Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2023
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 521, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2023, 8:52 PM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 83 min. 5 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
- Aug 6, 2023, 8:52 PM EDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2023, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Lee County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Terrell County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 9:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 40 | 2 Ne Graves, GA | UGA mesonet site gusted to 40 mph. |
| Aug 6, 9:23 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 47 | 1 Sse Dawson, GA | UGA station gusted to 47 mph. |
| Aug 6, 9:53 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sw Palmyra, GA | A power line was blown down along Old Dawson Road. |
| Aug 6, 10:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sw Greenough, GA | Large tree limbs blew down and blocked Highway 112 at Pleasant Hill Road. |
| Aug 6, 10:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sale City, GA | A tree was blown down in Sale City. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1439 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -229 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -232 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
618
WUUS52 KTAE 070052
SVRTAE
GAC007-037-095-099-177-205-273-070215-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0521.230807T0052Z-230807T0215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
852 PM EDT Sun Aug 6 2023
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Dougherty County in southwestern Georgia...
Northern Mitchell County in southwestern Georgia...
Lee County in southwestern Georgia...
Baker County in southwestern Georgia...
Calhoun County in southwestern Georgia...
Early County in southwestern Georgia...
Terrell County in southwestern Georgia...
* Until 1015 PM EDT.
* At 851 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 9 miles northwest of Cuthbert to near Headland,
moving southeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Newton, Morgan, Albany, Blakely, Dawson, Leesburg, Putney, Camilla,
Edison, Arlington, Baconton, Columbia, Leary, Smithville, East
Albany, Marine Corps Logistics Base, Turner City, Walker,
Douglasville and Centerville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Tallahassee.
&&
LAT...LON 3187 8434 3192 8434 3191 8392 3180 8401
3172 8403 3156 8398 3118 8400 3122 8454
3126 8454 3126 8511 3152 8504 3149 8503
3150 8482 3162 8482 3162 8455 3177 8456
3177 8460 3192 8460 3192 8445 3196 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 304DEG 35KT 3188 8489 3138 8528
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
42-DVD1 follow-up statement
535
WWUS52 KTAE 070142
SVSTAE
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
942 PM EDT Sun Aug 6 2023
GAC099-070151-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0521.000000T0000Z-230807T0215Z/
Early GA-
942 PM EDT Sun Aug 6 2023
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EARLY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3191 8392 3180 8401 3172 8403 3157 8400
3156 8398 3155 8400 3147 8398 3118 8400
3122 8454 3126 8454 3127 8464 3154 8461
3166 8445 3171 8441 3182 8439 3189 8436
3187 8434 3192 8434
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 282DEG 38KT 3189 8411 3134 8457
$$
GAC007-037-095-177-205-273-070215-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0521.000000T0000Z-230807T0215Z/
Dougherty GA-Mitchell GA-Lee GA-Baker GA-Calhoun GA-Terrell GA-
942 PM EDT Sun Aug 6 2023
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR DOUGHERTY...NORTHERN MITCHELL...LEE...BAKER...EASTERN CALHOUN AND
SOUTHEASTERN TERRELL COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
At 941 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Leslie to 10 miles south of Leary, moving east at
45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Newton, Morgan, Albany, Leesburg, Putney, Camilla, Baconton, Leary,
Smithville, East Albany, Marine Corps Logistics Base, Turner City,
Walker, Sale City, Sasser, Bronwood, Iveys Mill, Stocks, Radium
Springs and Lester.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Tallahassee.
&&
LAT...LON 3191 8392 3180 8401 3172 8403 3157 8400
3156 8398 3155 8400 3147 8398 3118 8400
3122 8454 3126 8454 3127 8464 3154 8461
3166 8445 3171 8441 3182 8439 3189 8436
3187 8434 3192 8434
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 282DEG 38KT 3189 8411 3134 8457
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 8:13 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | TAE | Brooks, Decatur, Grady, Lanier, Lowndes, Seminole and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 6, 8:13 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt and 13 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Colquitt, Irwin, Tift, Turner, Worth | 64 min |
| Aug 6, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Mitchell | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 10:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Grady | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 4:02 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 16 hr |
| Aug 7, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lanier | 31 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.