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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2017, 7:53 PM EDT for Greene County, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It was in force for 22 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, 7:53 PM EDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2017, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Greene County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 112 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 127 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
731
WUUS52 KFFC 272353
SVRFFC
GAC133-221-280030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0174.170427T2353Z-170428T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
753 PM EDT THU APR 27 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Greene County in east central Georgia...
Southwestern Oglethorpe County in northeastern Georgia...
* Until 830 PM EDT
* At 753 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Greshamville,
or 8 miles northeast of Madison, 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...
Greensboro, Union Point, Woodville, Maxeys, Penfield, Wrayswood,
Philomath and Greshamville.
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 north central
and east central Georgia.
LAT...LON 3369 8300 3368 8298 3359 8301 3357 8301
3357 8332 3360 8334 3360 8335 3366 8337
3370 8340 3373 8330 3375 8329 3381 8308
3372 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 256DEG 27KT 3365 8334
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
491
WWUS52 KFFC 280015
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
815 PM EDT THU APR 27 2017
GAC133-221-280025-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0174.000000T0000Z-170428T0030Z/
Greene GA-Oglethorpe GA-
815 PM EDT THU APR 27 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN GREENE AND
SOUTHWESTERN OGLETHORPE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for east
central Georgia.
LAT...LON 3369 8300 3368 8298 3359 8301 3357 8301
3357 8332 3360 8334 3360 8335 3366 8337
3370 8340 3373 8330 3375 8329 3381 8308
3372 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 256DEG 27KT 3369 8315
$$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 | FFC | Talbot, Taylor | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 1:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | 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, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones, Monroe | 38 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.