Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2018, 7:22 PM EDT for Dodge County, Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 2018, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2018, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dodge County, GA, Laurens County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1090 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
650
WUUS52 KFFC 182322
SVRFFC
GAC091-175-182345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0233.180718T2322Z-180718T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
722 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
West central Laurens County in central Georgia...
North central Dodge County in central Georgia...
* Until 745 PM EDT.
* At 722 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Dexter, or 11
miles southwest of Dublin, and is nearly stationary.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Dublin, Chester, Dexter, Dudley, Cadwell, Rentz, Montrose, Harlow
and Rowland.
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 3243 8320 3245 8318 3245 8317 3244 8315
3252 8319 3255 8319 3254 8290 3230 8290
3230 8321
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 084DEG 2KT 3244 8305
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
184
WWUS52 KFFC 182344
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
744 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2018
GAC091-175-182353-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0233.000000T0000Z-180718T2345Z/
Laurens GA-Dodge GA-
744 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL LAURENS AND NORTH
CENTRAL DODGE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3243 8320 3245 8318 3245 8317 3244 8315
3252 8319 3255 8319 3254 8290 3230 8290
3230 8321
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 084DEG 2KT 3244 8306
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 36 min |
| Jul 17, 9:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 41 min |
| Jul 17, 10:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 26 min |
| Jul 18, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Peach | 51 min |
| Jul 18, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 41 min |
| Jul 18, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.