Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2016, 7:36 PM EDT for Crisp County, Dooly County, Sumter County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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
- May 3, 2016, 7:36 PM EDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2016, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Sumter County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 7:57 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Tremont, GA | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED IN THE VICINITY OF CEMETERY RD AND DOCKWEILER RD. SOME TREES WERE BLOWN ONTO HOUSES. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 721 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
481
WUUS52 KFFC 032336
SVRFFC
GAC081-093-261-040015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0035.160503T2336Z-160504T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
736 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL DOOLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
CRISP COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 736 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF CORDELE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CORDELE...VIENNA...ARABI...COBB...TREMONT...GEORGIA VETERANS MEMORIAL ST
PK...RICHWOOD...WENONA...EAST CRISP...FORT EARLY AND RAINES.
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 3181 8383 3183 8384 3182 8385 3184 8386
3185 8394 3186 8393 3188 8393 3191 8392
3191 8404 3192 8405 3198 8398 3209 8376
3202 8361 3180 8362 3180 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 242DEG 31KT 3187 8389
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
712
WWUS52 KFFC 032352
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
752 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016
GAC093-261-040002-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160504T0015Z/
DOOLY GA-SUMTER GA-
752 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL DOOLY AND
SOUTHEASTERN SUMTER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3197 8383 3203 8374 3203 8363 3202 8361
3190 8362 3188 8377
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 241DEG 32KT 3194 8373
$$
GAC081-040015-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160504T0015Z/
CRISP GA-
752 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CRISP COUNTY...
AT 752 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF
CORDELE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CORDELE...TREMONT...WENONA AND EAST CRISP.
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 3197 8383 3203 8374 3203 8363 3202 8361
3190 8362 3188 8377
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 241DEG 32KT 3194 8373
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
$$542
WWUS52 KFFC 040008
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
808 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016
GAC081-040018-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160504T0015Z/
CRISP GA-
808 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CRISP COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 815 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3197 8383 3203 8374 3203 8363 3202 8361
3190 8362 3188 8377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 242DEG 31KT 3194 8373
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, Towns, Union | 34 min |
| May 2, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 32 min |
| May 2, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 16 min |
| May 2, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 24 min |
| May 2, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 17 min |
| May 2, 8:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 32 min |
| May 2, 9:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Putnam | 36 min |
| May 2, 9:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren | 41 min |
| May 3, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 31 min |
| May 3, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 29 min |
| May 3, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 34 min |
| May 3, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 33 min |
| May 3, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 40 min |
| May 3, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler | 50 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.