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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 23, 20254 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2025, 4:24 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 14 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 23, 2025, 4:24 PM EDT (20:24 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2025, 4:38 PM EDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 130 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: 284 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 891 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 23, 3:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 3:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 4:50 AM EDT, 11 hours 34 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
Issued by National Weather Service Birmingham AL
450 AM EDT Wed Apr 23 2025

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Chattahoochee-Chattooga-Cherokee-Clarke-Clayton-Cobb-Coweta-
Crawford-Crisp-Dade-Dawson-DeKalb-Dodge-Dooly-Douglas-Emanuel-
Fannin-Fayette-Floyd-Forsyth-Gilmer-Glascock-Gordon-Greene-
Gwinnett-Hall-Hancock-Haralson-Harris-Heard-Henry-Houston-Jackson-
Jasper-Jefferson-Johnson-Jones-Lamar-Laurens-Lumpkin-Macon-
Madison-Marion-Meriwether-Monroe-Montgomery-Morgan-Murray-
Muscogee-Newton-North Fulton-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Paulding-Peach-
Pickens-Pike-Polk-Pulaski-Putnam-Rockdale-Schley-South Fulton-
Spalding-Stewart-Sumter-Talbot-Taliaferro-Taylor-Telfair-Toombs-
Towns-Treutlen-Troup-Twiggs-Union-Upson-Walker-Walton-Warren-
Washington-Webster-Wheeler-White-Whitfield-Wilcox-Wilkes-
Wilkinson-
450 AM EDT Wed Apr 23 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north and central Georgia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight...

Scattered thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon and
evening across portions of north Georgia. A Marginal Risk (Level 1
of 5) is in effect this afternoon for portions of east central
Georgia. The primary risks will be isolated damaging winds gusts
and a storm or two capable of hail up to an inch in diameter.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday...

Isolated thunderstorms are forecast for Thursday through Sunday
across portions of north and central Georgia, with highest chances
across north Georgia. Widespread severe storms are not expected
at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 23, 3:27 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 23, 3:28 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 23, 3:29 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 23, 3:53 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 23, 4:04 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 23, 4:07 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 1:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette	24 min
Apr 23, 1:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	32 min
Apr 23, 1:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	26 min
Apr 23, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	25 min
Apr 23, 1:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	31 min
Apr 23, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens, Washington	33 min
Apr 23, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	28 min
Apr 23, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	34 min
Apr 23, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	37 min
Apr 23, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford	34 min
Apr 23, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	33 min
Apr 23, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	30 min
Apr 23, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether	32 min
Apr 23, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	35 min
Apr 23, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	33 min
Apr 23, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	32 min
Apr 23, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	29 min
Apr 23, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield	34 min
Apr 23, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	33 min
Apr 23, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	32 min
Apr 23, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Warren	31 min
Apr 23, 3:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry, Spalding	37 min
Apr 23, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	26 min
Apr 23, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taliaferro	23 min
Apr 23, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	23 min
Apr 23, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	56 min
Apr 23, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	24 min
Apr 23, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Taliaferro	34 min
Apr 23, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	38 min
Apr 23, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Wilkes	32 min
Apr 23, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	29 min
Apr 23, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	23 min
Apr 23, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	31 min
Apr 23, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow	30 min
Apr 23, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	27 min
Apr 23, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gilmer	24 min
Apr 23, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	37 min
Apr 23, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	24 min
Apr 23, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	37 min
Apr 23, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	27 min
Apr 23, 7:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	26 min
Apr 23, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gilmer	25 min
Apr 23, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	38 min
Apr 23, 7:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lumpkin	35 min
Apr 23, 7:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	25 min
Apr 23, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	33 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.