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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 21, 2017Talbot County, Upson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 21, 2017, 11:00 AM EST for Talbot County, Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 min. 6 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
Jan 21, 2017, 11:00 AM EST (16:00 UTC)
Expired
Jan 21, 2017, 11:30 AM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Talbot County, GA, Upson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:59 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 21, 11:06 AM ESTTORNADO2 Wnw Hawkins Crossroad, GAA WEAK EF0 TORNADO WITH MAX WINDS OF 80 MPH AFFECTED RURAL AREA ALONG AND NEAR BONNIE DIXON RD.
Jan 21, 11:14 AM ESTTORNADO2 W Pleasant Hill, GANUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. DAMAGE TO A SMALL BARN. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A HOME. RESIDENTS HOME AND NO INJURIES. AT LEAST 36 TREES WERE DOWNED ACROSS DOUBLE BRIDGES RD. TRACK ENDS VERY NEAR HWY 36 EAST OF ROLAND.
Jan 21, 11:17 AM ESTTORNADO2 Ssw Roland, GANUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A HOME. RESIDENTS HOME AND NO INJURIES.
Jan 21, 11:21 AM ESTTORNADO2 S Roland, GADAMAGE REPORTED AT THE RIVERBEND RESTAURANT ON THE FLINT RIVER. DOZENS OF TREES DOWN... SNAPPED... AND POWERLINES DOWN.
Jan 21, 11:22 AM ESTTORNADO2 Ssw Roland, GATORNADO BEGAN IN TALBOT COUNTY AND DAMAGE REPORTED AT THE RIVERBEND RESTAURANT ON THE FLINT RIVER. HUNDREDS OF TREES DOWN... SNAPPED... AND POWER LINES DOWN. HOME SEVERELY DAMAGED ON RIVER BUT NO ONE INJURED. SEVERAL HOMES SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE ALONG SUNNYSIDE
Jan 21, 11:25 AM ESTTORNADO1 Sse Rowland, GAAN EF1 TORNADO WITH MAX WINDS OF 95 MPH TRACKED FROM ROLAND RD ALONG A 5.3 MILE PATH TO NEAR WEST MAIN ST IN THOMASTON. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED. AT LEAST 3 HOMES SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE.

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
Jan 21, 9:04 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 69 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2017-01-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 388 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2017-01-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
388 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

971 
WUUS52 KFFC 211600
SVRFFC
GAC263-293-211630-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0012.170121T1600Z-170121T1630Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1100 AM EST SAT JAN 21 2017

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Upson County in west central Georgia...
  Central Talbot County in west central Georgia...

* Until 1130 AM EST

* At 1059 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Olive
  Branch, or 7 miles northwest of Talbotton, moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Talbotton, Woodland, Sprewell Bluff State Park, Pleasant Hill,
  Prattsburg, Big Lazer Creek Wma, Baughville, Olive Branch and Po
  Biddy Crossroads.

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.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 300 PM EST for west central
Georgia.

LAT...LON 3265 8467 3279 8469 3288 8449 3282 8428
      3270 8435
TIME...MOT...LOC 1559Z 253DEG 41KT 3273 8466 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 7:52 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard, Troup38 min
Jan 21, 8:28 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup32 min
Jan 21, 8:33 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCTroup27 min
Jan 21, 8:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup35 min
Jan 21, 9:23 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta37 min
Jan 21, 10:04 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Fayette, Troup56 min
Jan 21, 10:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee46 min
Jan 21, 10:22 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Stewart38 min
Jan 21, 10:35 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee, Talbot25 min
Jan 21, 11:01 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Fayette, Heard, Troup59 min
Jan 21, 11:10 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCMeriwether, Talbot, Upson32 min
Jan 21, 11:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor29 min
Jan 21, 11:26 AM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedFFCCrawford, Taylor, Upson34 min
Jan 21, 11:36 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Fayette39 min
Jan 21, 11:39 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Pike, Upson36 min
Jan 21, 11:46 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon, Peach, Schley, Sumter44 min
Jan 21, 11:50 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Monroe25 min
Jan 21, 11:56 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCLamar14 min
Jan 21, 12:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Macon, Peach26 min
Jan 21, 12:06 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHouston, Macon, Peach24 min
Jan 21, 12:10 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Fayette, Henry, Spalding50 min
Jan 21, 12:13 PM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedFFCMonroe15 min
Jan 21, 12:21 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHouston, Peach, Twiggs24 min
Jan 21, 12:28 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb24 hr
Jan 21, 12:28 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett24 hr
Jan 21, 12:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski, Twiggs33 min
Jan 21, 12:43 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson32 min
Jan 21, 12:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Laurens, Pulaski and 1 more52 min
Jan 21, 12:57 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBleckley, Laurens33 min
Jan 21, 1:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson40 min
Jan 21, 1:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Washington, Wilkinson49 min
Jan 21, 1:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen51 min
Jan 21, 1:24 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens36 min
Jan 21, 1:27 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Washington34 min
Jan 21, 1:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen and 1 more44 min
Jan 21, 1:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson, Washington43 min
Jan 21, 1:41 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJefferson, Johnson34 min
Jan 21, 2:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler33 min
Jan 21, 2:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson31 min
Jan 21, 2:26 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb24 hr
Jan 21, 3:46 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett24 hr
Jan 21, 3:46 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton64 hr
Jan 21, 5:39 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett, Walton24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.