Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 2, 2017, 6:06 PM EST for Chattahoochee County, Marion County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. 2 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
- Jan 2, 2017, 6:06 PM EST (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2017, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Marion County, GA, Muscogee County, GA
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 6:25 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Mcdaniel Manor, GA | REPORTS OF A DOWNED TREE BLOCKING THE ROADWAY ON VIBBERT AVE BY OLSEN HALL |
| Jan 2, 6:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Battle Park, GA | TREE DOWN AT FORT BENNING ACCESS POINT 2... BLOCKING 1 LANE OF TRAFFIC |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 4:46 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
269
WUUS52 KFFC 022306
SVRFFC
GAC053-197-215-022345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0002.170102T2306Z-170102T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
606 PM EST MON JAN 2 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
West central Marion County in west central Georgia...
Chattahoochee County in west central Georgia...
Muscogee County in west central Georgia...
* Until 645 PM EST
* At 606 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Fort Mitchell
Activity Center, or 11 miles south of Phenix City, moving east at
60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts...possible tornado...and penny size
hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Columbus, Cusseta, Upatoi, Fort Benning/lawson Army Air Fld, Bibb
City, North Fort Benning, Edgewood, Eelbeck/West Fort Benning,
Kenwood, Rose Hill, Avondale, Benning Park, Manta, Columbus
Metropolitan Airport, Saint Marys Hills, Vista Terrace, Zellobee,
Green Island Hills, Benning Hills and Flat Rock.
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 1100 PM EST for west central
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3261 8507 3260 8491 3258 8491 3258 8469
3255 8467 3252 8469 3253 8466 3227 8452
3223 8480 3222 8481 3223 8482 3223 8492
3225 8492 3226 8489 3230 8494 3233 8501
3243 8496 3245 8500 3252 8500 3258 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 255DEG 50KT 3230 8503
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
916
WWUS52 KFFC 022336
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
636 PM EST MON JAN 2 2017
GAC197-022345-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170102T2345Z/
Marion GA-
636 PM EST MON JAN 2 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning will remain out
of the warned area through 645 PM EST. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EST for west central
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3229 8491 3241 8496 3250 8482 3242 8468
3231 8475
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 256DEG 22KT 3237 8485
$$
GAC053-215-022345-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170102T2345Z/
Chattahoochee GA-Muscogee GA-
636 PM EST MON JAN 2 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EST
FOR CENTRAL CHATTAHOOCHEE AND SOUTHEASTERN MUSCOGEE COUNTIES...
At 635 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sand Hill, or
near Cusseta, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Cusseta, North Fort Benning, Eelbeck/West Fort Benning, Sand Hill,
Custer Road Terrace, Benning Hills and Battle Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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 1100 PM EST for west central
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3229 8491 3241 8496 3250 8482 3242 8468
3231 8475
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 256DEG 22KT 3237 8485
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 10:21 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Schley, Sumter | 39 min |
| Jan 1, 10:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 46 min |
| Jan 1, 11:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 32 min |
| Jan 1, 11:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 23 min |
| Jan 2, 12:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Peach | 34 min |
| Jan 2, 1:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 23 min |
| Jan 2, 3:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 30 min |
| Jan 2, 3:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 29 min |
| Jan 2, 4:40 AM EST | Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 38 more | 26 hr |
| Jan 2, 1:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 51 min |
| Jan 2, 1:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens | 39 min |
| Jan 2, 2:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens | 29 min |
| Jan 2, 2:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson | 23 min |
| Jan 2, 3:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 28 min |
| Jan 2, 3:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 30 min |
| Jan 2, 5:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 29 min |
| Jan 2, 5:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 38 min |
| Jan 2, 6:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Sumter, Webster | 31 min |
| Jan 2, 6:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.