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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 23, 2017Crisp County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2017, 1:30 PM EDT for Crisp County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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
May 23, 2017, 1:30 PM EDT (17:30 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2017, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Crisp County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 23, 1:44 PM EDTTORNADO3 S Wenona, GAGA HIGHWAY 41 BLOCKED DUE TO FALLEN TREES AND POWER LINE DAMAGE
May 23, 1:49 PM EDTTORNADO1 Nne Bedgood, GAROOF WAS PARTIALLY BLOWN OFF OF A HOUSE ON THE 200 BLOCK OF ALLIED RD
May 23, 1:49 PM EDTTORNADO1 W Bedgood, GAREPORT THAT A TRACTOR TRAILER WAS FLIPPED ON I-75 NEAR MM 93
May 23, 1:50 PM EDTTORNADO3 Ne Bedgood, GAMOBILE HOME BLOWN OFF OF FOUNDATION WITH OTHER DAMAGE TO NEARBY HOMES
May 23, 1:51 PM EDTTORNADO3 Ne Bedgood, GAGA HIGHWAY 90 BLOCKED DUE TO FALLEN TREES AND POWER LINE 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 23, 10:10 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 169 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2017-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 205 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2017-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
205 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
885 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

468 
WUUS52 KFFC 231730
SVRFFC
GAC081-231800-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0183.170523T1730Z-170523T1800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
130 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2017

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Crisp County in central Georgia...

* Until 200 PM EDT

* At 130 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Warwick, or
  10 miles southwest of Cordele, moving northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Cordele, Arabi, East Crisp, Fort Early, Raines, Tremont, Wenona and
  Hatley.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

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 600 PM EDT for central
Georgia.

LAT...LON 3181 8383 3183 8384 3182 8385 3184 8386
      3185 8394 3186 8394 3186 8393 3189 8393
      3203 8370 3203 8361 3183 8361 3180 8378
TIME...MOT...LOC 1730Z 239DEG 34KT 3184 8387 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 8:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel27 min
May 23, 5:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Toombs27 min
May 23, 5:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Talbot23 min
May 23, 11:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox37 min
May 23, 12:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp23 min
May 23, 12:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly32 min
May 23, 12:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox36 min
May 23, 1:09 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFFCCrisp, Dooly, Sumter36 min
May 23, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery30 min
May 23, 1:41 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDooly34 min
May 23, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs36 min
May 23, 1:47 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox28 min
May 23, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox29 min
May 23, 2:25 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDodge, Telfair, Wilcox17 min
May 23, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair34 min
May 23, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Telfair, Wheeler30 min
May 23, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd24 min
May 23, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd31 min
May 23, 7:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFloyd6 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.