Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 21, 2017, 11:16 AM EST for Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min. 2 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, 11:16 AM EST (16:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2017, 11:45 AM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Taylor County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 11:18 AM EST | TORNADO | 1 W Howard, GA | A FEW TREES SNAPPED NORTH OF BUTLER HWY HWY 96. ADDITIONAL TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG A PATH CROSSING WATSON RD... N CULVERHOUSE RD... AND SUDDETH RD. ALONG WILSON RD... TWO METAL BARNS AND A SMALL SILO WERE DESTROYED. SILO THROWN ABOUT 300 YARDS. SIGNIFI |
| Jan 21, 11:25 AM EST | TORNADO | Howard, GA | REPORT INDICATES SEVERE 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 9:04 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
353
WUUS52 KFFC 211616
SVRFFC
GAC269-211645-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0013.170121T1616Z-170121T1645Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1116 AM EST SAT JAN 21 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Taylor County in west central Georgia...
* Until 1145 AM EST
* At 1116 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Howard, or 9
miles southeast of Talbotton, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Butler, Reynolds, Howard, Wesley Church and Fickling Mill.
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 central and
west central Georgia.
LAT...LON 3251 8443 3256 8444 3256 8441 3261 8441
3265 8437 3272 8425 3261 8407 3260 8407
3259 8406 3258 8406 3252 8409
TIME...MOT...LOC 1616Z 264DEG 37KT 3258 8442
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 7:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard, Troup | 38 min |
| Jan 21, 8:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 8:33 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Troup | 27 min |
| Jan 21, 8:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 35 min |
| Jan 21, 9:23 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 37 min |
| Jan 21, 10:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Troup | 56 min |
| Jan 21, 10:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 10:22 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 38 min |
| Jan 21, 10:35 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee, Talbot | 25 min |
| Jan 21, 11:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 30 min |
| Jan 21, 11:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Troup | 59 min |
| Jan 21, 11:10 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Talbot, Upson | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 11:26 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford, Taylor, Upson | 34 min |
| Jan 21, 11:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 39 min |
| Jan 21, 11:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Upson | 36 min |
| Jan 21, 11:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Peach, Schley, Sumter | 44 min |
| Jan 21, 11:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Monroe | 25 min |
| Jan 21, 11:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar | 14 min |
| Jan 21, 12:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Macon, Peach | 26 min |
| Jan 21, 12:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston, Macon, Peach | 24 min |
| Jan 21, 12:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Spalding | 50 min |
| Jan 21, 12:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Monroe | 15 min |
| Jan 21, 12:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach, Twiggs | 24 min |
| Jan 21, 12:28 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 24 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:28 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 24 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski, Twiggs | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 12:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 12:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Laurens, Pulaski and 1 more | 52 min |
| Jan 21, 12:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 1:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson | 40 min |
| Jan 21, 1:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Washington, Wilkinson | 49 min |
| Jan 21, 1:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen | 51 min |
| Jan 21, 1:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 36 min |
| Jan 21, 1:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Washington | 34 min |
| Jan 21, 1:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen and 1 more | 44 min |
| Jan 21, 1:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 43 min |
| Jan 21, 1:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Johnson | 34 min |
| Jan 21, 2:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 2:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 31 min |
| Jan 21, 2:26 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 24 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:46 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 24 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:46 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 64 hr |
| Jan 21, 5:39 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.