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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 2, 20174 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 2, 2017, 11:13 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 47 min. 4 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, 11:13 PM EST (04:13 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2017, 12:00 AM EST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dodge County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:17 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 2, 11:15 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG3 Wsw Abbeville, GAEMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 233 SOUTH OF ROCHELLE. ALSO...ONE POWER POLE WAS SNAPPED AND SEVERAL WERE LEANING. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jan 2, 11:23 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGRhine, GATREE DOWN ON A HOME AT 32 REEVES STREET IN RHINE
Jan 2, 11:23 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGRhine, GATREE DOWN ON POWER LINES AT 425 SECOND STREET. POWER OUT IN THE AREA.
Jan 2, 11:30 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG1 Wnw Statham Shoals, GASEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS HWY 129... SOUTH OF ABBEVILLE. LOCATION AND TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 2, 10:27 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2017-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 202 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2017-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
202 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
638 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

537 
WUUS52 KFFC 030413
SVRFFC
GAC091-235-271-315-030500-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0006.170103T0413Z-170103T0500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1113 PM EST MON JAN 2 2017

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Pulaski County in central Georgia...
  Southwestern Dodge County in central Georgia...
  West central Telfair County in central Georgia...
  Central Wilcox County in central Georgia...

* Until midnight EST

* At 1112 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Antioch
  Church, or near Abbeville, moving northeast at 65 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Eastman, Abbeville, Milan, Rhine, Union, Godwinsville, Cedar Creek,
  Five Points, Ocmulgee Banks, Temperance and Browning.

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 300 AM EST for central
Georgia.

LAT...LON 3185 8330 3201 8341 3202 8350 3217 8338
      3218 8315 3196 8298 3185 8319
TIME...MOT...LOC 0412Z 233DEG 55KT 3194 8337 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
486 
WWUS52 KFFC 030439
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1139 PM EST MON JAN 2 2017

GAC235-315-030448-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170103T0500Z/
Pulaski GA-Wilcox GA-
1139 PM EST MON JAN 2 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI AND
CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 300 AM EST for central
Georgia.

LAT...LON 3202 8327 3206 8330 3208 8330 3209 8331
      3209 8332 3210 8332 3211 8334 3213 8331
      3215 8332 3217 8330 3218 8315 3196 8298
      3192 8306
TIME...MOT...LOC 0438Z 217DEG 48KT 3212 8310 

$$

GAC091-271-030500-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170103T0500Z/
Dodge GA-Telfair GA-
1139 PM EST MON JAN 2 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
FOR SOUTHWESTERN DODGE AND WEST CENTRAL TELFAIR COUNTIES...

At 1138 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Godwinsville,
or 7 miles southeast of Eastman, moving northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Eastman, Milan, Rhine, Union, Godwinsville and Five Points. 

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 300 AM EST for central
Georgia.

LAT...LON 3202 8327 3206 8330 3208 8330 3209 8331
      3209 8332 3210 8332 3211 8334 3213 8331
      3215 8332 3217 8330 3218 8315 3196 8298
      3192 8306
TIME...MOT...LOC 0438Z 217DEG 48KT 3212 8310 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 7:15 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion30 min
Jan 2, 7:26 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee64 min
Jan 2, 7:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Talbot, Taylor16 min
Jan 2, 7:45 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee6 hr
Jan 2, 8:34 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Monroe, Taylor26 min
Jan 2, 9:02 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Monroe28 min
Jan 2, 10:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox39 min
Jan 2, 11:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler44 min
Jan 2, 11:57 PM ESTWind AdvisoryFFCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 47 more3 hr
Jan 3, 12:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler45 min
Jan 3, 12:30 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Laurens, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler45 min
Jan 3, 12:36 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett24 hr
Jan 3, 12:36 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett6 days
Jan 3, 4:06 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCBleckley, Pulaski72 hr
Jan 3, 4:06 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDodge, Telfair, Wilcox30 hr
Jan 3, 6:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach40 hr
Jan 3, 7:28 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs48 hr
Jan 3, 2:50 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Spalding24 hr

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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.