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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 9, 2022Marion County, Schley County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 2022, 8:26 AM EST for Marion County, Schley County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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 9, 2022, 8:26 AM EST (13:26 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2022, 9:00 AM EST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Marion County, GA, Schley County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:27 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 9, 6:18 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

950 
WUUS52 KFFC 091326
SVRFFC
GAC197-249-091400-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0013.220309T1326Z-220309T1400Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
826 AM EST Wed Mar 9 2022

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Marion County in west central Georgia...
  Central Schley County in west central Georgia...

* Until 900 AM EST.

* At 826 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Draneville,
  or near Buena Vista, moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Buena Vista, Ellaville, Putnam, Murrays Crossroads, Doyle and Walls
  Crossing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 PM EST for west central
Georgia.

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

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 3224 8456 3230 8457 3239 8435 3238 8435
      3239 8434 3240 8432 3237 8432 3237 8427
      3225 8426 3221 8454
TIME...MOT...LOC 1326Z 255DEG 39KT 3226 8450 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

2 follow-up statements

744 
WWUS52 KFFC 091338
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
838 AM EST Wed Mar 9 2022

GAC197-091348-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-220309T1400Z/
Marion GA-
838 AM EST Wed Mar 9 2022

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 PM EST for west central
Georgia.

LAT...LON 3230 8441 3230 8439 3236 8439 3239 8435
      3238 8435 3240 8432 3237 8432 3237 8427
      3225 8426 3225 8441
TIME...MOT...LOC 1338Z 250DEG 38KT 3230 8435 

$$

GAC249-091400-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-220309T1400Z/
Schley GA-
838 AM EST Wed Mar 9 2022

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST
FOR CENTRAL SCHLEY COUNTY...

At 838 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Walls Crossing,
or near Ellaville, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Ellaville, Murrays Crossroads and Walls Crossing. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 PM EST for west central
Georgia.

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3230 8441 3230 8439 3236 8439 3239 8435
      3238 8435 3240 8432 3237 8432 3237 8427
      3225 8426 3225 8441
TIME...MOT...LOC 1338Z 250DEG 38KT 3230 8435 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

322 
WWUS52 KFFC 091351
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
851 AM EST Wed Mar 9 2022

GAC249-091401-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-220309T1400Z/
Schley GA-
851 AM EST Wed Mar 9 2022

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL SCHLEY COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 900 AM EST...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 PM EST for west central
Georgia.

LAT...LON 3230 8441 3230 8439 3236 8439 3239 8435
      3238 8435 3240 8432 3237 8432 3237 8427
      3225 8426 3225 8441
TIME...MOT...LOC 1351Z 255DEG 39KT 3233 8420 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 8, 8:23 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Fulton	44 hr
Mar 8, 11:29 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe	16 min
Mar 8, 11:45 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	15 min
Mar 9, 1:45 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd, Walker, Whitfield	30 min
Mar 9, 2:51 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens	24 min
Mar 9, 5:34 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Dade	19 hr
Mar 9, 6:32 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Stewart	43 min
Mar 9, 6:49 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Stewart	26 min
Mar 9, 7:13 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Marion, Stewart, Webster	32 min
Mar 9, 7:39 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Marion, Schley	36 min
Mar 9, 7:43 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Marion, Schley	32 min
Mar 9, 8:06 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Macon, Schley	24 min
Mar 9, 8:30 AM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Macon	15 min
Mar 9, 8:47 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Macon, Schley	28 min
Mar 9, 9:18 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston	27 min
Mar 9, 9:21 AM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth	9 hr
Mar 9, 9:38 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston, Peach, Twiggs	37 min
Mar 9, 10:02 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson	28 min
Mar 9, 2:00 PM EST	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Rockdale	7 hr

Nearby

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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.