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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 2, 2017, 6:14 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 31 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
- Jan 2, 2017, 6:14 PM EST (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2017, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Marion County, GA, Schley County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Webster County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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 2, 6:20 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Weston, GA | 911 CALL CENTER RECEIVED REPORT OF TREES DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 41 AND CENTERPOINT RD... IN BETWEEN WESTON AND PRESTON |
| Jan 2, 6:20 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Preston, GA | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS TREES DOWN ON WILSON POND RD ABOUT 3 MILES NW OF DOWNTOWN PRESTON ALONG WITH STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO METAL BUILDINGS... AND SHINGLES BLOWN OFF OF SEVERAL HOUSES. 911 CALL CENTER ALSO RELAYED REPORTS OF A TREE IN THE ROAD ON WILSON POND A |
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 2, 4:46 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
067
WUUS52 KFFC 022314
SVRFFC
GAC197-249-261-307-022345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0003.170102T2314Z-170102T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
614 PM EST MON JAN 2 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Schley County in west central Georgia...
Southeastern Marion County in west central Georgia...
West central Sumter County in west central Georgia...
Webster County in west central Georgia...
* Until 645 PM EST
* At 614 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Kimbrough, or
near Preston, 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...
Preston, Plains, Weston, Friendship, Church Hill, Kimbrough,
Centerpoint, Dumas and Draneville.
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 1100 PM EST for west central
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3198 8464 3198 8465 3203 8465 3203 8464
3212 8464 3225 8450 3221 8437 3207 8429
3195 8461
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 223DEG 20KT 3203 8462
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 10:21 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Schley, Sumter | 39 min |
| Jan 1, 10:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 46 min |
| Jan 1, 11:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 32 min |
| Jan 1, 11:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 23 min |
| Jan 2, 12:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Peach | 34 min |
| Jan 2, 1:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 23 min |
| Jan 2, 3:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 30 min |
| Jan 2, 3:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 29 min |
| Jan 2, 4:40 AM EST | Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 38 more | 26 hr |
| Jan 2, 1:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 51 min |
| Jan 2, 1:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens | 39 min |
| Jan 2, 2:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens | 29 min |
| Jan 2, 2:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson | 23 min |
| Jan 2, 3:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 28 min |
| Jan 2, 3:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 30 min |
| Jan 2, 5:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 29 min |
| Jan 2, 5:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 38 min |
| Jan 2, 6:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee | 39 min |
| Jan 2, 6:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 31 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.