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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 10, 2017Butts County, Jasper County, Monroe County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 2017, 4:57 AM EST for Butts County, Jasper County, Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 21 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
Mar 10, 2017, 4:57 AM EST (09:57 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2017, 5:18 AM EST
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Butts County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Monroe County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:58 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 10, 5:01 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG3 Nnw Mcelheneys Crossr, GAA TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ONTO CLAY ROAD.
Mar 10, 5:02 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG2 Nw Minneta, GAA TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON HIGHWAY 16 OUTSIDE OF MONTICELLO.

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 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 55 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2017-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2017-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

209 
WUUS52 KFFC 100957
SVRFFC
GAC035-159-207-101030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0051.170310T0957Z-170310T1030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
457 AM EST FRI MAR 10 2017

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Monroe County in central Georgia...
  Butts County in central Georgia...
  Southwestern Jasper County in central Georgia...

* Until 530 AM EST

* At 457 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Jackson,
  moving southeast at 30 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...
  Jackson, Monticello, Flovilla, McElheneys Crossroads, Berner,
  Indian Springs State Park and Stark.

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 3326 8406 3339 8396 3329 8367 3310 8385
TIME...MOT...LOC 0957Z 303DEG 24KT 3329 8397 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
353 
WWUS52 KFFC 101018
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
518 AM EST FRI MAR 10 2017

GAC035-159-207-101028-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0051.000000T0000Z-170310T1030Z/
Monroe GA-Butts GA-Jasper GA-
518 AM EST FRI MAR 10 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MONROE...BUTTS
AND SOUTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3326 8406 3339 8396 3329 8367 3310 8385
TIME...MOT...LOC 1015Z 303DEG 24KT 3321 8383 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 1:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker39 min
Mar 10, 2:12 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Murray, Whitfield48 min
Mar 10, 2:35 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens40 min
Mar 10, 3:11 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, Douglas, Forsyth and 9 more34 min
Mar 10, 3:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall32 min
Mar 10, 3:39 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Barrow, Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb and 10 more51 min
Mar 10, 4:13 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Butts, Clarke, Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb and 20 more62 min
Mar 10, 4:52 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup21 min
Mar 10, 5:12 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Glascock, Greene and 21 more48 min
Mar 10, 5:55 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly and 20 more50 min
Mar 10, 6:37 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Emanuel, Johnson and 10 more38 min
Mar 10, 7:09 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler, Wilcox51 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.