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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 24, 2017Jones County, Monroe County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2017, 5:36 PM EDT for Jones County, Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2017, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Jones County, GA, Monroe County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 11:03 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 82 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2017-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 145 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2017-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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.

058 
WUUS52 KFFC 242136
SVRFFC
GAC169-207-242200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0192.170524T2136Z-170524T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
536 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

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

* Until 600 PM EDT

* At 536 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Dames Ferry,
  or 10 miles east of Forsyth, moving north at 35 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Bolingbroke, Wayside, Plant Scherer, Jarrell Plantation and Dames
  Ferry.

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 3299 8389 3314 8375 3309 8354 3293 8370
      3295 8370 3295 8373 3294 8373 3291 8378
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 197DEG 30KT 3298 8376 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 8:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Floyd, Polk51 min
May 23, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Cobb, Paulding44 min
May 23, 9:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson, Paulding49 min
May 23, 9:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Cobb, Forsyth45 min
May 23, 10:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson49 min
May 23, 10:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Jackson35 min
May 24, 12:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Laurens, Treutlen27 min
May 24, 2:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Jones30 min
May 24, 9:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield36 min
May 24, 9:47 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield28 min
May 24, 9:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Floyd49 min
May 24, 10:17 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd14 min
May 24, 10:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon29 min
May 24, 10:48 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCGordon, Murray27 min
May 24, 11:08 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCGilmer, Murray23 min
May 24, 11:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens33 min
May 24, 11:22 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCPulaski, Wilcox23 min
May 24, 11:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp33 min
May 24, 11:29 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer31 min
May 24, 11:31 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly29 min
May 24, 11:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski30 min
May 24, 11:54 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly17 min
May 24, 11:56 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCUnion14 min
May 24, 12:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski65 min
May 24, 12:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd36 min
May 24, 12:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Peach33 min
May 24, 1:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Warren28 min
May 24, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow23 min
May 24, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens28 min
May 24, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens31 min
May 24, 2:14 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCLaurens31 min
May 24, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens37 min
May 24, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson25 min
May 24, 2:39 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge36 min
May 24, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly63 min
May 24, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson29 min
May 24, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton28 min
May 24, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin, White26 min
May 24, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens36 min
May 24, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair30 min
May 24, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Jones, Monroe25 min
May 24, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel33 min
May 24, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Morgan, Putnam30 min
May 24, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Twiggs23 min
May 24, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson48 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.