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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 3, 2016Pulaski County, Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2016, 8:04 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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, 8:04 PM EDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2016, 8:32 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Pulaski County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 3, 8:07 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Pitts, GA	SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED ONTO HIGHWAY 215 NORTH OF PITTS.

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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 180 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1257 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

291 
WUUS52 KFFC 040004
SVRFFC
GAC235-315-040045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0036.160504T0004Z-160504T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHWESTERN WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 804 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PITTS...OR 10
  MILES EAST OF CORDELE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR 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
  ABBEVILLE...ROCHELLE...PINEVIEW...PITTS...CEDAR CREEK...FINLEYSON...POPE
  CITY...OCMULGEE BANKS...PLEASANT VIEW AND SEVILLE.

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 3206 8361 3222 8340 3216 8332 3215 8332
      3213 8331 3211 8334 3209 8332 3209 8331
      3208 8330 3205 8331 3202 8329 3201 8330
      3200 8328 3199 8329 3198 8329 3193 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 242DEG 33KT 3199 8360 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

1 follow-up statement

018 
WWUS52 KFFC 040032
SVSFFC

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

GAC235-315-040040-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160504T0045Z/
PULASKI GA-WILCOX GA-
832 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI AND
NORTHWESTERN WILCOX COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER WIND GUSTS TO 40
MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH 840 PM WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM
AFFECTING FAR NORTHEAST PARTS OF WILCOX COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3206 8361 3222 8340 3216 8332 3215 8332
      3213 8331 3211 8334 3209 8332 3209 8331
      3208 8330 3205 8331 3202 8329 3201 8330
      3200 8328 3199 8329 3198 8329 3193 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 242DEG 33KT 3211 8334 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 8:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	31 min
May 4, 2:26 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	FFC	Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more	33 hr
May 4, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	33 min
May 4, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield	52 min
May 4, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon	44 min
May 4, 7:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Polk	36 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.