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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 24, 2017Bleckley County, Dodge County, Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2017, 2:23 PM EDT for Bleckley County, Dodge County, Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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: May 24, 2017, 2:23 PM EDT (18:23 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2017, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Bleckley County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Laurens County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 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.

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 24, 11:03 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 145 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.7

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The text

As transmitted.

376 
WUUS52 KFFC 241823
SVRFFC
GAC023-091-175-241900-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0189.170524T1823Z-170524T1900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
223 PM EDT WED MAY 24 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...
  Southeastern Bleckley County in central Georgia...

* Until 300 PM EDT

* At 222 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Empire, or
  over Cochran, moving northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
           roofs, and outbuildings. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Cochran, Chester, Empire, Yonkers, Goldsboro, Rebie, Roddy and
  Rowland.

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 600 PM EDT for central
Georgia.

LAT...LON 3230 8331 3239 8338 3255 8317 3244 8308
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 237DEG 23KT 3237 8332 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 8:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Floyd, Polk	51 min
May 23, 8:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding	44 min
May 23, 9:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson, Paulding	49 min
May 23, 9:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth	45 min
May 23, 10:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson	49 min
May 23, 10:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Jackson	35 min
May 24, 12:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Laurens, Treutlen	27 min
May 24, 2:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Jones	30 min
May 24, 9:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Whitfield	36 min
May 24, 9:47 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Murray, Whitfield	28 min
May 24, 9:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd	49 min
May 24, 10:17 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd	14 min
May 24, 10:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	29 min
May 24, 10:48 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Gordon, Murray	27 min
May 24, 11:08 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Gilmer, Murray	23 min
May 24, 11:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens	33 min
May 24, 11:22 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Pulaski, Wilcox	23 min
May 24, 11:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	33 min
May 24, 11:29 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer	31 min
May 24, 11:31 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly	29 min
May 24, 11:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	30 min
May 24, 11:54 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly	17 min
May 24, 11:56 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Union	14 min
May 24, 12:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	65 min
May 24, 12:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	36 min
May 24, 12:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Peach	33 min
May 24, 1:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Warren	28 min
May 24, 1:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	23 min
May 24, 1:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens	28 min
May 24, 1:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens	31 min
May 24, 2:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Laurens	31 min
May 24, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	25 min
May 24, 2:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge	36 min
May 24, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	63 min
May 24, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jackson	29 min
May 24, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walton	28 min
May 24, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lumpkin, White	26 min
May 24, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens	36 min
May 24, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	30 min
May 24, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Jones, Monroe	25 min
May 24, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	33 min
May 24, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jones, Monroe	24 min
May 24, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Morgan, Putnam	30 min
May 24, 7:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston, Twiggs	23 min
May 24, 7:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson	48 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.