Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 21, 2017, 1:11 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 49 min. 4 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 21, 2017, 1:11 PM EST (18:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2017, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Baldwin County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 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 21, 1:28 PM EST | TORNADO | 4 Se Black Spring, GA | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG DEEPSTEP ROAD... CLOSE TO THE BALWIN/HANCOCK COUNTY LINE. TWO DOZEN TREES DOWN AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO SMALL HOME. TREE DAMAGE ON BOTH SIDES OF COUNTY LINE. |
| Jan 21, 1:30 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 Nw Harrisburg, GA | MULTIPLE TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG DEEP STEP RD. |
| Jan 21, 1:30 PM EST | TORNADO | 4 Wsw Friendship, GA | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG DEEPSTEP ROAD... CLOSE TO THE HANCOCK COUNTY LINE. |
| Jan 21, 1:49 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Sparta, GA | NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED AND POWERLINES DOWN. ONE TREE FELL AND DESTROYED A HOME ON THE WEST SIDE OF SPARTA. POSSIBLE TORNADO |
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 21, 9:04 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 388 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 536 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
755
WUUS52 KFFC 211811
SVRFFC
GAC009-141-303-319-211900-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0020.170121T1811Z-170121T1900Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
111 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Baldwin County in central Georgia...
North central Wilkinson County in central Georgia...
Southwestern Hancock County in east central Georgia...
Northwestern Washington County in east central Georgia...
* Until 200 PM EST
* At 110 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Coopers, or 7
miles southwest of Milledgeville, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Milledgeville, Sparta, Ivey, McIntyre, Deepstep, Midway-Hardwick,
Meriwether, Devereux, Beulah, Coopers, Underwood, Allenwood,
Linton, Pancras, Scottsboro, Hebron and Hardwick.
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 300 PM EST for central and
east central Georgia.
LAT...LON 3284 8326 3315 8339 3317 8334 3317 8332
3318 8332 3319 8329 3319 8328 3320 8327
3333 8294 3301 8283
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 248DEG 40KT 3298 8329
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
112
WWUS52 KFFC 211842
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
142 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2017
GAC009-319-211852-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-170121T1900Z/
Baldwin GA-Wilkinson GA-
142 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BALDWIN AND NORTH CENTRAL
WILKINSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 300 PM EST for central and
east central Georgia.
LAT...LON 3294 8300 3326 8312 3333 8294 3301 8283
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 248DEG 40KT 3311 8289
$$
GAC141-303-211900-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-170121T1900Z/
Hancock GA-Washington GA-
142 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HANCOCK AND NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
At 142 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Warthen, or 10
miles northwest of Sandersville, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Sparta, Deepstep, Linton, Devereux, Beulah and Hebron.
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 300 PM EST for central and
east central Georgia.
LAT...LON 3294 8300 3326 8312 3333 8294 3301 8283
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 248DEG 40KT 3311 8289
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 7:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard, Troup | 38 min |
| Jan 21, 8:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 8:33 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Troup | 27 min |
| Jan 21, 8:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 35 min |
| Jan 21, 9:23 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 37 min |
| Jan 21, 10:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Troup | 56 min |
| Jan 21, 10:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 10:22 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 38 min |
| Jan 21, 10:35 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee, Talbot | 25 min |
| Jan 21, 11:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 30 min |
| Jan 21, 11:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Troup | 59 min |
| Jan 21, 11:10 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Talbot, Upson | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 11:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor | 29 min |
| Jan 21, 11:26 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford, Taylor, Upson | 34 min |
| Jan 21, 11:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 39 min |
| Jan 21, 11:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Upson | 36 min |
| Jan 21, 11:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Peach, Schley, Sumter | 44 min |
| Jan 21, 11:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Monroe | 25 min |
| Jan 21, 11:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar | 14 min |
| Jan 21, 12:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Macon, Peach | 26 min |
| Jan 21, 12:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston, Macon, Peach | 24 min |
| Jan 21, 12:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Spalding | 50 min |
| Jan 21, 12:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Monroe | 15 min |
| Jan 21, 12:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach, Twiggs | 24 min |
| Jan 21, 12:28 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 24 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:28 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 24 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski, Twiggs | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 12:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 12:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Laurens, Pulaski and 1 more | 52 min |
| Jan 21, 12:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 1:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson | 40 min |
| Jan 21, 1:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen | 51 min |
| Jan 21, 1:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 36 min |
| Jan 21, 1:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Washington | 34 min |
| Jan 21, 1:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen and 1 more | 44 min |
| Jan 21, 1:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 43 min |
| Jan 21, 1:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Johnson | 34 min |
| Jan 21, 2:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 2:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 31 min |
| Jan 21, 2:26 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 24 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:46 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 24 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:46 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 64 hr |
| Jan 21, 5:39 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 24 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.