Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 2018, 3:23 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 37 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
- Mar 1, 2018, 3:23 PM EST (20:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2018, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bibb County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 3:24 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Rutland, GA | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY-129 AND BARNES FERRY RD. |
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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted.
337
WUUS52 KFFC 012023
SVRFFC
GAC021-175-289-319-012100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0002.180301T2023Z-180301T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
323 PM EST THU MAR 1 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Laurens County in central Georgia...
Southern Wilkinson County in central Georgia...
Southeastern Bibb County in central Georgia...
Central Twiggs County in central Georgia...
* Until 400 PM EST
* At 322 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near the Middle
Georgia Regional Airport, south of Macon, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Macon, Dublin, Jeffersonville, Dudley, Danville, Montrose,
Allentown, Marion, Bullard, Rutland, Fitzpatrick, Nicklesville,
Ripley, Huber, District Path, Myricks Mill, Skipperton, Chappells
Mill and Middle Georgia Regional Airport.
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 3253 8297 3264 8355 3266 8356 3268 8367
3269 8371 3278 8371 3280 8296 3276 8296
3275 8294 3271 8296 3271 8292 3263 8289
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 276DEG 49KT 3271 8362
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
116
WWUS52 KFFC 012040
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
340 PM EST THU MAR 1 2018
GAC021-012050-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180301T2100Z/
Bibb GA-
340 PM EST THU MAR 1 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BIBB COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3253 8297 3263 8349 3279 8345 3280 8296
3276 8296 3275 8294 3271 8296 3271 8292
3263 8289
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 276DEG 49KT 3268 8333
$$
GAC175-289-319-012100-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180301T2100Z/
Laurens GA-Wilkinson GA-Twiggs GA-
340 PM EST THU MAR 1 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST
FOR NORTHWESTERN LAURENS...SOUTHERN WILKINSON AND CENTRAL TWIGGS
COUNTIES...
At 340 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Jeffersonville,
moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Dublin, Jeffersonville, Dudley, Danville, Montrose, Allentown,
Marion, Fitzpatrick, Nicklesville, Ripley, District Path, Myricks
Mill and Chappells Mill.
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 3253 8297 3263 8349 3279 8345 3280 8296
3276 8296 3275 8294 3271 8296 3271 8292
3263 8289
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 276DEG 49KT 3268 8333
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$632
WWUS52 KFFC 012052
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
352 PM EST THU MAR 1 2018
GAC175-289-319-012101-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180301T2100Z/
Laurens GA-Wilkinson GA-Twiggs GA-
352 PM EST THU MAR 1 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LAURENS...
SOUTHERN WILKINSON AND CENTRAL TWIGGS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM
EST...
The storm which prompted the warning is weakening below severe
limits, therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. However
gusty winds up to 45 MPH and heavy rain are still possible with this
thunderstorm.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Peachtree City.
LAT...LON 3253 8297 3263 8349 3279 8345 3280 8296
3276 8296 3275 8294 3271 8296 3271 8292
3263 8289
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 272DEG 47KT 3269 8318
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 8:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 39 min |
| Feb 28, 9:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 49 min |
| Feb 28, 10:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Walker | 24 hr |
| Feb 28, 10:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 39 min |
| Feb 28, 11:23 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 55 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 30 min |
| Feb 28, 11:31 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 4 days |
| Feb 28, 11:35 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 56 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon, Pickens | 51 min |
| Mar 1, 3:43 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Clarke and 58 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 25 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Haralson, Polk | 43 min |
| Mar 1, 10:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton and 2 more | 41 min |
| Mar 1, 11:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 28 min |
| Mar 1, 11:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett and 2 more | 46 min |
| Mar 1, 12:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Gwinnett and 6 more | 42 min |
| Mar 1, 1:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan, Newton | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 1:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 23 min |
| Mar 1, 2:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 2:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe, Upson | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 2:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock | 26 min |
| Mar 1, 3:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 47 min |
| Mar 1, 3:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Macon, Marion, Peach | 43 min |
| Mar 1, 3:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Twiggs, Washington, Wilkinson | 41 min |
| Mar 1, 3:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson, Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson | 50 min |
| Mar 1, 4:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 25 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.