Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 2017, 5:56 PM EDT for Dodge County, Telfair County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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
- Sep 21, 2017, 5:56 PM EDT (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2017, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dodge County, GA, Telfair County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 6:29 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Milan, GA | TREE DOWN OFF HWY 280 IN MILAN |
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 375 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1335 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
916
WUUS52 KFFC 212156
SVRFFC
GAC091-271-212230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0331.170921T2156Z-170921T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
556 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Dodge County in central Georgia...
Northwestern Telfair County in central Georgia...
* Until 630 PM EDT
* At 556 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Helena, or
over McRae, moving south 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...
Milan, Chauncey, Jay Bird Springs and Achord.
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 3207 8318 3218 8301 3215 8299 3216 8296
3215 8292 3213 8294 3212 8291 3203 8296
3198 8288 3192 8307
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 019DEG 8KT 3208 8295
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
071
WWUS52 KFFC 212223
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
623 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2017
GAC091-271-212231-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-170921T2230Z/
Dodge GA-Telfair GA-
623 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DODGE AND
NORTHWESTERN TELFAIR COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. However frequent
lightning strikes are still possible with this thunderstorm.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Peachtree City.
LAT...LON 3207 8318 3218 8301 3215 8299 3216 8296
3215 8292 3213 8294 3212 8291 3203 8296
3198 8288 3192 8307
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 019DEG 8KT 3204 8297
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery | 32 min |
| Sep 21, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 34 min |
| Sep 21, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 29 min |
| Sep 21, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 34 min |
| Sep 21, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 37 min |
| Sep 21, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 36 min |
| Sep 21, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 50 min |
| Sep 21, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pulaski, Wilcox | 31 min |
| Sep 21, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 30 min |
| Sep 21, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 24 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.