Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 291, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2017, 4:55 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Treutlen County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 min. 3 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 15, 2017, 4:55 PM EDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2017, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Montgomery County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Wheeler County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 5:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Nnw Landsburg, GA | WIDESPREAD HAIL RANGING FROM NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED REPORTED OVER FAR NORTHERN WHEELER COUNTY... HAIL COVERED GROUND NEAR INTERSECTION OF HWY 19 AND HWY 46. |
| Jul 15, 5:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nnw Landsburg, GA | A FEW TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 19 AND HWY 46. |
| Jul 15, 5:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nnw Landsburg, GA | EIGHT TO NINE TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 19 AND HWY 46... TREES BLOWN DOWN IN ONE DIRECTION FROM STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. |
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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1305 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
845
WUUS52 KFFC 152055
SVRFFC
GAC209-283-309-152130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0291.170715T2055Z-170715T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
455 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Treutlen County in east central Georgia...
Northeastern Wheeler County in central Georgia...
Montgomery County in central Georgia...
* Until 530 PM EDT
* At 455 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Glenwood, or
near Mount Vernon, moving southeast at 10 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...
Soperton, Alamo, Mount Vernon, Glenwood, Ailey, Higgston,
Tarrytown, Lothair, Landsburg, Barnhill, Zaidee and Kibbee.
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 3223 8282 3227 8277 3227 8276 3228 8276
3231 8272 3233 8275 3235 8273 3242 8270
3250 8254 3233 8241 3229 8243 3215 8245
3214 8248 3210 8278
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 309DEG 7KT 3221 8266
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 52 min |
| Jul 14, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 40 min |
| Jul 14, 9:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 9:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 10:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 39 min |
| Jul 15, 11:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 27 min |
| Jul 15, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Walker | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 36 min |
| Jul 15, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 31 min |
| Jul 15, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 36 min |
| Jul 15, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 26 min |
| Jul 15, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Ben Hill | 25 min |
| Jul 15, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 24 min |
| Jul 15, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Treutlen, Wheeler | 28 min |
| Jul 15, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 34 min |
| Jul 15, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 35 min |
| Jul 15, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 36 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.