Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2021, 6:07 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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 17, 2021, 6:07 PM EDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2021, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dooly County, GA, Macon County, GA, Schley County, GA, Sumter County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 6:13 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Ssw Shiloh, GA | HAIL UP TO A QUARTER SIZED IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED ALONG HWY 30 IN BETWEEN BUCHANAN RD AND YOUNGS MILL 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
594
WUUS52 KFFC 172207
SVRFFC
GAC093-193-249-261-172245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0007.210317T2207Z-210317T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
607 PM EDT Wed Mar 17 2021
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Macon County in west central Georgia...
Northwestern Dooly County in central Georgia...
Southeastern Schley County in west central Georgia...
Northern Sumter County in west central Georgia...
* Until 645 PM EDT.
* At 607 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Shiloh, or
near Americus, moving east at 30 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...
Americus, Ellaville, Oglethorpe, Montezuma, Andersonville, New Era,
Fountainville, Flint River Wma, La Crosse, Pennington,
Andersonville National Historic, Clearview, Methvins, Bumphead and
Bartlett.
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 3201 8436 3212 8443 3236 8419 3230 8395
3213 8396
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 247DEG 28KT 3213 8432
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
651
WWUS52 KFFC 172233
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
633 PM EDT Wed Mar 17 2021
GAC093-193-249-261-172245-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210317T2245Z/
Macon GA-Dooly GA-Schley GA-Sumter GA-
633 PM EDT Wed Mar 17 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MACON...NORTHWESTERN DOOLY...SOUTHEASTERN SCHLEY AND
NORTHEASTERN SUMTER COUNTIES...
At 633 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Andersonville
National Historic, or near Oglethorpe, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Americus, Ellaville, Oglethorpe, Montezuma, Andersonville, New Era,
Fountainville, Flint River Wma, La Crosse, Pennington, Andersonville
National Historic, Clearview, Methvins, Bumphead and Bartlett.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3206 8420 3220 8435 3236 8419 3230 8395
3213 8396
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 247DEG 28KT 3221 8410
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 34 min |
| Mar 16, 9:47 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 5 days |
| Mar 17, 2:22 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:36 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 4 days |
| Mar 17, 3:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 62 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 30 min |
| Mar 17, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley, Webster | 34 min |
| Mar 17, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Sumter, Webster | 34 min |
| Mar 17, 5:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Fannin and 8 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 17, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 28 min |
| Mar 17, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Twiggs | 30 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.