239 8272 3234 8273 3234 8275
      3233 8275 3233 8274 3229 8274
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 273DEG 30KT 3242 8272 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...80MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 25, 7:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Pike	35 min
Apr 25, 8:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Upson	36 min
Apr 25, 9:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	33 min
Apr 25, 9:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	28 min
Apr 25, 10:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Telfair	24 min
Apr 25, 10:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Wheeler	29 min
Apr 25, 10:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler	32 min
Apr 25, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Macon, Peach, Taylor	40 min
Apr 25, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Houston, Peach, Twiggs	44 min
Apr 25, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Macon, Peach, Taylor	46 min
Apr 25, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	23 min
Apr 25, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee	35 min
Apr 25, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach	34 min
Apr 25, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot, Taylor	21 min
Apr 25, 6:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Houston, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson	40 min
Apr 25, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Houston, Peach, Twiggs	35 min
Apr 25, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Houston, Macon, Peach, Taylor	30 min
Apr 25, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen, Wilkinson	42 min
Apr 25, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Sumter, Wilcox	49 min
Apr 25, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	34 min
Apr 25, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Houston, Laurens, Pulaski, Twiggs	49 min
Apr 25, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	31 min
Apr 25, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen	52 min
Apr 25, 7:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	34 min
Apr 25, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel	49 min
Apr 25, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	27 min
Apr 25, 7:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler	50 min
Apr 25, 7:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler	63 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.