Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 21, 2017, 12:42 PM EST for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. 5 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, 12:42 PM EST (17:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2017, 1:15 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bleckley County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Twiggs County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:47 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, 12:46 PM EST | TORNADO | 3 E Tarversville, GA | AN EF0 TORNADO WITH MAX WINDS OF 80 MPH BEGAN IN SOUTHERN TWIGGS CO NEAR BRUCE KING RD AND TRAVELED ENE FOR 4.3 MILES LIFTING NEAR BM RICHARDSON RD. APPROX 100 TREES WERE DOWNED AND ONE IRRIGATION SYSTEM WAS TURNED OVER. |
| Jan 21, 12:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Brown Hill, GA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN JUST SOUTH AND WEST OF DANVILLE |
| Jan 21, 12:50 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 Ese Five Points, GA | MULTIPLE TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ACROSS THE AREA AS WELL AS MANY POWER LINES. 911 CENTER WENT DOWN AT THE TIME. AT THE LOCATION OF THIS LSR THERE WAS MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE DONE AND ROOF DAMAGE TO 3 HOMES IN A LOCAL SUBDIVISION ON EMERGENCY RD 445A. |
| Jan 21, 12:57 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 Nne Powell, GA | MULTIPLE TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ACROSS THE AREA AS WELL AS MANY POWERLINES. 911 CENTER WENT DOWN AT THE TIME. AT THE LOCATION OF THIS LSR THERE WAS MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE DONE AND ROOF DAMAGE IN A LOCAL SUBDIVISION. |
| Jan 21, 1:01 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 Sw Dudley, GA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED ACROSS THE COUNTY. CONCENTRATED AREAS JUST WEST OF DUDLEY NORTH AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 16. DAMAGE CORRELATES WITH RADAR SIGNATURES. |
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, 5.7 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
- 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.
753
WUUS52 KFFC 211742
SVRFFC
GAC023-091-175-235-289-211815-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0017.170121T1742Z-170121T1815Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1242 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
West central Laurens County in central Georgia...
Northwestern Dodge County in central Georgia...
North central Pulaski County in central Georgia...
Southeastern Twiggs County in central Georgia...
Bleckley County in central Georgia...
* Until 115 PM EST
* At 1241 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Magnolia, or
near Cochran, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Cochran, Hawkinsville, Chester, Dudley, Danville, Montrose, Coley
Station, Empire, Yonkers, Roddy, Magnolia, Rowland, Royal, Ocmulgee
Public Fishing Area, Paulk, Goldsboro, Rebie, Cary and Porter.
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
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3232 8352 3239 8352 3239 8350 3241 8348
3244 8349 3245 8350 3246 8349 3248 8350
3262 8334 3262 8325 3258 8323 3261 8317
3254 8305 3235 8313
TIME...MOT...LOC 1741Z 262DEG 44KT 3242 8344
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
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, 11:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor | 29 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, 12:43 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.