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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 17, 2021Houston County, Twiggs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2021, 8:01 PM EDT for Houston County, Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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
Mar 17, 2021, 8:01 PM EDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2021, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Houston County, GA, Twiggs County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 404 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
466 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
404 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
444 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted.

137 
WUUS52 KFFC 180001
SVRFFC
GAC153-289-180030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0008.210318T0001Z-210318T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
801 PM EDT Wed Mar 17 2021

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Twiggs County in central Georgia...
  Eastern Houston County in central Georgia...

* Until 830 PM EDT.

* At 800 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Sand Bed, or
  near Perry, moving northeast at 40 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...
  Perry, Jeffersonville, Warner Robins, Danville, Robins Air Force
  Base, Marion, Hayneville, Tarversville, Sand Bed, Bullard, Houston
  Lake, Grovania, Fitzpatrick, Ripley, District Path, Myricks Mill,
  Bonaire, Kathleen and Clinchfield.

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 3245 8376 3282 8336 3259 8323 3253 8332
      3250 8340 3250 8341 3249 8341 3246 8349
      3245 8350 3244 8349 3243 8350 3234 8365
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 231DEG 33KT 3245 8363 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
308 
WWUS52 KFFC 180021
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
821 PM EDT Wed Mar 17 2021

GAC153-289-180030-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210318T0030Z/
Twiggs GA-Houston GA-
821 PM EDT Wed Mar 17 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN TWIGGS AND EAST CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTIES...

At 821 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Tarversville,
or 10 miles southwest of Jeffersonville, moving northeast at 40 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...
Jeffersonville, Danville, Marion, Tarversville, District Path,
Bullard, Bonaire and Kathleen.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3250 8366 3274 8340 3259 8323 3253 8332
      3250 8340 3250 8341 3249 8341 3246 8349
      3245 8350 3244 8349 3243 8350 3240 8355
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 231DEG 33KT 3257 8345 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 11:32 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCWalker12 hr
Mar 18, 12:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Paulding and 1 more48 min
Mar 18, 12:23 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon and 4 more7 hr
Mar 18, 12:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Stewart31 min
Mar 18, 1:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Cherokee, Haralson, Paulding, Polk29 min
Mar 18, 2:12 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCatoosa22 hr
Mar 18, 3:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield47 hr
Mar 18, 4:09 AM EDTWind AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more16 hr
Mar 18, 9:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dooly26 min
Mar 18, 9:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski33 min
Mar 18, 10:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge28 min
Mar 18, 10:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson, Laurens32 min
Mar 18, 11:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge23 min
Mar 18, 2:38 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett3 hr
Mar 18, 7:13 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd20 hr

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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.