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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 2016, 9:34 AM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 2016, 9:34 AM EDT (13:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2016, 10:03 AM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Laurens County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 1, 7:26 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
754
WUUS52 KFFC 011334
SVRFFC
GAC175-011415-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0011.160401T1334Z-160401T1415Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
934 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 1015 AM EDT
* AT 934 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER DUBLIN...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DUBLIN...EAST DUBLIN...BREWTON AND MINTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
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.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3246 8269 3245 8269 3250 8299 3261 8298
3263 8271
TIME...MOT...LOC 1334Z 265DEG 25KT 3256 8294
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
231
WWUS52 KFFC 011403
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1003 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2016
GAC175-011413-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160401T1415Z/
LAURENS GA-
1003 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
GEORGIA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
PEACHTREE CITY.
LAT...LON 3246 8269 3245 8269 3250 8299 3261 8298
3263 8271
TIME...MOT...LOC 1402Z 265DEG 25KT 3258 8270
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 10:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether, Troup | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 11:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Harris, Henry, Lamar and 7 more | 64 min |
| Mar 31, 11:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Gordon | 40 min |
| Apr 1, 12:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Putnam | 48 min |
| Apr 1, 12:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 32 min |
| Apr 1, 12:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Spalding, Upson | 43 min |
| Apr 1, 1:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Pike, Talbot and 1 more | 40 min |
| Apr 1, 1:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Lamar, Marion, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 41 min |
| Apr 1, 2:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford, Marion, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 33 min |
| Apr 1, 3:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 40 min |
| Apr 1, 4:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington, Wilkinson | 42 min |
| Apr 1, 4:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette, Henry, Pike, Spalding | 44 min |
| Apr 1, 4:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 24 min |
| Apr 1, 5:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Troup | 44 min |
| Apr 1, 6:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe, Muscogee, Pike, Talbot, Taylor and 1 more | 44 min |
| Apr 1, 6:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Peach, Taylor | 46 min |
| Apr 1, 6:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford, Peach, Taylor | 36 min |
| Apr 1, 7:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach, Twiggs | 30 min |
| Apr 1, 7:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 32 min |
| Apr 1, 8:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 31 min |
| Apr 1, 8:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 41 min |
| Apr 1, 8:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 38 min |
| Apr 1, 9:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Crawford, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 4 days |
| Apr 1, 9:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Jones | 25 hr |
| Apr 1, 10:02 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 31 hr |
| Apr 1, 10:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 12 min |
| Apr 1, 10:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 35 min |
| Apr 1, 11:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 15 min |
| Apr 1, 11:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster | 42 min |
| Apr 1, 12:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 35 min |
| Apr 1, 12:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 28 min |
| Apr 1, 12:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter, Webster | 23 min |
| Apr 1, 1:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 28 min |
| Apr 1, 1:03 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson | 5 days |
| Apr 1, 1:03 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 51 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:03 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Putnam | 21 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:53 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 26 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:53 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson | 5 days |
| Apr 1, 1:53 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dooly, Macon, Sumter | 42 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 34 min |
| Apr 1, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Wheeler | 47 min |
| Apr 1, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 25 min |
| Apr 1, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 1, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wilcox | 21 min |
| Apr 1, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox | 49 min |
| Apr 1, 3:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Harris, Houston, Jones and 9 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:45 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 24 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.