Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 11, 2020, 5:57 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 48 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
- Jan 11, 2020, 5:57 PM EST (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2020, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Marion County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Webster County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 6:25 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Brantley, GA | SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED ON JOHNNY MILLER ROAD. |
| Jan 11, 6:25 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw Buena Vista, GA | A TREE WAS DOWNED ONTO FLEM SMITH ROAD. |
| Jan 11, 6:35 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese Buena Vista, GA | SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED ON GA-26 EAST OF BUENA VISTA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 1:42 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 417 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 450 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS52 KFFC 112257
SVRFFC
GAC053-197-259-307-112345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0013.200111T2257Z-200111T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
557 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Marion County in west central Georgia...
Southeastern Chattahoochee County in west central Georgia...
Stewart County in west central Georgia...
Webster County in west central Georgia...
* Until 645 PM EST.
* At 557 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Sanford, or 9
miles northeast of Georgetown, moving northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Lumpkin, Buena Vista, Preston, Richland, Weston, Putnam, Seminole,
Westville, Brooklyn, Renfroe, Zellobee, Leveretts, Troutman,
Sanford, Tazewell, Doyle, Providence Canyon State Park, Charles,
Kimbrough and Draneville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EST for west central
Georgia.
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 3192 8491 3195 8496 3198 8496 3197 8504
3199 8504 3199 8507 3202 8505 3207 8505
3243 8444 3232 8440 3223 8441 3223 8443
3218 8442 3192 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 240DEG 51KT 3198 8498
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
041
WWUS52 KFFC 112329
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
629 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020
GAC053-197-259-307-112345-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-200111T2345Z/
Marion GA-Chattahoochee GA-Stewart GA-Webster GA-
629 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EST
FOR SOUTHERN MARION...SOUTHEASTERN CHATTAHOOCHEE...EASTERN STEWART
AND WEBSTER COUNTIES...
At 628 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Draneville, or
7 miles south of Buena Vista, moving northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Buena Vista, Preston, Richland, Weston, Putnam, Seminole, Kimbrough,
Renfroe, Draneville, Zellobee, Leveretts, Troutman, Tazewell, Doyle,
Church Hill, Centerpoint, Dumas and Chambliss.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EST for west central
Georgia.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3192 8485 3195 8473 3199 8468 3200 8468
3202 8467 3207 8466 3210 8465 3225 8475
3243 8444 3232 8440 3223 8441 3223 8443
3218 8442 3192 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 240DEG 51KT 3220 8452
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 10:28 AM EST | High Wind Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Floyd and 10 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Walker, Whitfield | 45 min |
| Jan 11, 3:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray and 2 more | 48 min |
| Jan 11, 3:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Polk | 52 min |
| Jan 11, 4:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 44 min |
| Jan 11, 4:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray and 3 more | 41 min |
| Jan 11, 4:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Coweta, Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Muscogee and 2 more | 43 min |
| Jan 11, 4:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Douglas and 2 more | 39 min |
| Jan 11, 4:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Union | 52 min |
| Jan 11, 5:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 28 min |
| Jan 11, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett and 1 more | 51 min |
| Jan 11, 5:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 48 min |
| Jan 11, 5:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Harris, Henry, Lamar and 5 more | 46 min |
| Jan 11, 5:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Talbot | 41 min |
| Jan 11, 6:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Taylor, Upson | 52 min |
| Jan 11, 6:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Walton | 50 min |
| Jan 11, 6:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, DeKalb, Henry, Jasper, Newton, Rockdale and 2 more | 48 min |
| Jan 11, 6:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Taylor | 43 min |
| Jan 11, 6:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor, Webster | 34 min |
| Jan 11, 6:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 45 min |
| Jan 11, 6:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jasper, Jones, Putnam | 41 min |
| Jan 11, 6:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 38 min |
| Jan 11, 6:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach, Taylor, Twiggs | 47 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.