Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2018, 5:44 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 19, 2018, 5:44 PM EDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2018, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Wilcox County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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 19, 5:58 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 Ese Pinehurst, GA | HAIL RANGING FROM PEA SIZED TO GOLF BALL SIZED WAS REPORTED NEAR PINEHURST. |
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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
944
WUUS52 KFFC 192144
SVRFFC
GAC081-093-235-315-192215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0008.180319T2144Z-180319T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
544 PM EDT MON MAR 19 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Pulaski County in central Georgia...
Northwestern Wilcox County in central Georgia...
Eastern Dooly County in central Georgia...
North central Crisp County in central Georgia...
* Until 615 PM EDT
* At 544 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Vienna,
moving northeast at 55 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...
Vienna, Unadilla, Pineview, Pinehurst, Tippettville, Mock Springs
and Finleyson.
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 3221 8387 3229 8375 3229 8372 3228 8372
3228 8370 3229 8370 3229 8366 3214 8344
3198 8373
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 239DEG 47KT 3209 8379
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
043
WWUS52 KFFC 192159
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
559 PM EDT MON MAR 19 2018
GAC081-093-235-315-192215-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-180319T2215Z/
Pulaski GA-Wilcox GA-Dooly GA-Crisp GA-
559 PM EDT MON MAR 19 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN PULASKI...NORTHWESTERN WILCOX...EASTERN DOOLY AND
NORTH CENTRAL CRISP COUNTIES...
At 559 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mock Springs,
or 9 miles southwest of Hawkinsville, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Vienna, Unadilla, Pineview, Pinehurst, Tippettville, Mock Springs and
Finleyson.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
If you see wind damage...hail or flooding...wait until the storm has
passed...and then call the National Weather Service toll free
at 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 or tweet us your report at NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3221 8387 3229 8375 3229 8372 3228 8372
3228 8370 3229 8370 3229 8366 3214 8344
3198 8373
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 239DEG 47KT 3219 8359
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 12:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 31 min |
| Mar 19, 12:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 31 min |
| Mar 19, 1:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 34 min |
| Mar 19, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Sumter | 30 min |
| Mar 19, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 27 min |
| Mar 19, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 31 min |
| Mar 19, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Taylor | 30 min |
| Mar 19, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 26 min |
| Mar 19, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 37 min |
| Mar 19, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 28 min |
| Mar 19, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 29 min |
| Mar 19, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Macon, Peach | 28 min |
| Mar 19, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Pulaski | 24 min |
| Mar 19, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 27 min |
| Mar 19, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Pulaski | 32 min |
| Mar 19, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 24 min |
| Mar 19, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 32 min |
| Mar 19, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 30 min |
| Mar 19, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 28 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.