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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 254, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2016, 8:50 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 25 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
- Aug 13, 2016, 8:50 PM EDT (00:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2016, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Baldwin County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 9:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Montpelier, GA | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF SPARTA HIGHWAY AND STEMBRIDGE RD. |
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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 1882 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1114 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
057 WUUS52 KFFC 140050 SVRFFC GAC009-141-303-319-140115- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0254.160814T0050Z-160814T0115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 850 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN WILKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA... SOUTH CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA... EASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA... WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA... * UNTIL 915 PM EDT * AT 850 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEEPSTEP...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILLEDGEVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MILLEDGEVILLE...MIDWAY-HARDWICK...LINTON...HARDWICK...HEBRON AND SCOTTSBORO. 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 3291 8299 3289 8316 3311 8328 3315 8297 TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 169DEG 14KT 3297 8310 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$
1 follow-up statement
238 WWUS52 KFFC 140104 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 904 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016 GAC009-141-303-319-140115- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0254.000000T0000Z-160814T0115Z/ WILKINSON GA-HANCOCK GA-BALDWIN GA-WASHINGTON GA- 904 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL WILKINSON...SOUTH CENTRAL HANCOCK...EASTERN BALDWIN AND WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 904 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILLEDGEVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MILLEDGEVILLE...MIDWAY-HARDWICK...LINTON...HARDWICK AND HEBRON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA. && LAT...LON 3295 8299 3293 8318 3311 8328 3315 8297 TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 169DEG 14KT 3303 8311 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 30 min |
| Aug 13, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 32 min |
| Aug 13, 8:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 32 min |
| Aug 13, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 28 min |
| Aug 13, 8:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 37 min |
| Aug 13, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 8:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Pulaski | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 9:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Jones, Washington, Wilkinson | 30 min |
| Aug 13, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 34 min |
| Aug 13, 9:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 9:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 9:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro, Warren | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 10:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 10:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 11:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 36 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.