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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 28, 2021Dodge County, Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT for Dodge County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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: Jul 28, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Dodge County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 194 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 873 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 713 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

057 
WUUS52 KFFC 282200
SVRFFC
GAC091-315-282230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0116.210728T2200Z-210728T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
600 PM EDT Wed Jul 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Dodge County in central Georgia...
  Eastern Wilcox County in central Georgia...

* Until 630 PM EDT.

* At 559 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rhine, or
  near Abbeville, moving west at 5 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...
  Abbeville, Rhine, Browning, Antioch Church, Five Points and Cedar
  Creek.

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 3209 8341 3209 8314 3200 8309 3190 8321
      3189 8320 3185 8327 3185 8334
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 079DEG 6KT 3199 8322 

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
Jul 27, 8:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Johnson, Laurens, Twiggs	27 min
Jul 27, 8:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery	25 min
Jul 27, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens, Treutlen	27 min
Jul 27, 9:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	30 min
Jul 27, 9:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wheeler	23 min
Jul 28, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen	23 min
Jul 28, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson, Washington	35 min
Jul 28, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler	27 min
Jul 28, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	24 min
Jul 28, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair, Wheeler	24 min
Jul 28, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	26 min
Jul 28, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	29 min
Jul 28, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	27 min
Jul 28, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	36 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.