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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 3, 2016Telfair County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2016, 6:05 PM EDT for Telfair County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min. 3 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
May 3, 2016, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2016, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Telfair County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 3, 6:08 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 S China Hill, GANUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED IN THE VICINITY OF BARKLEY WILLIAMS RD AND HIGHWAY 117 IN CHINA HILL. SEVERAL SHEDS AND PONTOON BOATS WERE ALSO OVERTURNED.
May 3, 6:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Sse Cobbville, GANUMEROUS TREES DOWN NORTH OF JACKSONVILLE ON US 319. OTHER TREES DOWN FURTHER EAST TOWARD LUMBER CITY BUT NO DETAILS ATTM.
May 3, 6:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 N Jacksonville, GANUMEROUS TREES DOWN NORTH OF JACKSONVILLE ON US 319. OTHER TREES DOWN FURTHER EAST TOWARD LUMBER CITY BUT NO DETAILS ATTM.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 3, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 680 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
680 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

As transmitted.

329 
WUUS52 KFFC 032205
SVRFFC
GAC271-032245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0033.160503T2205Z-160503T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
605 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 605 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JACKSONVILLE...
  OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF FITZGERALD...MOVING NORTHEAST 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
  MCRAE...HELENA...LUMBER CITY...MILAN...SCOTLAND...JACKSONVILLE...TOWNS...
  WORKMORE...CHINA HILL...HORSE CREEK WMA AND TEMPERANCE.

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 3180 8308 3181 8309 3181 8314 3190 8321
      3211 8296 3215 8294 3208 8288 3205 8281
      3202 8278 3201 8273 3196 8269 3193 8265
      3192 8265 3192 8268 3186 8276 3185 8279
      3184 8279 3178 8292 3179 8298 3178 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 227DEG 29KT 3184 8309 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
169 
WWUS52 KFFC 032230
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
630 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016

GAC271-032245-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160503T2245Z/
TELFAIR GA-
630 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL TELFAIR COUNTY...

AT 630 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCOTLAND...OR 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCRAE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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
MCRAE...HELENA...LUMBER CITY...SCOTLAND...TOWNS...WORKMORE AND HORSE CREEK
WMA.

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 3186 8295 3196 8306 3207 8294 3208 8288
      3205 8281 3202 8278 3201 8273 3196 8269
      3193 8265 3192 8265 3192 8268 3186 8276
      3185 8279 3184 8279 3180 8288
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 238DEG 39KT 3196 8283 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 8:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin, Towns, Union34 min
May 2, 8:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs32 min
May 2, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb16 min
May 2, 8:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin24 min
May 2, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs17 min
May 2, 8:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Jones32 min
May 2, 9:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Putnam36 min
May 2, 9:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro, Warren41 min
May 3, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson31 min
May 3, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington29 min
May 3, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson34 min
May 3, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair33 min
May 3, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs, Wheeler50 min
May 3, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly, Sumter39 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.