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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 4, 2021Stewart County, Webster County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2021, 8:46 PM EDT for Stewart County, Webster County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min. 10 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
May 4, 2021, 8:46 PM EDT (00:46 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2021, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Stewart County, GA, Webster County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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
May 4, 9:09 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nnw Seminole, GATREES WERE DOWNED ON SEMINOLE ROAD AT MILE MARKERS 6 AND 8.
May 4, 9:12 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ene Richland, GATHE ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF A POLE BARN ON HIGHWAY 280 NEAR MILE MARKER 1.
May 4, 9:13 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ssw Church Hill, GATREES WERE DOWNED ON WILSON POND ROAD.
May 4, 9:13 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 Nw Preston, GATREES WERE DOWNED ON 1800 BLOCK OF SEARS ROAD.
May 4, 9:18 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ne Kimbrough, GAPOWER LINES AND POLE WERE DOWNED AT INTERSECTION OF WEST CENTERPOINT ROAD AND MILLARD KENNEDY ROAD.
May 4, 9:19 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Preston, GATREES WERE DOWNED ON HIGHWAY 41 JUST NORTH OF PRESTON.
May 4, 9:21 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sw Preston, GAMULTIPLE TREES WERE DOWNED ON KENNEDY POND ROAD IN THE VICINITY MILLARD KENNEDY ROAD.
May 4, 9:22 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 N Centerpoint, GATREES WERE DOWNED ON POPLAR SPRINGS ROAD WEST OF MACEDONIA CHURCH ROAD.
May 4, 9:23 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ene Leveretts, GAA TREE WAS DOWNED ONTO A VEHICLE ON FOREMAN ROAD. A TREE WAS ALSO DOWNED NEARBY ONTO POWER LINES ON BEN WILLIAMS ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MILL POND ROAD.
May 4, 9:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ne Centerpoint, GAMULTIPLE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON SPANNS MILL ROAD BETWEEN MACEDONIA CHURCH ROAD AND RURAL HILL CHURCH ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 4, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2021-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -136 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
860 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

401 
WUUS52 KFFC 050046
SVRFFC
GAC259-307-050130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0081.210505T0046Z-210505T0130Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Stewart County in west central Georgia...
  Webster County in west central Georgia...

* Until 930 PM EDT.

* At 845 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Seale, or 16
  miles east of Hurtsboro, moving east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
           roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Lumpkin, Preston, Richland, Weston, Seminole, Charles, Kimbrough,
  Westville, Brooklyn, Leveretts, Omaha, Church Hill, Centerpoint,
  Dumas, Louvale and Providence Canyon State Park.

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 8505 3209 8504 3213 8506 3218 8501
      3220 8496 3222 8498 3222 8493 3223 8492
      3223 8482 3222 8480 3223 8480 3223 8462
      3219 8459 3219 8457 3218 8456 3217 8454
      3213 8453 3213 8443 3193 8444 3192 8449
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 278DEG 44KT 3220 8514 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 8:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCHeard, Troup4 hr
May 4, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot, Troup50 min
May 4, 8:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge26 min
May 4, 8:41 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCPolk10 hr
May 4, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion50 min
May 4, 8:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding32 min
May 4, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Lamar, Macon, Marion, Meriwether, Monroe and 8 more45 min
May 4, 9:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair25 min
May 4, 9:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Lamar and 7 more25 min
May 4, 10:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair29 min
May 4, 10:14 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCChattooga8 hr
May 4, 10:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Houston and 5 more29 min
May 4, 10:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Bleckley, Dodge, Jones, Laurens, Telfair and 3 more44 min
May 4, 10:51 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb, Douglas64 hr
May 4, 11:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Montgomery, Telfair and 4 more49 min
May 4, 11:32 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb7 hr
May 5, 12:42 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth11 hr
May 5, 12:55 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb10 hr
May 5, 1:45 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCHaralson24 hr
May 5, 2:42 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett, Walton4 hr
May 5, 5:51 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs4 days
May 5, 6:36 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett9 hr
May 5, 6:46 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Heard19 hr
May 5, 11:07 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb, Paulding18 hr
May 5, 3:08 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd31 hr
May 5, 6:12 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb, Douglas19 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.