Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2017, 12:55 PM EDT for Greene County, Morgan County, Oconee County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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
- Apr 5, 2017, 12:55 PM EDT (16:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2017, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Greene County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Oconee County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:58 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 7:54 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:54 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 703 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted.
171
WUUS52 KFFC 051655
SVRFFC
GAC133-211-219-051730-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0133.170405T1655Z-170405T1730Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1255 PM EDT WED APR 5 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Oconee County in northeastern Georgia...
Central Morgan County in north central Georgia...
Northwestern Greene County in east central Georgia...
* Until 130 PM EDT
* At 1255 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Apalachee,
or near Madison, moving northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Madison, Bostwick, Barnett Shoals, Farmington, Apalachee and
Wrayswood.
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 800 PM EDT for north central
and east central Georgia.
LAT...LON 3356 8350 3366 8360 3388 8335 3387 8332
3386 8333 3385 8328 3384 8328 3381 8330
3381 8329 3380 8329 3379 8328 3377 8329
3376 8328 3373 8321
TIME...MOT...LOC 1655Z 228DEG 53KT 3366 8348
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
835
WWUS52 KFFC 051708
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
108 PM EDT WED APR 5 2017
GAC211-051718-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-170405T1730Z/
Morgan GA-
108 PM EDT WED APR 5 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 400 PM EDT for northeastern
Georgia. A tornado watch also remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
north central and east central Georgia.
LAT...LON 3373 8321 3364 8337 3378 8346 3388 8335
3387 8333 3386 8333 3385 8328 3381 8330
3381 8329 3380 8329 3379 8328 3377 8329
3376 8328
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 228DEG 53KT 3379 8330
$$
GAC133-219-051730-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-170405T1730Z/
Oconee GA-Greene GA-
108 PM EDT WED APR 5 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE AND NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTIES...
At 108 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Barnett Shoals,
or 7 miles southeast of Watkinsville, moving northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Farmington, Wrayswood and Barnett Shoals.
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 400 PM EDT for northeastern
Georgia. A tornado watch also remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
north central and east central Georgia.
LAT...LON 3373 8321 3364 8337 3378 8346 3388 8335
3387 8333 3386 8333 3385 8328 3381 8330
3381 8329 3380 8329 3379 8328 3377 8329
3376 8328
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 228DEG 53KT 3379 8330
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 3:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 52 min |
| Apr 5, 3:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 46 more | 22 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 4:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 35 min |
| Apr 5, 4:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 5:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 5:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 6:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 6:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 35 min |
| Apr 5, 6:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 55 min |
| Apr 5, 7:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Haralson, Polk | 58 min |
| Apr 5, 7:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter, Webster | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 7:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether, Troup | 51 min |
| Apr 5, 7:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Heard | 59 min |
| Apr 5, 7:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 7:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 7:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 8:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Spalding | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 8:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 8:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs | 35 min |
| Apr 5, 8:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Heard | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 8:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 26 min |
| Apr 5, 8:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 8:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton | 51 min |
| Apr 5, 9:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 9:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Rockdale | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 9:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington, Wilkinson | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 10:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 65 min |
| Apr 5, 10:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Walton | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 10:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding and 1 more | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 10:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 35 min |
| Apr 5, 11:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 25 min |
| Apr 5, 11:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Heard | 52 min |
| Apr 5, 11:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 11 min |
| Apr 5, 11:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 11:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Spalding | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 11:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 11:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster | 67 min |
| Apr 5, 11:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 11:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Hall | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 11:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Rockdale | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 12:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Jackson, Madison and 3 more | 38 min |
| Apr 5, 12:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 66 min |
| Apr 5, 12:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 15 min |
| Apr 5, 12:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton | 35 min |
| Apr 5, 12:19 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 47 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 18 min |
| Apr 5, 12:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oglethorpe | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Morgan, Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 12:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 4 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oconee | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 12:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 12:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Sumter | 51 min |
| Apr 5, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 1:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 38 min |
| Apr 5, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 1:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 1:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 41 min |
| Apr 5, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 26 min |
| Apr 5, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 19 min |
| Apr 5, 2:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Wilcox | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 2:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 2:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 66 min |
| Apr 5, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Gordon | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 3:23 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 24 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:23 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 35 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:23 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 66 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Treutlen, Wheeler | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 3:33 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 10 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski, Telfair, Wilcox | 55 min |
| Apr 5, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 3:40 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 40 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 47 min |
| Apr 5, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Heard | 30 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.