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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 31, 2021Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2021, 5:44 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. 8 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
Mar 31, 2021, 5:44 PM EDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2021, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Laurens County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 40 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 31, 5:47 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ssw East Dublin, GALARGE TREE REPORTED DOWN AND BLOCKING THE ROAD AT REX MILLER RD AND BOBBIE ST.
Mar 31, 5:48 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wsw Dublin, GATREE REPORTED DOWN AT THE 600 BLOCK OF BELLEVUE AVE.
Mar 31, 5:48 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGEast Dublin, GAPOWERLINES REPORTED DOWN ON PEARL ST IN EAST DUBLIN.
Mar 31, 5:51 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Cadwell, GATREE REPORTED DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 338 AND WHITTLE RD.
Mar 31, 5:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 Nw Minter, GATWO TREES REPORTED DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF OLD SAVANNAH RD AND ROBERT LEWIS RD.
Mar 31, 5:58 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 S Minter, GATREE REPORTED DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF LLOYD HESTER RD AND MINTER TWEED RD.
Mar 31, 5:58 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ssw Minter, GATREE REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 199 AND L.C. POPE RD.
Mar 31, 5:58 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMinter, GATREE REPORTED DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 29 AND MINTER TWEED RD.

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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 2021-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 111 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 2021-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 205 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
111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

966 
WUUS52 KFFC 312144
SVRFFC
GAC175-312215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0033.210331T2144Z-210331T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
544 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Laurens County in central Georgia...

* Until 615 PM EDT.

* At 544 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dudley 
  moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Dublin, East Dublin, Dexter, Dudley, Cadwell, Rentz, Harlow,
  Brewton and Minter.

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 3249 8318 3260 8306 3267 8301 3262 8268
      3247 8270 3228 8297
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 285DEG 38KT 3256 8301 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 7:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker41 min
Mar 31, 7:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker5 hr
Mar 31, 8:16 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBartow, Chattooga, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon and 7 more6 hr
Mar 31, 8:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding26 min
Mar 31, 9:07 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDade29 hr
Mar 31, 9:08 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCWhitfield5 hr
Mar 31, 9:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Douglas, Fulton36 min
Mar 31, 9:15 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCChattooga27 hr
Mar 31, 9:15 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd45 hr
Mar 31, 9:15 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGordon, Murray, Whitfield4 days
Mar 31, 9:15 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd, Gordon4 days
Mar 31, 9:23 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCatoosa49 hr
Mar 31, 9:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett37 min
Mar 31, 9:44 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCWhitfield71 hr
Mar 31, 9:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas, Fulton22 min
Mar 31, 9:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield44 hr
Mar 31, 11:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson, Paulding34 min
Mar 31, 11:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Cobb, Douglas32 min
Mar 31, 1:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette33 min
Mar 31, 1:31 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb21 days
Mar 31, 2:00 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCatoosa19 hr
Mar 31, 2:21 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton21 hr
Mar 31, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe30 min
Mar 31, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene27 min
Mar 31, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Stewart31 min
Mar 31, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes31 min
Mar 31, 4:22 PM EDTFreeze WatchFFCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 44 more11 hr
Mar 31, 4:22 PM EDTWind AdvisoryFFCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll and 64 more27 hr
Mar 31, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs, Wilkinson37 min
Mar 31, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Washington37 min
Mar 31, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox25 min
Mar 31, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Treutlen, Wheeler25 min
Mar 31, 6:22 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCMurray7 hr
Mar 31, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Treutlen, Wheeler30 min
Mar 31, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs30 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.