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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2018, 4:13 PM EDT for Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min. 3 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
- May 28, 2018, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2018, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Telfair County, GA, Wheeler County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 4:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Mcrae, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ON A POWERLINE ON EAST WILLOW CREEK LANE. |
| May 28, 4:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Towns, GA | TREE DOWN ALONG FARMERS RD. |
| May 28, 4:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mcrae, GA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE TOWN OF MCRAE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 1018 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted.
024
WUUS52 KFFC 282013
SVRFFC
GAC271-309-282100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0053.180528T2013Z-180528T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
413 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Telfair County in central Georgia...
Western Wheeler County in central Georgia...
* Until 500 PM EDT.
* At 413 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Snipesville,
or 10 miles west of Hazlehurst, moving north at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
McRae, Alamo, Helena, Lumber City, Milan, Scotland, Towns, Horse
Creek Wma, Spring Hill, Little Ocmulgee State Park and Workmore.
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 3196 8313 3211 8296 3212 8295 3214 8295
3215 8293 3213 8293 3218 8287 3219 8288
3220 8286 3225 8279 3191 8268 3186 8276
3186 8278 3185 8279 3184 8278 3182 8281
3182 8284 3178 8287
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 160DEG 31KT 3184 8278
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
203
WWUS52 KFFC 282031
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
431 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2018
GAC271-309-282100-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-180528T2100Z/
Telfair GA-Wheeler GA-
431 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL TELFAIR AND WESTERN WHEELER COUNTIES...
At 431 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Scotland, or
near McRae, moving north at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
McRae, Alamo, Helena, Milan, Scotland, Towns, Spring Hill, Little
Ocmulgee State Park and Workmore.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3211 8296 3212 8295 3214 8295 3215 8293
3213 8293 3218 8287 3219 8288 3220 8286
3225 8279 3197 8270 3188 8286 3201 8308
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 161DEG 32KT 3200 8284
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 5:01 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Heard, Muscogee, Stewart, Troup and 1 more | 27 hr |
| May 28, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Wilcox | 31 min |
| May 28, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 27 min |
| May 28, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 24 min |
| May 28, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens, Wheeler | 24 min |
| May 28, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 24 min |
| May 28, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 31 min |
| May 28, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 37 min |
| May 28, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Warren | 31 min |
| May 28, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 29 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.