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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 267, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 30, 2016Dade County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 30, 2016, 12:05 AM EST for Dade County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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
Nov 30, 2016, 12:05 AM EST (05:05 UTC)
Expired
Nov 30, 2016, 12:45 AM EST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Dade County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:05 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 29, 11:11 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 166 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2016-11-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2016-11-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 321 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
90 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
321 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
354 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

818 
WUUS52 KFFC 300505
SVRFFC
GAC083-300545-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0267.161130T0505Z-161130T0545Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1205 AM EST WED NOV 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DADE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 1245 AM EST

* AT 1204 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BRIDGEPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TRENTON...NEW ENGLAND...COLE CITY...MORGANVILLE...WILDWOOD...HOOKER
  AND STEPHENSVILLE.

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 400 AM EST FOR NORTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3498 8536 3492 8540 3485 8558 3497 8561
      3498 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0504Z 244DEG 44KT 3491 8567 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
376 
WWUS52 KFFC 300518
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1218 AM EST WED NOV 30 2016

GAC083-300545-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0267.000000T0000Z-161130T0545Z/
DADE GA-
1218 AM EST WED NOV 30 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EST
FOR NORTHWESTERN DADE COUNTY...

AT 1218 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HOOKER...OR 8
MILES NORTH OF TRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLE CITY...HOOKER AND WILDWOOD. 

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.

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.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST FOR NORTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3498 8540 3495 8543 3489 8559 3497 8561
      3498 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0518Z 244DEG 44KT 3499 8548 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
571 
WWUS52 KFFC 300537
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1237 AM EST WED NOV 30 2016

GAC083-300546-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0267.000000T0000Z-161130T0545Z/
DADE GA-
1237 AM EST WED NOV 30 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DADE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1245 AM EST...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST FOR NORTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3498 8540 3495 8543 3489 8559 3497 8561
      3498 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0536Z 244DEG 44KT 3508 8526 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 29, 11:57 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade33 min
Nov 30, 1:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker31 min
Nov 30, 1:18 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCDade, Walker26 min
Nov 30, 1:37 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker23 min
Nov 30, 1:53 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCCatoosa18 min
Nov 30, 2:05 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield25 min
Nov 30, 2:06 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade24 min
Nov 30, 3:36 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade24 min
Nov 30, 3:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker43 min
Nov 30, 4:49 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade26 min
Nov 30, 5:15 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade30 min
Nov 30, 5:48 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade27 min
Nov 30, 7:27 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade33 min
Nov 30, 7:59 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield31 min
Nov 30, 8:36 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray, Whitfield39 min
Nov 30, 9:18 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Walker42 min
Nov 30, 10:18 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray, Whitfield27 min
Nov 30, 10:37 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga38 min
Nov 30, 10:50 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd25 min
Nov 30, 11:15 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray, Whitfield45 min
Nov 30, 12:00 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray15 min
Nov 30, 12:17 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Gilmer43 min
Nov 30, 12:26 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Haralson34 min
Nov 30, 12:52 PM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedFFCCarroll, Haralson, Paulding25 min
Nov 30, 1:04 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas, Fulton26 min
Nov 30, 1:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding45 min
Nov 30, 1:38 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCobb, DeKalb, Fulton37 min
Nov 30, 1:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall47 min
Nov 30, 2:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup28 min
Nov 30, 2:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris40 min
Nov 30, 2:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett37 min
Nov 30, 2:11 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCForsyth, Gwinnett, Hall34 min
Nov 30, 2:14 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCForsyth, Gwinnett, Hall18 min
Nov 30, 2:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether37 min
Nov 30, 2:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson47 min
Nov 30, 2:32 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCMeriwether14 min
Nov 30, 2:40 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee35 min
Nov 30, 2:43 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBarrow, Clarke, Jackson32 min
Nov 30, 2:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike, Upson25 min
Nov 30, 3:02 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot, Upson28 min
Nov 30, 3:04 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Stewart26 min
Nov 30, 3:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Spalding20 min
Nov 30, 3:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Jackson, Madison49 min
Nov 30, 3:16 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton, Walton29 min
Nov 30, 3:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Jasper, Newton24 min
Nov 30, 3:29 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Taylor46 min
Nov 30, 3:33 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe27 min
Nov 30, 3:34 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oconee26 min
Nov 30, 3:46 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Morgan, Newton, Putnam44 min
Nov 30, 3:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison, Oglethorpe38 min
Nov 30, 3:58 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Crawford, Jones47 min
Nov 30, 4:24 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro36 min
Nov 30, 4:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Houston33 min
Nov 30, 4:34 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly26 min
Nov 30, 4:39 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley, Webster36 min
Nov 30, 4:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Warren27 min
Nov 30, 5:00 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock45 min
Nov 30, 5:47 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Twiggs28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.