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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 30, 2021Johnson County, Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 30, 2021, 4:47 PM EST for Johnson County, Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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
Dec 30, 2021, 4:47 PM EST (21:47 UTC)
Expired
Dec 30, 2021, 5:30 PM EST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 30, 2:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 2021-12-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 408 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-12-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 342 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
408 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
451 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
342 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
348 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

As transmitted.

597 
WUUS52 KFFC 302147
SVRFFC
GAC167-175-302230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0176.211230T2147Z-211230T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
447 PM EST Thu Dec 30 2021

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Laurens County in central Georgia...
  Johnson County in east central Georgia...

* Until 530 PM EST.

* At 447 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dublin,
  moving east at 50 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...
  Dublin, Wrightsville, East Dublin, Kite, Lovett, Spann, Donovan,
  New Home, Meeks, Tuckers Crossroad, Brewton and Scott.

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 3269 8250 3266 8249 3262 8252 3258 8259
      3255 8259 3256 8295 3271 8294 3279 8268
      3278 8266 3279 8262 3282 8256 3271 8246
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 258DEG 43KT 3259 8293 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$
1 follow-up statement
227 
WWUS52 KFFC 302213
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
513 PM EST Thu Dec 30 2021

GAC167-175-302230-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0176.000000T0000Z-211230T2230Z/
Laurens GA-Johnson GA-
513 PM EST Thu Dec 30 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EST
FOR NORTHEASTERN LAURENS AND JOHNSON COUNTIES...

At 512 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Meeks, or 10
miles southeast of Wrightsville, moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Wrightsville, Kite, Lovett, Spann, Donovan, New Home, Meeks, Brewton
and Scott.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3269 8250 3266 8249 3262 8252 3258 8259
      3255 8259 3256 8282 3273 8286 3279 8268
      3278 8266 3279 8262 3282 8256 3271 8246
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 258DEG 43KT 3265 8257 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 29, 8:28 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade32 min
Dec 29, 8:41 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade34 min
Dec 29, 9:07 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Walker23 min
Dec 29, 9:28 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray, Whitfield32 min
Dec 29, 9:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Dade, Walker52 min
Dec 29, 9:57 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Murray48 min
Dec 29, 10:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens, Whitfield40 min
Dec 29, 10:15 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd30 min
Dec 29, 10:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Paulding, Polk44 min
Dec 29, 10:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens38 min
Dec 29, 10:41 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Gilmer, Union34 min
Dec 29, 10:51 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson24 min
Dec 29, 11:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton and 3 more52 min
Dec 29, 11:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Cobb, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding, Polk48 min
Dec 29, 11:35 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Hall, White25 min
Dec 29, 11:42 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton, Gwinnett33 min
Dec 29, 11:48 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Douglas27 min
Dec 30, 12:03 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks27 min
Dec 30, 12:29 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, DeKalb, Jackson, Madison31 min
Dec 30, 1:00 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Clarke, DeKalb, Fulton, Oconee, Walton60 min
Dec 30, 1:07 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard23 min
Dec 30, 1:23 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDade9 hr
Dec 30, 1:27 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard33 min
Dec 30, 1:53 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb4 hr
Dec 30, 2:32 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan, Rockdale58 min
Dec 30, 4:50 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Fayette, Heard40 min
Dec 30, 5:38 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard52 min
Dec 30, 5:45 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson30 min
Dec 30, 7:22 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson38 min
Dec 30, 8:25 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson and 1 more6 hr
Dec 30, 8:34 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton52 hr
Dec 30, 8:35 AM ESTFlood WatchFFCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee and 34 more10 hr
Dec 30, 8:52 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Fayette23 min
Dec 30, 9:07 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette23 min
Dec 30, 9:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fayette, Henry32 min
Dec 30, 9:33 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Rockdale11 hr
Dec 30, 9:42 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton6 hr
Dec 30, 9:45 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb, Douglas54 hr
Dec 30, 9:48 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb103 min
Dec 30, 9:55 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Heard and 1 more4 hr
Dec 30, 9:57 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry, Newton33 min
Dec 30, 10:15 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDeKalb3 hr
Dec 30, 10:28 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCFulton61 min
Dec 30, 10:51 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCGreene, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Rockdale and 2 more6 hr
Dec 30, 11:21 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale26 hr
Dec 30, 11:39 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard66 min
Dec 30, 12:05 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth19 hr
Dec 30, 12:11 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox34 min
Dec 30, 12:17 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Putnam28 min
Dec 30, 12:35 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb4 hr
Dec 30, 12:46 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock, Putnam29 min
Dec 30, 12:48 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock, Putnam27 min
Dec 30, 12:54 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge36 min
Dec 30, 12:54 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge36 min
Dec 30, 1:13 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup32 min
Dec 30, 1:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Telfair, Wheeler28 min
Dec 30, 2:02 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Toombs28 min
Dec 30, 2:05 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge25 min
Dec 30, 2:12 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Lamar, Pike33 min
Dec 30, 2:12 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Peach33 min
Dec 30, 2:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Pike27 min
Dec 30, 2:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs33 min
Dec 30, 2:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach44 min
Dec 30, 2:36 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair39 min
Dec 30, 2:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam30 min
Dec 30, 2:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones, Wilkinson26 min
Dec 30, 2:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Twiggs31 min
Dec 30, 3:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether, Troup30 min
Dec 30, 3:19 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler26 min
Dec 30, 3:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson45 min
Dec 30, 3:34 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson26 min
Dec 30, 3:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether, Talbot, Upson50 min
Dec 30, 3:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee31 min
Dec 30, 3:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs35 min
Dec 30, 3:56 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Peach34 min
Dec 30, 3:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot46 min
Dec 30, 4:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Macon, Peach40 min
Dec 30, 4:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Monroe, Talbot, Taylor, Upson50 min
Dec 30, 4:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson45 min
Dec 30, 4:18 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCrawford, Taylor, Upson27 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.