Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 277, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2017, 5:47 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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
- Jul 8, 2017, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2017, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Laurens County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 5:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nne Minter, GA | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN THE AREA OF ST. PAUL RD EAST OF EAST DUBLIN |
| Jul 8, 6:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Rockledge, GA | REPORT OF AT LEAST 1 TREE DOWN ALONG ROCKLEDGE RD AND WALTER WYNN RD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 845 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 904 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
071
WUUS52 KFFC 082147
SVRFFC
GAC175-082215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0277.170708T2147Z-170708T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
547 PM EDT SAT JUL 8 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
East central Laurens County in central Georgia...
* Until 615 PM EDT
* At 547 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 3 miles east
of Dublin, moving east at 20 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...
East Dublin, Rockledge and Minter.
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 3247 8265 3246 8266 3246 8269 3244 8269
3241 8286 3253 8288 3262 8269 3261 8267
3252 8267 3252 8265 3250 8265 3250 8264
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 253DEG 15KT 3250 8280
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
945
WWUS52 KFFC 082205
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
605 PM EDT SAT JUL 8 2017
GAC175-082215-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0277.000000T0000Z-170708T2215Z/
Laurens GA-
605 PM EDT SAT JUL 8 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and dangerous lightning are still possible with this
thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3247 8265 3246 8266 3246 8269 3244 8269
3241 8286 3253 8288 3262 8269 3261 8267
3252 8267 3252 8265 3250 8265 3250 8264
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 253DEG 15KT 3252 8273
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 8:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 24 min |
| Jul 7, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 23 min |
| Jul 7, 8:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 24 min |
| Jul 7, 9:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 24 min |
| Jul 7, 9:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 23 min |
| Jul 7, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 23 min |
| Jul 8, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 33 min |
| Jul 8, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 25 min |
| Jul 8, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 30 min |
| Jul 8, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 33 min |
| Jul 8, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 23 min |
| Jul 8, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington, Wilkinson | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 64 min |
| Jul 8, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 30 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.