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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 19, 20204 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2020, 11:16 AM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 29 min. 6 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
Apr 19, 2020, 11:16 AM EDT (15:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2020, 11:45 AM 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, Macon County, GA, Pulaski County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:19 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sw Elko, GANUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG ELKO ROAD, JUST SOUTH OF SR 26. POSSIBLE BRIEF TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Apr 19, 11:28 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 W Unadilla, GATRUCK TRAILER BLOWN OVER ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO SEVERAL SERVICE STATION SIGNS JUST OFF THE INTERSTATE NEAR UNADILLA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Apr 19, 11:40 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sw Hawkinsville, GAROOF DAMAGE, SHED DESTROYED, AND THREE TREES DOWNED OFF OF PINELEVEL DR IN HAWKINSVILLE. A WHIRRING SOUND WAS ALSO REPORTED.
Apr 19, 11:40 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wnw Hawkinsville, GASEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED ON VALLEYWOOD TRAIL.
Apr 19, 11:40 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wsw Hawkinsville, GAREPORTS OF TREES ON HOMES IN THE CITY OF HAWKINSVILLE.
Apr 19, 11:40 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Wnw Hawkinsville, GASEVERAL TREES DOWN AROUND A HOME NEAR THE HWY 26 AND BROOKWOOD DRIVE AREA.

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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2020-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2020-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1440 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

670 
WUUS52 KFFC 191516
SVRFFC
GAC093-153-193-235-191545-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0099.200419T1516Z-200419T1545Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1116 AM EDT Sun Apr 19 2020

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Macon County in west central Georgia...
  Northwestern Pulaski County in central Georgia...
  Northeastern Dooly County in central Georgia...
  Southern Houston County in central Georgia...

* Until 1145 AM EDT.

* At 1116 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Henderson,
  or 11 miles east of Oglethorpe, moving east 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...
  Perry, Hawkinsville, Unadilla, Hayneville, Browndale, Meadowdale,
  Grovania, Elko, Grove Park, Ocmulgee Public Fishing Area, Moss Oak,
  Pulaski State Prison, Henderson, Klondike and Clinchfield.

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 3224 8394 3245 8388 3245 8383 3244 8383
      3245 8382 3243 8352 3233 8343 3222 8351
TIME...MOT...LOC 1516Z 278DEG 48KT 3232 8387 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
715 
WWUS52 KFFC 191531
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1131 AM EDT Sun Apr 19 2020

GAC193-191541-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-200419T1545Z/
Macon GA-
1131 AM EDT Sun Apr 19 2020

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MACON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3223 8373 3244 8373 3243 8352 3233 8343
      3222 8351
TIME...MOT...LOC 1531Z 278DEG 48KT 3230 8367 

$$

GAC093-153-235-191545-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-200419T1545Z/
Pulaski GA-Dooly GA-Houston GA-
1131 AM EDT Sun Apr 19 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN PULASKI...NORTHEASTERN DOOLY AND SOUTHEASTERN
HOUSTON COUNTIES...

At 1131 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Elko, or 11
miles west of Hawkinsville, moving east 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...
Perry, Hawkinsville, Unadilla, Hayneville, Browndale, Ocmulgee Public
Fishing Area, Grovania, Elko, Pulaski State Prison, Grove Park,
Klondike and Clinchfield.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3223 8373 3244 8373 3243 8352 3233 8343
      3222 8351
TIME...MOT...LOC 1531Z 278DEG 48KT 3230 8367 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 7:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Heard, Troup32 min
Apr 19, 7:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Spalding47 min
Apr 19, 8:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Troup38 min
Apr 19, 8:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Morgan, Putnam32 min
Apr 19, 9:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Washington27 min
Apr 19, 9:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion52 min
Apr 19, 9:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster47 min
Apr 19, 9:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson45 min
Apr 19, 10:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter28 min
Apr 19, 10:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp31 min
Apr 19, 10:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon, Schley42 min
Apr 19, 10:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Schley, Taylor37 min
Apr 19, 11:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge25 min
Apr 19, 11:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair31 min
Apr 19, 11:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Wheeler28 min
Apr 19, 11:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski34 min
Apr 19, 11:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston24 min
Apr 19, 12:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler24 min
Apr 19, 12:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Pulaski30 min
Apr 19, 12:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Toombs30 min
Apr 19, 1:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Laurens26 min
Apr 19, 2:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens, Treutlen30 min
Apr 19, 2:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart, Webster24 min
Apr 19, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster24 min
Apr 19, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Sumter32 min
Apr 19, 6:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Stewart, Talbot and 1 more12 hr
Apr 19, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris33 min
Apr 19, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Harris, Muscogee, Talbot, Taylor30 min
Apr 19, 7:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCrawford, Houston, Macon, Marion, Peach, Schley and 2 more11 hr

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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.