Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 227, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2016, 3:02 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 43 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
- Jul 21, 2016, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Greene County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Wilkes County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 3:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sharon, GA | 911 CALL CENTER RECEIVED REPORT OF TWO TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 47 BETWEEN CRAWFORDVILLE IN TALIAFERRO COUNTY AND WASHINGTON IN WILKES COUNTY. |
| Jul 21, 3:44 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sharon, GA | 911 CALL CENTER RECEIVED REPORT OF TWO TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 47 BETWEEN CRAWFORDVILLE IN TALIAFERRO COUNTY AND WASHINGTON IN WILKES 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 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 1259 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1185 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted.
261
WUUS52 KFFC 211902
SVRFFC
GAC133-221-265-317-211945-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0227.160721T1902Z-160721T1945Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
302 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN WILKES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
TALIAFERRO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL OGLETHORPE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT
* AT 301 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RAYLE...OR
12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CRAWFORDVILLE...UNION POINT...WOODVILLE...WHITE
PLAINS...SILOAM...RAYLE... SHARON...LYNEVILLE...ALEXANDER STEPHENS
PARK...CARTERS GROVE...RAYTOWN... ROBINSON...SANDY CROSS...DANIEL
SPRINGS...PHILOMATH AND FICKLIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
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 3356 8272 3354 8272 3351 8275 3351 8279
3352 8282 3350 8282 3348 8285 3348 8308
3378 8314 3382 8288 3359 8269
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 348DEG 10KT 3373 8298
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
906
WWUS52 KFFC 211919
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
319 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2016
GAC221-211929-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0227.000000T0000Z-160721T1945Z/
OGLETHORPE GA-
319 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OGLETHORPE
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3359 8269 3356 8272 3354 8272 3351 8275
3352 8282 3348 8285 3348 8308 3370 8312
3371 8305 3369 8301 3369 8300 3373 8295
3378 8298 3380 8298 3382 8288
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 348DEG 10KT 3368 8297
$$
GAC133-265-317-211945-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0227.000000T0000Z-160721T1945Z/
WILKES GA-GREENE GA-TALIAFERRO GA-
319 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WILKES...NORTHEASTERN GREENE AND TALIAFERRO
COUNTIES...
AT 319 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST
OF UNION POINT...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRAWFORDVILLE...MOVING
SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CRAWFORDVILLE...UNION POINT...WOODVILLE...WHITE
PLAINS...SILOAM...RAYLE... SHARON...LYNEVILLE...ALEXANDER STEPHENS
PARK...CARTERS GROVE...RAYTOWN... ROBINSON...SANDY CROSS...DANIEL
SPRINGS AND FICKLIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
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 3359 8269 3356 8272 3354 8272 3351 8275
3352 8282 3348 8285 3348 8308 3370 8312
3371 8305 3369 8301 3369 8300 3373 8295
3378 8298 3380 8298 3382 8288
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 348DEG 10KT 3368 8297
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$882
WWUS52 KFFC 211928
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
328 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2016
GAC133-211938-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0227.000000T0000Z-160721T1945Z/
GREENE GA-
328 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3359 8269 3351 8275 3352 8282 3348 8285
3348 8300 3349 8298 3358 8301 3360 8299
3362 8300 3363 8299 3362 8298 3366 8295
3369 8300 3373 8295 3378 8298 3380 8298
3382 8288
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 348DEG 10KT 3365 8296
$$
GAC265-317-211945-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0227.000000T0000Z-160721T1945Z/
WILKES GA-TALIAFERRO GA-
328 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WILKES AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES...
AT 328 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR UNION POINT...OR
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRAWFORDVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CRAWFORDVILLE...RAYLE...SHARON...LYNEVILLE...SANDY CROSS...ALEXANDER
STEPHENS PARK...CARTERS GROVE...RAYTOWN...ROBINSON AND FICKLIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
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 3359 8269 3351 8275 3352 8282 3348 8285
3348 8300 3349 8298 3358 8301 3360 8299
3362 8300 3363 8299 3362 8298 3366 8295
3369 8300 3373 8295 3378 8298 3380 8298
3382 8288
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 348DEG 10KT 3365 8296
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 9:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 10:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 10:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 56 min |
| Jul 20, 10:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Wilkes | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 11:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 23 min |
| Jul 20, 11:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 32 min |
| Jul 21, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Union | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Fulton | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 54 min |
| Jul 21, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth, Pickens | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 35 min |
| Jul 21, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 24 min |
| Jul 21, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Paulding, Polk | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry, Spalding | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs | 35 min |
| Jul 21, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 33 min |
| Jul 21, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 27 min |
| Jul 21, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 24 min |
| Jul 21, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 58 min |
| Jul 21, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 24 min |
| Jul 21, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 25 min |
| Jul 21, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton, Walton | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson, Oconee, Walton | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley, Taylor | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 27 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.