Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2022
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 2, 2022, 4:04 PM EST for Crisp County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 min. 3 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
- Jan 2, 2022, 4:04 PM EST (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2022, 4:30 PM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Crisp County, GA, Wilcox County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 4:05 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Wenona, GA | TREE REPORTED DOWN AT ON HWY 41 NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH COFER RD E. |
| Jan 2, 4:22 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Rochelle, GA | DAMAGE REPORTED TO BLEACHERS AND BACKSTOP AT THE WILCOX COUNTY RECREATION DEPARTMENT ON COUNTY FARM RD. |
| Jan 2, 4:22 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Rochelle, GA | SEVERAL TREES REPORTED DOWN IN THE AREA BETWEEN E COUNTY FARM RD, AMERICAN LEGION RD, AND HWY 215. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 2:17 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
693
WUUS52 KFFC 022104
SVRFFC
GAC081-315-022130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0002.220102T2104Z-220102T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
404 PM EST Sun Jan 2 2022
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Wilcox County in central Georgia...
Eastern Crisp County in central Georgia...
* Until 430 PM EST.
* At 404 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Doles, or 9
miles west of Ashburn, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Cordele, Rochelle, Arabi, Pitts, East Crisp, Antioch Church,
Seville, Hatley, Pleasant View, Double Run, Tremont, Wenona and
Owensboro.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EST for central
Georgia.
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 3183 8384 3182 8385 3184 8386 3184 8388
3203 8368 3203 8361 3209 8361 3211 8359
3185 8320 3184 8323 3185 8361 3180 8361
3180 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 231DEG 41KT 3174 8381
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
507
WWUS52 KFFC 022119
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
419 PM EST Sun Jan 2 2022
GAC081-315-022130-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-220102T2130Z/
Wilcox GA-Crisp GA-
419 PM EST Sun Jan 2 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EST
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WILCOX AND SOUTHEASTERN CRISP COUNTIES...
At 419 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hatley, or 9
miles north of Ashburn, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Cordele, Rochelle, Arabi, Pitts, East Crisp, Pleasant View, Double
Run, Wenona, Antioch Church, Owensboro, Seville and Hatley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EST for central
Georgia.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3184 8388 3203 8361 3209 8361 3211 8359
3185 8320 3184 8323 3185 8361 3180 8361
3180 8380 3183 8384 3182 8385 3184 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 231DEG 41KT 3185 8365
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 9:08 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson | 39 hr |
| Jan 1, 9:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 44 min |
| Jan 1, 9:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 8 min |
| Jan 2, 1:35 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 25 min |
| Jan 2, 2:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 31 min |
| Jan 2, 3:17 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 7 hr |
| Jan 2, 4:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 24 min |
| Jan 2, 4:09 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb and 18 more | 29 hr |
| Jan 2, 4:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 30 min |
| Jan 2, 4:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 36 min |
| Jan 2, 4:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Jackson, Madison | 31 min |
| Jan 2, 5:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton | 31 min |
| Jan 2, 5:51 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 24 min |
| Jan 2, 6:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 34 min |
| Jan 2, 6:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 27 min |
| Jan 2, 6:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 24 min |
| Jan 2, 6:38 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 37 min |
| Jan 2, 6:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Harris, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Pike and 2 more | 46 min |
| Jan 2, 7:53 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones, Monroe | 37 min |
| Jan 2, 9:47 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 11 hr |
| Jan 2, 12:54 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 21 days |
| Jan 2, 1:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 25 min |
| Jan 2, 2:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 35 min |
| Jan 2, 2:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 31 min |
| Jan 2, 3:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 26 min |
| Jan 2, 3:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Pulaski | 34 min |
| Jan 2, 3:55 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 20 hr |
| Jan 2, 3:55 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Towns, Union and 1 more | 17 hr |
| Jan 2, 4:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox | 34 min |
| Jan 2, 4:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 30 min |
| Jan 2, 5:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 40 min |
| Jan 2, 5:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler, Wilcox | 16 min |
| Jan 2, 5:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 34 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.