Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2016, 1:47 PM EDT for Dodge County, Pulaski County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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
- Aug 23, 2016, 1:47 PM EDT (17:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2016, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dodge County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Wilcox County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
690
WUUS52 KFFC 231747
SVRFFC
GAC091-235-315-231815-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0259.160823T1747Z-160823T1815Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
147 PM EDT TUE AUG 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
EASTERN WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 215 PM EDT
* AT 147 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER UNION...OR 7
MILES SOUTHWEST OF EASTMAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 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
EASTMAN...ABBEVILLE...MILAN...RHINE...CHAUNCEY...UNION...GODWINSVIL
LE... FIVE POINTS...OCMULGEE BANKS AND BROWNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. 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 3221 8343 3225 8327 3206 8301 3204 8304
3189 8326
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 320DEG 24KT 3213 8328
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
068
WWUS52 KFFC 231805
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
205 PM EDT TUE AUG 23 2016
GAC091-235-315-231815-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0259.000000T0000Z-160823T1815Z/
PULASKI GA-DODGE GA-WILCOX GA-
205 PM EDT TUE AUG 23 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI...SOUTHWESTERN DODGE AND EASTERN WILCOX
COUNTIES...
AT 203 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FIVE
POINTS...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
EASTMAN...ABBEVILLE...MILAN...RHINE...CHAUNCEY...UNION...GODWINSVILLE
...FIVE POINTS...OCMULGEE BANKS AND BROWNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3221 8343 3225 8327 3206 8301 3204 8304
3189 8326
TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 320DEG 24KT 3204 8320
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 30 min |
| Aug 23, 1:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 27 min |
| Aug 23, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 31 min |
| Aug 23, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 31 min |
| Aug 23, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 37 min |
| Aug 23, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 31 min |
| Aug 23, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 30 min |
| Aug 23, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 30 min |
| Aug 23, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 36 min |
| Aug 23, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 23 min |
| Aug 23, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 37 min |
Nearby
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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.