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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 27, 2017Jones County, Monroe County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2017, 7:52 PM EDT for Jones County, Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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 27, 2017, 7:52 PM EDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2017, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Jones County, GA, Monroe County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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 27, 1:47 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 88 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 45 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -363 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 703 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 351 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 395 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

895 
WUUS52 KFFC 272352
SVRFFC
GAC169-207-280030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0173.170427T2352Z-170428T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
752 PM EDT THU APR 27 2017

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Monroe County in central Georgia...
  Jones County in central Georgia...

* Until 830 PM EDT

* At 751 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was centered near Jarrell 
  Plantation, or 11 miles east of Forsyth, moving east at 30 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...
  Gray, Ethridge, James, Bradley, Wayside, Dames Ferry, Haddock,
  Round Oak, Greenberry Crossroads, Clinton, Jarrell Plantation,
  Juliette, Plant Scherer and Blountsville.

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 1000 PM EDT for central
Georgia.

LAT...LON 3297 8380 3314 8383 3314 8382 3313 8382
      3318 8343 3311 8342 3293 8336 3292 8337
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 256DEG 27KT 3309 8374 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

1 follow-up statement

196 
WWUS52 KFFC 280029
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
829 PM EDT THU APR 27 2017

GAC169-207-280038-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0173.000000T0000Z-170428T0030Z/
Monroe GA-Jones GA-
829 PM EDT THU APR 27 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MONROE AND JONES
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for central
Georgia.

LAT...LON 3297 8380 3314 8383 3314 8382 3313 8382
      3318 8343 3311 8342 3293 8336 3292 8337
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 256DEG 27KT 3315 8344 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 5:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa	30 min
Apr 27, 6:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin, Murray	18 min
Apr 27, 7:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin	14 min
Apr 27, 8:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	25 min
Apr 27, 9:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	25 min
Apr 27, 10:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	28 min
Apr 27, 10:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Douglas	31 min
Apr 27, 12:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris, Muscogee	49 min
Apr 27, 12:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Muscogee	23 min
Apr 27, 1:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	29 min
Apr 27, 1:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Muscogee, Talbot	36 min
Apr 27, 1:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Marion, Talbot	25 min
Apr 27, 1:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FFC	Talbot, Taylor	41 min
Apr 27, 1:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	FFC	Crawford, Taylor, Upson	21 min
Apr 27, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Talbot, Taylor, Upson	24 min
Apr 27, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Jones	34 min
Apr 27, 2:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford	35 min
Apr 27, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Jones, Twiggs	28 min
Apr 27, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lumpkin	35 min
Apr 27, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	25 min
Apr 27, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	37 min
Apr 27, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee, Dawson, Lumpkin	23 min
Apr 27, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	28 min
Apr 27, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	37 min
Apr 27, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lumpkin	30 min
Apr 27, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	29 min
Apr 27, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	34 min
Apr 27, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Hall	48 min
Apr 27, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee, Talbot	37 min
Apr 27, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot	30 min
Apr 27, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee	28 min
Apr 27, 6:59 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Muscogee, Talbot	6 hr
Apr 27, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Lamar, Monroe	34 min
Apr 27, 7:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	28 min
Apr 27, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Marion	39 min
Apr 27, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Stewart	27 min
Apr 27, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Oglethorpe	22 min
Apr 27, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper	34 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.