Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2021, 10:54 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 51 min. 2 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, 10:54 PM EDT (02:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2021, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 11:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Douglas, GA | DAMAGE TO A RESIDENCE OFF OF GREEN AVENUE WITH AWNING AND GUTTER TORN OFF. TREES TWISTED AND SNAPPED. TIME OF DAMAGE ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| May 4, 11:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 39 | Douglas Ga Airport (Dqh, GA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 587 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1741 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
712
WUUS52 KJAX 050254
SVRJAX
GAC003-005-069-161-050345-
/O.NEW.KJAX.SV.W.0070.210505T0254Z-210505T0345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
1054 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021
The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Coffee County in southeastern Georgia...
Atkinson County in southeastern Georgia...
Northwestern Bacon County in southeastern Georgia...
Jeff Davis County in southeastern Georgia...
* Until 1145 PM EDT.
* At 1053 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 8 miles west of Jacksonville to near Unionville,
moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Douglas, Pearson, Willacoochee, Broxton, Ambrose, Nicholls,
Pridgen, West Green, Snipesville and Denton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3184 8254 3175 8253 3174 8255 3174 8253
3161 8251 3147 8263 3130 8264 3118 8301
3118 8305 3128 8303 3134 8307 3140 8314
3146 8315 3151 8308 3161 8306 3166 8300
3179 8299 3178 8287 3184 8278 3185 8279
TIME...MOT...LOC 0253Z 276DEG 44KT 3179 8312 3141 8347
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SHASHY2 follow-up statements
050
WWUS52 KJAX 050312
SVSJAX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
1112 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021
GAC003-005-069-161-050345-
/O.CON.KJAX.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-210505T0345Z/
Coffee GA-Atkinson GA-Bacon GA-Jeff Davis GA-
1112 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
FOR COFFEE...ATKINSON...NORTHWESTERN BACON AND JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES...
At 1112 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Jacksonville to 6 miles southwest of Ambrose to
near Enigma, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Douglas, Pearson, Willacoochee, Broxton, Ambrose, Nicholls, Pridgen,
West Green, Snipesville and Denton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3184 8254 3175 8253 3174 8255 3174 8253
3161 8251 3147 8263 3130 8264 3118 8301
3118 8305 3128 8303 3134 8307 3140 8314
3146 8315 3151 8308 3161 8306 3166 8300
3179 8299 3178 8287 3184 8278 3185 8279
TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 292DEG 40KT 3180 8303 3154 8311 3134 8337
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SHASHY314
WWUS52 KJAX 050328
SVSJAX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
1128 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021
GAC003-005-069-161-050345-
/O.CON.KJAX.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-210505T0345Z/
Coffee GA-Atkinson GA-Bacon GA-Jeff Davis GA-
1128 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
FOR COFFEE...ATKINSON...NORTHWESTERN BACON AND JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES...
At 1127 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Snipesville to Douglas to 6 miles southwest of
Willacoochee, moving east at 50 mph. These storms have had a history
of producing wind damage.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Douglas, Pearson, Willacoochee, Broxton, Ambrose, Nicholls, Pridgen,
West Green, Snipesville and Denton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3184 8254 3175 8253 3174 8255 3174 8253
3161 8251 3147 8263 3130 8264 3118 8301
3118 8305 3128 8303 3134 8307 3140 8314
3146 8315 3151 8308 3161 8306 3166 8300
3179 8299 3178 8287 3184 8278 3185 8279
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 274DEG 42KT 3178 8281 3151 8287 3128 8313
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SHASHYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 9:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Telfair | 26 min |
| May 4, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Coffee | 30 min |
| May 4, 10:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Jeff Davis | 48 min |
| May 4, 10:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Coffee | 51 min |
| May 4, 11:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch, Echols, Ware | 59 min |
| May 4, 11:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Pierce and 1 more | 52 min |
| May 5, 12:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling, Brantley, Pierce, Wayne | 39 min |
| May 5, 12:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Ware | 52 min |
| May 5, 12:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Brantley, Camden, Glynn, Wayne | 60 min |
| May 5, 1:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton, Echols | 44 min |
| May 5, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 48 min |
| May 5, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 26 min |
| May 5, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Echols | 30 min |
| May 5, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden | 47 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.