Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2017, 4:18 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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
- Jul 16, 2017, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2017, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Montgomery County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Wheeler County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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 16, 4:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Lumber City, GA | EM REPORTS THAT A TREE FELL ON CHENEY ST IN LUMBER CITY. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 1850 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 818 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
692
WUUS52 KFFC 162018
SVRFFC
GAC209-271-309-162100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0293.170716T2018Z-170716T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
418 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Telfair County in central Georgia...
Southern Wheeler County in central Georgia...
Southwestern Montgomery County in central Georgia...
* Until 500 PM EDT
* At 418 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Workmore, or
12 miles south of McRae, moving northeast at 25 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...
McRae, Alamo, Helena, Lumber City, Scotland, Jacksonville, Towns,
Horse Creek Wma, Spring Hill, China Hill, Little Ocmulgee State
Park, Jordan and Workmore.
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 3182 8311 3219 8282 3203 8252 3192 8265
3192 8268 3190 8269 3190 8270 3186 8276
3185 8279 3184 8278 3181 8282 3182 8284
3178 8286 3178 8289 3179 8290 3178 8292
3179 8298 3178 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 212DEG 23KT 3188 8289
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
512
WWUS52 KFFC 162053
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
453 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2017
GAC209-271-309-162100-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-170716T2100Z/
Telfair GA-Wheeler GA-Montgomery GA-
453 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN TELFAIR...SOUTHERN WHEELER AND SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES...
At 452 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Spring Hill, or
10 miles south of Alamo, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
McRae, Alamo, Helena, Lumber City, Scotland, Towns, Spring Hill,
Little Ocmulgee State Park, Jordan and Workmore.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
If you see wind damage...hail or flooding...wait until the storm has
passed...and then call the National Weather Service toll free
at 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 or tweet us your report at NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3219 8282 3203 8252 3192 8265 3192 8268
3190 8269 3190 8270 3186 8276 3185 8279
3184 8278 3194 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 222DEG 22KT 3200 8271
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Jul 15, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 39 min |
| Jul 15, 9:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 35 min |
| Jul 15, 9:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 55 min |
| Jul 15, 9:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 62 min |
| Jul 16, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Sumter, Webster | 56 min |
| Jul 16, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 39 min |
| Jul 16, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 25 min |
| Jul 16, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington | 48 min |
| Jul 16, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski | 35 min |
| Jul 16, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 29 min |
| Jul 16, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 49 min |
| Jul 16, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Macon, Peach, Taylor, Twiggs | 34 min |
| Jul 16, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 36 min |
| Jul 16, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jones, Washington | 65 min |
| Jul 16, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 33 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.