Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 2021, 1:54 PM EDT for 4 counties in 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 31, 2021, 1:54 PM EDT (17:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2021, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Glascock County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Warren County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:56 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 31, 2:02 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sw Norwood, GA | TREE DOWNED ACROSS BOTH LANES ON THE 7000 BLOCK OF W ELAM CHURCH RD |
| Aug 31, 2:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Norwood, GA | TREE DOWNED ACROSS THE ROADWAY ON THE 500 BLOCK OF OLD GREENSBORO RD; POWER POLE AND LINE DAMAGED |
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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted.
804
WUUS52 KFFC 311754
SVRFFC
GAC125-141-265-301-311830-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0142.210831T1754Z-210831T1830Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
154 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Warren County in east central Georgia...
Northeastern Hancock County in east central Georgia...
Northwestern Glascock County in east central Georgia...
Southeastern Taliaferro County in east central Georgia...
* Until 230 PM EDT.
* At 153 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Jewell, or 7
miles southwest of Warrenton, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Warrenton, Norwood, Sharon, Camak, Cadley, Shoals, Jewell, Beall
Springs, Mayfield, Barnett, Reese, Mesena, Raytown and Culverton.
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 3322 8265 3329 8290 3360 8281 3361 8272
3361 8271 3362 8269 3360 8269 3360 8266
3361 8265 3346 8259 3341 8255 3335 8255
3336 8253 3334 8250
TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 208DEG 50KT 3333 8276
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
764
WWUS52 KFFC 311810
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
210 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021
GAC125-141-311819-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-210831T1830Z/
Hancock GA-Glascock GA-
210 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK AND
NORTHWESTERN GLASCOCK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3335 8255 3341 8283 3343 8282 3343 8284
3344 8285 3360 8281 3361 8271 3362 8269
3360 8269 3360 8266 3361 8265 3346 8259
3341 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 1809Z 270DEG 50KT 3350 8261
$$
GAC265-301-311830-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-210831T1830Z/
Warren GA-Taliaferro GA-
210 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WARREN AND SOUTHEASTERN TALIAFERRO COUNTIES...
At 209 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mesena, or near
Thomson, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Warrenton, Norwood, Sharon, Camak, Cadley, Barnett, Mesena and
Raytown.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3335 8255 3341 8283 3343 8282 3343 8284
3344 8285 3360 8281 3361 8271 3362 8269
3360 8269 3360 8266 3361 8265 3346 8259
3341 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 1809Z 270DEG 50KT 3350 8261
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$103
WWUS52 KFFC 311822
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
222 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021
GAC265-301-311831-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-210831T1830Z/
Warren GA-Taliaferro GA-
222 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WARREN AND
SOUTHEASTERN TALIAFERRO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 230 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible through 245 PM.
LAT...LON 3335 8255 3341 8283 3343 8282 3343 8284
3344 8285 3360 8281 3361 8271 3362 8269
3360 8269 3360 8266 3361 8265 3346 8259
3341 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 205DEG 54KT 3363 8268
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 30 min |
| Aug 30, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 31 min |
| Aug 30, 9:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 28 min |
| Aug 31, 8:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Heard, Troup | 34 min |
| Aug 31, 11:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski, Wilcox | 25 min |
| Aug 31, 11:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski, Twiggs | 33 min |
| Aug 31, 12:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jones, Putnam | 32 min |
| Aug 31, 12:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens, Telfair, Wilkinson | 33 min |
| Aug 31, 12:30 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 4 hr |
| Aug 31, 12:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Morgan, Oconee and 1 more | 32 min |
| Aug 31, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Johnson, Washington | 30 min |
| Aug 31, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 30 min |
| Aug 31, 1:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Madison, Oglethorpe | 27 min |
| Aug 31, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 24 min |
| Aug 31, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Warren, Washington | 52 min |
| Aug 31, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 34 min |
| Aug 31, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen | 46 min |
| Aug 31, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 37 min |
| Aug 31, 2:25 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 3 days |
| Aug 31, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 37 min |
| Aug 31, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 35 min |
| Aug 31, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart | 35 min |
| Aug 31, 7:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar, Monroe, Upson | 27 min |
| Aug 31, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 24 min |
| Aug 31, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 32 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.