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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 12, 20234 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 12, 2023, 6:21 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 24 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
Jan 12, 2023, 6:21 PM EST (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Jan 12, 2023, 6:45 PM EST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 12, 1:06 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2023-01-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 27 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 12:00Z on 2023-01-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 220 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
27 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

706 
WUUS52 KFFC 122321
SVRFFC
GAC081-093-235-315-122345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0049.230112T2321Z-230112T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
621 PM EST Thu Jan 12 2023

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Pulaski County in central Georgia...
  Northwestern Wilcox County in central Georgia...
  Southern Dooly County in central Georgia...
  Northern Crisp County in central Georgia...

* Until 645 PM EST.

* At 621 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Georgia
  Veterans Memorial St Pk, or 8 miles west of Cordele, moving east at
  50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Cordele, Vienna, Rochelle, Pineview, Pitts, East Crisp, Georgia
  Veterans Memorial St Pk, Richwood, Mock Springs, Pope City,
  Seville, Finleyson, Wallace, Drayton, Pleasant View, Tippettville
  and Tremont.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EST for central and
west 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 3190 8392 3195 8393 3199 8395 3202 8395
      3202 8396 3203 8396 3204 8397 3208 8398
      3209 8398 3210 8399 3226 8351 3212 8340
      3192 8341
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 254DEG 44KT 3200 8390 

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

$$
1 follow-up statement
515 
WWUS52 KFFC 122331
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
631 PM EST Thu Jan 12 2023

GAC081-093-235-315-122345-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-230112T2345Z/
Pulaski GA-Wilcox GA-Dooly GA-Crisp GA-
631 PM EST Thu Jan 12 2023

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EST
FOR SOUTHWESTERN PULASKI...NORTHWESTERN WILCOX...SOUTHERN DOOLY AND
NORTHERN CRISP COUNTIES...

At 631 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Richwood, or
near Vienna, moving east at 50 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...
Cordele, Vienna, Rochelle, Pineview, Pitts, East Crisp, Georgia
Veterans Memorial St Pk, Richwood, Mock Springs, Pope City, Seville,
Finleyson, Wallace, Drayton, Pleasant View, Tippettville and Tremont.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EST for central and
west central Georgia.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3190 8392 3195 8393 3199 8395 3202 8395
      3202 8396 3203 8396 3204 8397 3208 8398
      3209 8398 3210 8399 3226 8351 3212 8340
      3192 8341
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 254DEG 44KT 3204 8375 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 12, 3:39 AM ESTWind AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more19 hr
Jan 12, 11:06 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker39 min
Jan 12, 11:44 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker31 min
Jan 12, 12:06 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray, Whitfield24 min
Jan 12, 12:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield28 min
Jan 12, 12:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga33 min
Jan 12, 12:43 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray, Whitfield32 min
Jan 12, 1:01 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd, Gordon29 min
Jan 12, 1:20 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Murray25 min
Jan 12, 1:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon33 min
Jan 12, 1:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Haralson, Paulding, Polk32 min
Jan 12, 1:47 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin28 min
Jan 12, 1:51 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Taylor39 min
Jan 12, 2:07 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor38 min
Jan 12, 2:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Monroe, Upson38 min
Jan 12, 2:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Paulding, Polk29 min
Jan 12, 2:20 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Monroe25 min
Jan 12, 2:36 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson24 min
Jan 12, 2:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam34 min
Jan 12, 2:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Douglas, Haralson, Heard46 min
Jan 12, 2:52 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones23 min
Jan 12, 2:58 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Paulding32 min
Jan 12, 3:12 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite18 min
Jan 12, 3:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Jones, Putnam, Washington47 min
Jan 12, 3:13 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHeard, Troup47 min
Jan 12, 3:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether, Troup41 min
Jan 12, 3:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Fulton, Heard, Troup39 min
Jan 12, 3:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth and 2 more44 min
Jan 12, 3:36 PM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedFFCMeriwether, Troup39 min
Jan 12, 3:46 PM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedFFCDeKalb, Fulton6 min
Jan 12, 3:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Henry and 3 more41 min
Jan 12, 3:56 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock, Taliaferro, Warren34 min
Jan 12, 3:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Barrow, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson49 min
Jan 12, 4:00 PM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedFFCMeriwether, Pike, Spalding45 min
Jan 12, 4:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Taylor and 1 more41 min
Jan 12, 4:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Clarke, Clayton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Henry and 4 more38 min
Jan 12, 4:13 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCClayton, Henry, Newton, Rockdale19 min
Jan 12, 4:15 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHancock, Warren33 min
Jan 12, 4:16 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHancock, Warren29 min
Jan 12, 4:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Henry, Jasper and 5 more38 min
Jan 12, 4:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Lamar, Monroe36 min
Jan 12, 4:32 PM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedFFCButts, Henry, Newton, Spalding32 min
Jan 12, 4:39 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson, Madison36 min
Jan 12, 4:41 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe, Upson34 min
Jan 12, 4:44 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Talbot31 min
Jan 12, 4:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Clarke, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Walton29 min
Jan 12, 4:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Morgan, Putnam26 min
Jan 12, 4:55 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCButts, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Putnam20 min
Jan 12, 4:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker31 min
Jan 12, 5:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee41 min
Jan 12, 5:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro46 min
Jan 12, 5:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jones, Putnam, Taliaferro41 min
Jan 12, 5:26 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor34 min
Jan 12, 5:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Crawford, Macon, Marion, Schley, Taylor36 min
Jan 12, 5:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes45 min
Jan 12, 5:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly, Sumter42 min
Jan 12, 6:02 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Crawford, Peach28 min
Jan 12, 6:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Peach, Twiggs, Wilkinson45 min
Jan 12, 6:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox33 min
Jan 12, 6:41 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox19 min
Jan 12, 6:47 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington, Wilkinson28 min
Jan 12, 6:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.