Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2018, 11:13 PM EDT for Bibb County, Jones County, Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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
- Jul 22, 2018, 11:13 PM EDT (03:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2018, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bibb County, GA, Jones County, GA, Twiggs County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 11:13 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nne Macon, GA | MULTIPLE TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN THE AREA AREOUND NOTTINGHAM DRIVE AND TWIN PINES DRIVE. |
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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 1261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1543 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted.
697
WUUS52 KFFC 230313
SVRFFC
GAC021-169-289-230345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0280.180723T0313Z-180723T0345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1113 PM EDT SUN JUL 22 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Bibb County in central Georgia...
Twiggs County in central Georgia...
South central Jones County in central Georgia...
* Until 1145 PM EDT.
* At 1113 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Macon,
moving southeast at 25 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...
Macon, Jeffersonville, Marion, Rutland, Griswoldville, Fitzpatrick,
Ripley, Huber, Cross Keys, District Path, Dry Branch, Myricks Mill,
Skipperton and Franklinton.
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 3275 8372 3292 8364 3286 8338 3270 8329
3257 8336
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 293DEG 22KT 3282 8364
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
744
WWUS52 KFFC 230336
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1136 PM EDT SUN JUL 22 2018
GAC021-169-230346-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0280.000000T0000Z-180723T0345Z/
Bibb GA-Jones GA-
1136 PM EDT SUN JUL 22 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN BIBB AND SOUTH CENTRAL
JONES COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. Gusty
winds are still possible.
LAT...LON 3269 8360 3276 8355 3281 8349 3282 8350
3282 8349 3284 8351 3286 8350 3287 8346
3286 8338 3270 8329 3257 8336
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 293DEG 22KT 3276 8349
$$
GAC289-230345-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0280.000000T0000Z-180723T0345Z/
Twiggs GA-
1136 PM EDT SUN JUL 22 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL TWIGGS COUNTY...
At 1136 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Dry Branch, or
10 miles northwest of Jeffersonville, moving southeast at 25 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...
Jeffersonville, Marion, District Path, Dry Branch, Myricks Mill,
Fitzpatrick, Ripley and Huber.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3269 8360 3276 8355 3281 8349 3282 8350
3282 8349 3284 8351 3286 8350 3287 8346
3286 8338 3270 8329 3257 8336
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 293DEG 22KT 3276 8349
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike, Spalding | 35 min |
| Jul 22, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 27 min |
| Jul 22, 9:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 37 min |
| Jul 22, 10:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Jones | 23 min |
| Jul 22, 11:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Jones | 29 min |
| Jul 22, 11:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 36 min |
| Jul 22, 11:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 30 min |
| Jul 22, 11:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Macon, Peach | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 12:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington, Wilkinson | 26 min |
| Jul 23, 12:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Macon, Sumter | 28 min |
| Jul 23, 12:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 27 min |
| Jul 23, 12:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Pulaski | 22 min |
| Jul 23, 12:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 27 min |
| Jul 23, 1:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 24 min |
| Jul 23, 1:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox | 26 min |
| Jul 23, 1:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox | 30 min |
| Jul 23, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 30 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2018Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2018
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.