Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2016, 6:57 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 48 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
- Aug 29, 2016, 6:57 PM EDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2016, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bibb County, GA, Jones County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Twiggs County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 7:04 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ne Macon, GA | A TOTAL OF 6-8 TREES WERE DOWNED IN THE JOYCLIFF AND NEW CLINTON ROAD AREAS IN SOUTHERN JONES COUNTY. |
| Aug 29, 7:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Oglethorpe Homes, GA | ONE POWERLINE WAS DOWN IN EAST MACON. |
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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 307 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS52 KFFC 292257
SVRFFC
GAC021-169-207-289-292345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0261.160829T2257Z-160829T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
657 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHERN JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 657 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
GRISWOLDVILLE...OR 9 MILES EAST OF MACON...MOVING WEST AT 35 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
MACON...PAYNE...PAYNE CITY...WESLEYAN...JAMES...DRY
BRANCH...SKIPPERTON...
RUTLAND...FRANKLINTON...LIZELLA...GRISWOLDVILLE...MOUNTAIN
SPRINGS... POSTELL...FITZPATRICK...GREENBERRY CROSSROADS...LAKE
TOBESOFKEE...CROSS KEYS...ARKWRIGHT AND BOLINGBROKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 3272 8376 3273 8380 3274 8383 3280 8386
3283 8390 3285 8390 3285 8391 3303 8382
3295 8338 3291 8338 3290 8341 3285 8338
3275 8338 3270 8374
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 092DEG 28KT 3287 8348
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
639
WWUS52 KFFC 292317
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
717 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2016
GAC289-292326-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-160829T2345Z/
TWIGGS GA-
717 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TWIGGS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3272 8376 3274 8382 3280 8386 3283 8389
3284 8389 3285 8391 3303 8382 3297 8350
3279 8351 3274 8358 3274 8360 3272 8360
3270 8374
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 092DEG 28KT 3288 8366
$$
GAC021-169-207-292345-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-160829T2345Z/
BIBB GA-MONROE GA-JONES GA-
717 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR BIBB...SOUTHEASTERN MONROE AND SOUTHWESTERN JONES COUNTIES...
AT 716 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PAYNE...OR
NEAR MACON...MOVING WEST 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
MACON...PAYNE...PAYNE
CITY...WESLEYAN...RUTLAND...SKIPPERTON...FRANKLINTON...
LIZELLA...POSTELL...LAKE TOBESOFKEE...CROSS KEYS...BOLINGBROKE AND
ARKWRIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 3272 8376 3274 8382 3280 8386 3283 8389
3284 8389 3285 8391 3303 8382 3297 8350
3279 8351 3274 8358 3274 8360 3272 8360
3270 8374
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 092DEG 28KT 3288 8366
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 28 min |
| Aug 29, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 32 min |
| Aug 29, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 25 min |
| Aug 29, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 33 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.