Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2017, 3:49 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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 29, 2017, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2017, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Marion County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Webster County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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 29, 4:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Church Hill, GA | TREE REPORTED DOWN ON CHURCHILL RD IN THE 2000 BLOCK. |
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 29, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1043 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
136
WUUS52 KFFC 291949
SVRFFC
GAC053-197-259-307-292015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0201.170529T1949Z-170529T2015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
349 PM EDT MON MAY 29 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Marion County in west central Georgia...
Southeastern Chattahoochee County in west central Georgia...
Eastern Stewart County in west central Georgia...
Central Webster County in west central Georgia...
* Until 415 PM EDT
* At 349 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lumpkin,
moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Lumpkin, Buena Vista, Preston, Cusseta, Richland, Seminole,
Charles, Christopher, Westville, Brooklyn, Renfroe, Draneville,
Manta, Zellobee, Church Hill and Louvale.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3209 8493 3245 8467 3221 8443 3220 8443
3219 8442 3218 8442 3217 8443 3210 8443
3196 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 240DEG 28KT 3208 8477
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 24 min |
| May 29, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 28 min |
| May 29, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 23 min |
| May 29, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton | 34 min |
| May 29, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 28 min |
| May 29, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether, Troup | 26 min |
| May 29, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 23 min |
| May 29, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 34 min |
| May 29, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 30 min |
| May 29, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Peach | 31 min |
| May 29, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 28 min |
| May 29, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Spalding, Upson | 32 min |
| May 29, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 29 min |
| May 29, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 41 min |
| May 29, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison | 38 min |
| May 29, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 37 min |
| May 29, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 29 min |
| May 29, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 36 min |
| May 29, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 31 min |
| May 29, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 42 min |
| May 29, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 41 min |
| May 29, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 25 min |
| May 29, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Morgan | 45 min |
| May 29, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 45 min |
| May 29, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 28 min |
| May 29, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 26 min |
| May 29, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 63 min |
| May 29, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 30 min |
| May 29, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen | 28 min |
| May 29, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 41 min |
| May 29, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 14 min |
| May 29, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 28 min |
| May 29, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 25 min |
| May 29, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 27 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.