Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 1:44 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 S Wenona, GA | GA HIGHWAY 41 BLOCKED DUE TO FALLEN TREES AND POWER LINE DAMAGE |
| May 23, 1:49 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Nne Bedgood, GA | ROOF WAS PARTIALLY BLOWN OFF OF A HOUSE ON THE 200 BLOCK OF ALLIED RD |
| May 23, 1:49 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 W Bedgood, GA | REPORT THAT A TRACTOR TRAILER WAS FLIPPED ON I-75 NEAR MM 93 |
| May 23, 1:50 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Ne Bedgood, GA | MOBILE HOME BLOWN OFF OF FOUNDATION WITH OTHER DAMAGE TO NEARBY HOMES |
| May 23, 1:51 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Ne Bedgood, GA | GA 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 10:10 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 27 min |
| May 23, 5:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 27 min |
| May 23, 5:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 23 min |
| May 23, 11:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 37 min |
| May 23, 12:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 23 min |
| May 23, 12:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 32 min |
| May 23, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox | 36 min |
| May 23, 1:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 36 min |
| May 23, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery | 30 min |
| May 23, 1:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dooly | 34 min |
| May 23, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 36 min |
| May 23, 1:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 28 min |
| May 23, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 29 min |
| May 23, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox | 17 min |
| May 23, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 34 min |
| May 23, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler | 30 min |
| May 23, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 24 min |
| May 23, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 31 min |
| May 23, 7:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 6 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.