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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 4, 2021Bleckley County, Dodge County, Pulaski County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2021, 6:24 PM EDT for Bleckley County, Dodge County, Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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: May 4, 2021, 6:24 PM EDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bleckley County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Pulaski County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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 nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 162 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 590 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 753 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

902 
WUUS52 KFFC 042224
SVRFFC
GAC023-091-235-042300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0078.210504T2224Z-210504T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
624 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Dodge County in central Georgia...
  Pulaski County in central Georgia...
  Southwestern Bleckley County in central Georgia...

* Until 700 PM EDT.

* At 624 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wallace, or
  near Hawkinsville, moving northeast at 35 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...
  Cochran, Hawkinsville, Dubois, Coley Station, Gresston, Empire,
  Mobley Crossing, Mock Springs, Baileys Park, Magnolia, Ocmulgee
  Banks, Finleyson, Royal, Wallace, Ocmulgee Public Fishing Area,
  Paulk, Hartford, Pulaski State Prison and Porter.

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 3219 8361 3224 8361 3249 8342 3227 8316
      3213 8341 3212 8342 3213 8344 3212 8344
      3212 8352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 221DEG 31KT 3221 8350 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

1 follow-up statement

654 
WWUS52 KFFC 042257
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
657 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021

GAC023-091-235-042307-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-210504T2300Z/
Dodge GA-Pulaski GA-Bleckley GA-
657 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DODGE...PULASKI
AND SOUTHWESTERN BLECKLEY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses a threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3219 8361 3224 8361 3249 8342 3227 8316
      3213 8341 3212 8342 3213 8344 3212 8344
      3212 8352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 221DEG 31KT 3242 8329 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 8:01 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett, Walton	2 hr
May 3, 8:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	36 min
May 3, 8:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	30 min
May 3, 9:14 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Rockdale	48 hr
May 3, 9:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	22 min
May 3, 9:58 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Heard	12 hr
May 3, 9:58 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb, Douglas	12 hr
May 3, 9:58 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Oconee	37 hr
May 3, 9:58 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	3 hr
May 3, 11:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	67 min
May 4, 12:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Treutlen	27 min
May 4, 1:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	28 min
May 4, 1:36 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Newton, Rockdale	9 hr
May 4, 4:34 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	5 hr
May 4, 10:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Walker	48 min
May 4, 11:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	29 min
May 4, 11:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Walker, Whitfield	25 min
May 4, 11:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Murray, Walker, Whitfield	35 min
May 4, 11:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	42 min
May 4, 11:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin	33 min
May 4, 12:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon	57 min
May 4, 12:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Polk	31 min
May 4, 12:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens	40 min
May 4, 12:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding, Polk	31 min
May 4, 1:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson, Paulding	32 min
May 4, 1:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding	32 min
May 4, 1:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Hall, White	28 min
May 4, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth, Gwinnett	27 min
May 4, 1:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall	38 min
May 4, 2:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Carroll, Floyd, Haralson, Paulding, Polk	44 min
May 4, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Rockdale, Walton	25 min
May 4, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks	35 min
May 4, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow	19 min
May 4, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Newton, Oconee and 2 more	34 min
May 4, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton and 3 more	48 min
May 4, 3:08 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Barrow, Carroll, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton and 6 more	7 hr
May 4, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	26 min
May 4, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	25 min
May 4, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	32 min
May 4, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry, Spalding	29 min
May 4, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	37 min
May 4, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	24 min
May 4, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Pulaski	28 min
May 4, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston, Twiggs, Wilkinson	28 min
May 4, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Troup	39 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.