Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 3, 2016, 3:06 PM EST for Atkinson County, Coffee County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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 3, 2016, 3:06 PM EST (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2016, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Atkinson County, GA, Coffee County, GA
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
582
WUUS52 KJAX 032006
SVRJAX
GAC003-069-032045-
/O.NEW.KJAX.SV.W.0002.160203T2006Z-160203T2045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
306 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL ATKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 345 PM EST
* AT 305 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PEARSON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOUGLAS...PEARSON...WILLACOOCHEE AND NICHOLLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER
INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND
TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER SUCH AS AN INTERIOR ROOM...A
BATHROOM...CLOSET OR BASEMENT.
&&
LAT...LON 3154 8277 3154 8260 3147 8260 3147 8263
3137 8263 3118 8295 3119 8296 3131 8306
3134 8307
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 232DEG 34KT 3131 8294
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SHULER2 follow-up statements
683
WWUS52 KJAX 032026
SVSJAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
326 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
GAC003-032035-
/O.CAN.KJAX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160203T2045Z/
ATKINSON GA-
326 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL ATKINSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3147 8288 3154 8277 3154 8260 3147 8260
3147 8263 3140 8263 3136 8269 3136 8281
3139 8284 3140 8284 3140 8285 3145 8290
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 230DEG 34KT 3144 8278
$$
GAC069-032045-
/O.CON.KJAX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160203T2045Z/
COFFEE GA-
326 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY...
AT 325 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DOUGLAS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOUGLAS AND NICHOLLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER
INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND
TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...SUCH AS AN INTERIOR ROOM...
A BATHROOM OR CLOSET OR BASEMENT.
&&
LAT...LON 3147 8288 3154 8277 3154 8260 3147 8260
3147 8263 3140 8263 3136 8269 3136 8281
3139 8284 3140 8284 3140 8285 3145 8290
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 230DEG 34KT 3144 8278
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SHULER336
WWUS52 KJAX 032053
SVSJAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
353 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
GAC069-032103-
/O.EXP.KJAX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160203T2045Z/
COFFEE GA-
353 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3147 8288 3154 8277 3154 8260 3147 8260
3147 8263 3140 8263 3136 8269 3136 8281
3139 8284 3140 8284 3140 8285 3145 8290
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 232DEG 34KT 3144 8278
$$
SHULERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 9:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JAX | Glynn, McIntosh, Wayne | 18 days |
| Feb 3, 2:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson | 51 min |
| Feb 3, 3:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bacon, Coffee | 25 min |
| Feb 3, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon | 45 min |
| Feb 3, 4:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Coffee | 32 min |
| Feb 3, 5:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling, Bacon | 28 min |
| Feb 3, 5:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling | 51 min |
| Feb 3, 5:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon | 49 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.