Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2016, 1:46 AM EST for Pulaski County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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
- Feb 24, 2016, 1:46 AM EST (06:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 2:15 AM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Pulaski County, GA, Wilcox County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 12:14 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 376 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
672
WUUS52 KFFC 240646
SVRFFC
GAC235-315-240715-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0005.160224T0646Z-160224T0715Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
146 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 215 AM EST
* AT 145 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PITTS...OR 8
MILES EAST OF CORDELE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HAWKINSVILLE...ABBEVILLE...ROCHELLE...PINEVIEW...PITTS...ANTIOCH
CHURCH...HARTFORD...CEDAR CREEK...DOUBLE RUN...POPE CITY...
WALLACE...OCMULGEE BANKS...OWENSBORO...PLEASANT VIEW...SEVILLE...
BROWNING...MOCK SPRINGS AND FINLEYSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
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 600 AM EST FOR CENTRAL
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3185 8361 3229 8361 3230 8338 3227 8335
3225 8337 3218 8329 3215 8332 3213 8331
3211 8334 3208 8330 3205 8331 3202 8329
3201 8330 3200 8328 3199 8329 3195 8326
3195 8324 3189 8320 3187 8318 3185 8318
TIME...MOT...LOC 0645Z 250DEG 50KT 3199 8363
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
739
WWUS52 KFFC 240704
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
204 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
GAC235-315-240715-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160224T0715Z/
PULASKI GA-WILCOX GA-
204 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM EST
FOR PULASKI AND WILCOX COUNTIES...
AT 204 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ABBEVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HAWKINSVILLE...ABBEVILLE...ROCHELLE...PINEVIEW...PITTS...ANTIOCH
CHURCH...HARTFORD...CEDAR CREEK...DOUBLE RUN...POPE CITY...WALLACE...
OCMULGEE BANKS...OWENSBORO...PLEASANT VIEW...SEVILLE...BROWNING...
MOCK SPRINGS AND FINLEYSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EST FOR CENTRAL
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3185 8361 3229 8361 3230 8338 3227 8335
3225 8337 3218 8329 3215 8332 3213 8331
3211 8334 3208 8330 3205 8331 3202 8329
3201 8330 3200 8328 3199 8329 3195 8326
3195 8324 3189 8320 3187 8318 3185 8318
TIME...MOT...LOC 0704Z 250DEG 50KT 3208 8333
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 7:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 46 min |
| Feb 23, 10:12 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Troup | 28 hr |
| Feb 24, 12:56 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 25 hr |
| Feb 24, 1:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 2:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 2:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 3:20 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge, Wilcox | 25 min |
| Feb 24, 3:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Jefferson, Johnson and 7 more | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 4:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade and 15 more | 96 min |
| Feb 24, 4:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 5:16 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 44 min |
| Feb 24, 5:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 6:17 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 30 hr |
| Feb 24, 6:21 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 59 hr |
| Feb 24, 6:21 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette | 24 hr |
| Feb 24, 6:41 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 46 hr |
| Feb 24, 6:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 7:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Gordon, Murray, Polk | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 7:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 29 min |
| Feb 24, 8:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 8:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 10:46 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 23 hr |
| Feb 24, 1:17 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 50 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:39 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 4 days |
| Feb 24, 2:39 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 5 days |
| Feb 24, 6:07 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette, Spalding | 24 hr |
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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.