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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2024, 5:19 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 41 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
- Aug 18, 2024, 5:19 PM EDT (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2024, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Baldwin County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Putnam County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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 18, 5:34 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Stanfordville, GA | A tree was reported down along Rabbit Skip Rd SW. |
| Aug 18, 5:39 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Resseaus Crossroads, GA | A tree was reported down on Highway 129 between Highway 212 and the Jones County line. |
| Aug 18, 5:44 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Plant Harlee Branch, GA | A tree was reported down on Bluegill Road at Southshore Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 594 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
204
WUUS52 KFFC 182119
SVRFFC
GAC009-159-169-207-237-182200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0252.240818T2119Z-240818T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
519 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2024
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Baldwin County in central Georgia...
Southwestern Putnam County in central Georgia...
Northeastern Monroe County in central Georgia...
Northern Jones County in central Georgia...
Southeastern Jasper County in central Georgia...
* Until 600 PM EDT.
* At 519 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Willard to Adgateville to Berner, moving
southeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Gray, Ethridge, Bradley, Wayside, Hillsboro, Dames Ferry, Resseaus
Crossroads, Round Oak, Juliette, Stanfordville, Blountsville, and
Jarrell Plantation.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3324 8331 3310 8339 3300 8352 3301 8374
3314 8387 3316 8368 3333 8354
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 310DEG 33KT 3330 8355 3320 8367 3317 8381
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton | 50 min |
| Aug 17, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Spalding | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Upson | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Butts, Fayette, Henry, Jasper, Jones and 4 more | 40 min |
| Aug 17, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Lamar, Monroe | 30 min |
| Aug 18, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 24 min |
| Aug 18, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 33 min |
| Aug 18, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 32 min |
| Aug 18, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 48 min |
| Aug 18, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 29 min |
| Aug 18, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 26 min |
| Aug 18, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 24 min |
| Aug 18, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 49 min |
| Aug 18, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton | 26 min |
| Aug 18, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Newton, Spalding | 40 min |
| Aug 18, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Putnam | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 27 min |
| Aug 18, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 29 min |
| Aug 18, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Monroe, Newton | 41 min |
| Aug 18, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether | 49 min |
| Aug 18, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Spalding | 26 min |
| Aug 18, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Haralson | 41 min |
| Aug 18, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Spalding | 53 min |
| Aug 18, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 33 min |
| Aug 18, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones, Twiggs, Washington, Wilkinson | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Henry | 41 min |
| Aug 18, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 29 min |
| Aug 18, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton | 30 min |
| Aug 18, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 40 min |
| Aug 18, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 34 min |
| Aug 18, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 26 min |
| Aug 18, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley | 26 min |
| Aug 18, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 23 min |
| Aug 18, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 35 min |
| Aug 18, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Washington | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Twiggs | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 34 min |
| Aug 18, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly, Sumter, Webster | 28 min |
| Aug 18, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 25 min |
| Aug 18, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 7:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 29 min |
| Aug 18, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 28 min |
| Aug 18, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski | 46 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.