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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2021, 6:54 PM EDT for Dooly County, Houston County, Macon County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. 2 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
- Aug 1, 2021, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2021, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dooly County, GA, Houston County, GA, Macon County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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 1, 7:03 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 E Five Points, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN AT HWY 329 AND MIMS RD |
| Aug 1, 7:03 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Henderson, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF KERSEY RD AND S HWY 41 NEAR ELKO, GA |
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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 970 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
928
WUUS52 KFFC 012254
SVRFFC
GAC093-153-193-012330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0119.210801T2254Z-210801T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
654 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Macon County in west central Georgia...
Northwestern Dooly County in central Georgia...
Southwestern Houston County in central Georgia...
* Until 730 PM EDT.
* At 654 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Montezuma, or
near Oglethorpe, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Unadilla, Montezuma, Byromville, Pinehurst, Dooling, Winchester and
Henderson.
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 3233 8406 3244 8397 3234 8374 3218 8372
3217 8390
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 308DEG 20KT 3233 8396
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
199
WWUS52 KFFC 012312
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
712 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
GAC093-153-193-012330-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0119.000000T0000Z-210801T2330Z/
Macon GA-Dooly GA-Houston GA-
712 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL MACON...NORTH CENTRAL DOOLY AND SOUTHWESTERN HOUSTON
COUNTIES...
At 711 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dooling, or 11
miles east of Oglethorpe, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Unadilla, Byromville, Pinehurst, Dooling and Henderson.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3232 8398 3239 8388 3234 8374 3218 8372
3217 8390
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 308DEG 20KT 3227 8387
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$665
WWUS52 KFFC 012322
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
722 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
GAC093-153-193-012332-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0119.000000T0000Z-210801T2330Z/
Macon GA-Dooly GA-Houston GA-
722 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MACON...NORTH
CENTRAL DOOLY AND SOUTHWESTERN HOUSTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM
EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3232 8398 3239 8388 3234 8374 3218 8372
3217 8390
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 308DEG 20KT 3223 8381
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 24 min |
| Jul 31, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 1:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 2:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 26 min |
| Aug 1, 2:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 29 min |
| Aug 1, 3:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 3:29 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | FFC | Bibb, Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Emanuel and 14 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 29 min |
| Aug 1, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Peach, Talbot, Taylor | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Peach | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 31 min |
| Aug 1, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley | 46 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.