Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 340, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 2020, 5:01 PM EDT for Dooly County, Houston County, Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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
- Aug 30, 2020, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2020, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dooly County, GA, Houston County, GA, Pulaski County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 5:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nne Unadilla, GA | TREE DOWN NEAR HARMON PARK. |
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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
386
WUUS52 KFFC 302101
SVRFFC
GAC093-153-235-302130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0340.200830T2101Z-200830T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
501 PM EDT Sun Aug 30 2020
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Pulaski County in central Georgia...
Northeastern Dooly County in central Georgia...
Southeastern Houston County in central Georgia...
* Until 530 PM EDT.
* At 501 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Browndale, or
9 miles west of Hawkinsville, moving north at 10 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...
Hawkinsville, Unadilla, Hayneville, Browndale, Grovania, Elko, Mock
Springs and Klondike.
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 3217 8354 3219 8372 3228 8374 3241 8366
3236 8352 3224 8349
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 192DEG 11KT 3228 8363
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 28 min |
| Aug 30, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 38 min |
| Aug 30, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 24 min |
| Aug 30, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Macon | 35 min |
| Aug 30, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 30 min |
| Aug 30, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 29 min |
| Aug 30, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 27 min |
| Aug 30, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley | 32 min |
| Aug 30, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 31 min |
| Aug 30, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 41 min |
| Aug 30, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 24 min |
| Aug 30, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 29 min |
| Aug 30, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Marion, Schley | 58 min |
| Aug 30, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 31 min |
| Aug 30, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 29 min |
| Aug 30, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 24 min |
| Aug 30, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 26 min |
| Aug 30, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 29 min |
| Aug 30, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Henry | 26 min |
| Aug 30, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 36 min |
| Aug 30, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 29 min |
| Aug 30, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 34 min |
| Aug 30, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton | 23 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.