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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 14, 2019Bibb County, Houston County, Twiggs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2019, 12:21 PM EDT for Bibb County, Houston County, Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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
Apr 14, 2019, 12:21 PM EDT (16:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2019, 12:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bibb County, GA, Houston County, GA, Twiggs County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 14, 7:28 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 122 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2019-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 413 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2019-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 390 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
413 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
390 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
373 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
4.4

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The text

As transmitted.

925 
WUUS52 KFFC 141621
SVRFFC
GAC021-153-289-141645-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0049.190414T1621Z-190414T1645Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1221 PM EDT Sun Apr 14 2019

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Bibb County in central Georgia...
  Twiggs County in central Georgia...
  Central Houston County in central Georgia...

* Until 1245 PM EDT.

* At 1220 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Houston
  Lake, or near Perry, moving northeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Emergency management.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Perry, Jeffersonville, Warner Robins, Robins Air Force Base,
  Marion, Sand Bed, Bullard, Houston Lake, Grovania, Fitzpatrick,
  Grove Park, Ripley, Huber, District Path, Dry Branch, Myricks Mill,
  Elberta, Bonaire, Kathleen and Clinchfield.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 PM EDT for central
Georgia.

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

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 3240 8378 3285 8351 3287 8347 3279 8334
      3269 8329 3235 8366
TIME...MOT...LOC 1620Z 217DEG 39KT 3249 8364 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
210 
WWUS52 KFFC 141634
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1234 PM EDT Sun Apr 14 2019

GAC021-141642-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-190414T1645Z/
Bibb GA-
1234 PM EDT Sun Apr 14 2019

...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.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 PM EDT for central
Georgia.

LAT...LON 3256 8367 3267 8360 3268 8360 3279 8352
      3281 8349 3282 8350 3282 8349 3283 8350
      3287 8347 3279 8335 3269 8329 3249 8353
TIME...MOT...LOC 1632Z 217DEG 39KT 3258 8356 

$$

GAC153-289-141645-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-190414T1645Z/
Twiggs GA-Houston GA-
1234 PM EDT Sun Apr 14 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EDT
FOR TWIGGS AND NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTIES...

At 1232 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Robins Air
Force Base, or 13 miles northeast of Perry, moving northeast at 45
mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Emergency management. At 1219 PM EDT, damaging winds were 
         reported in south Houston County with multiple trees down 
         on S Hwy 41.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Jeffersonville, Warner Robins, Robins Air Force Base, Marion, Dry
Branch, Myricks Mill, Bullard, Fitzpatrick, Bonaire, Ripley and
Huber.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 PM EDT for central
Georgia.

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3256 8367 3267 8360 3268 8360 3279 8352
      3281 8349 3282 8350 3282 8349 3283 8350
      3287 8347 3279 8335 3269 8329 3249 8353
TIME...MOT...LOC 1632Z 217DEG 39KT 3258 8356 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 7:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade42 min
Apr 14, 7:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Dade, Walker41 min
Apr 14, 7:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd47 min
Apr 14, 8:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Walker, Whitfield30 min
Apr 14, 8:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield32 min
Apr 14, 9:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard, Troup25 min
Apr 14, 9:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee48 min
Apr 14, 9:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Polk17 min
Apr 14, 10:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard, Troup33 min
Apr 14, 10:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding34 min
Apr 14, 10:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot45 min
Apr 14, 10:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth30 min
Apr 14, 10:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot, Upson48 min
Apr 14, 11:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Heard, Troup36 min
Apr 14, 11:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns, Union34 min
Apr 14, 11:17 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCLamar, Pike, Talbot, Upson28 min
Apr 14, 11:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton28 min
Apr 14, 11:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Lamar, Pike, Spalding35 min
Apr 14, 11:53 AM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatFFCButts, Henry, Spalding14 min
Apr 14, 11:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Dawson, DeKalb, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton and 1 more32 min
Apr 14, 12:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton, Rockdale, Walton24 min
Apr 14, 12:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Jackson, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale and 1 more42 min
Apr 14, 12:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Taylor34 min
Apr 14, 12:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth33 min
Apr 14, 12:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Lumpkin, Towns, Union30 min
Apr 14, 12:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, DeKalb29 min
Apr 14, 12:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson47 min
Apr 14, 12:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter28 min
Apr 14, 12:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Jackson36 min
Apr 14, 12:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin, Towns, White34 min
Apr 14, 12:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly16 min
Apr 14, 1:01 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCGwinnett29 min
Apr 14, 1:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin, White26 min
Apr 14, 1:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs, Wilcox50 min
Apr 14, 1:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Hall, Jackson26 min
Apr 14, 1:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock36 min
Apr 14, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Jackson32 min
Apr 14, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren33 min
Apr 14, 1:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Pulaski31 min
Apr 14, 2:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair, Wilcox36 min
Apr 14, 2:16 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDodge, Telfair, Wilcox29 min
Apr 14, 2:29 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski, Wilcox17 min
Apr 14, 2:41 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler34 min
Apr 14, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens30 min
Apr 14, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens27 min
Apr 14, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen25 min
Apr 14, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox23 min
Apr 14, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson25 min
Apr 14, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen33 min
Apr 14, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge31 min
Apr 14, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler23 min
Apr 14, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson16 min
Apr 14, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel23 min
Apr 14, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs28 min
Apr 14, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel12 min
Apr 14, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion26 min
Apr 14, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Pickens30 min
Apr 14, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee28 min
Apr 14, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs10 min
Apr 14, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion13 min
Apr 14, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Lumpkin, Towns, Union and 1 more44 min
Apr 14, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs27 min
Apr 14, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas, Fulton34 min
Apr 14, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin, Towns, White32 min
Apr 14, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Dawson31 min
Apr 14, 6:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDawson, Lumpkin6 hr
Apr 14, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Douglas, Fulton33 min
Apr 14, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite29 min
Apr 14, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion27 min
Apr 14, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Fayette23 min
Apr 14, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett33 min
Apr 14, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett23 min
Apr 14, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Jackson36 min
Apr 14, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett18 min
Apr 14, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts30 min
Apr 14, 7:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson31 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.