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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 16, 2025Montgomery County, Toombs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 2025, 7:48 AM EST for Montgomery County, Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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
Feb 16, 2025, 7:48 AM EST (12:48 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2025, 8:15 AM EST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Montgomery County, GA, Toombs County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 16, 2:02 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 187 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2025-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2025-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1130 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
999 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
112 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1026 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

906 
WUUS52 KFFC 161248
SVRFFC
GAC209-279-161315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0021.250216T1248Z-250216T1315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
748 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Toombs County in southeastern Georgia...
  Montgomery County in central Georgia...

* Until 815 AM EST.

* At 748 AM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Normantown to near Ailey to near Spring Hill,
  moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Lyons, Mount Vernon, Vidalia, Uvalda, Ailey, Higgston, Santa Claus,
  Alston, Center, Toombs Central, Ohoopee, New Branch, Ponderosa,
  McNatt Falls, Kibbee, South Thompson, English Eddy, Grays Landing,
  Rock Springs, and Cedar Crossing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

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.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 AM EST for central,
southeastern and east central Georgia.

&&

LAT...LON 3194 8228 3193 8231 3194 8238 3196 8238
      3195 8239 3197 8244 3197 8249 3196 8250
      3195 8248 3195 8251 3202 8260 3213 8263
      3234 8251 3235 8240 3232 8236 3229 8235
      3229 8228 3232 8223 3217 8218 3191 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 1248Z 269DEG 40KT 3231 8242 3212 8256 3200 8269 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 11:29 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryFFCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton and 25 more6 hr
Feb 15, 11:33 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee41 hr
Feb 16, 2:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Walker and 1 more48 min
Feb 16, 2:45 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCDade, Walker30 min
Feb 16, 2:59 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon and 4 more46 min
Feb 16, 3:21 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Haralson, Heard, Paulding, Polk39 min
Feb 16, 3:37 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer and 6 more53 min
Feb 16, 3:46 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Troup44 min
Feb 16, 3:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard and 1 more49 min
Feb 16, 4:02 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCCoweta, Heard, Meriwether, Pike, Troup43 min
Feb 16, 4:11 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Lumpkin, Pickens34 min
Feb 16, 4:11 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Stewart, Talbot49 min
Feb 16, 4:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette and 6 more50 min
Feb 16, 4:25 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Spalding, Troup35 min
Feb 16, 4:32 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Harris, Henry, Lamar and 6 more43 min
Feb 16, 4:40 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Talbot35 min
Feb 16, 4:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Butts, Clarke, Clayton, DeKalb, Gwinnett and 9 more42 min
Feb 16, 4:50 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Jackson, Madison25 min
Feb 16, 4:52 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Newton and 2 more23 min
Feb 16, 5:02 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFFCChattahoochee, Crawford, Harris, Macon, Marion, Muscogee and 8 more58 min
Feb 16, 5:05 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Butts, Crawford, Henry, Jasper and 8 more55 min
Feb 16, 5:07 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart, Webster53 min
Feb 16, 5:07 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCButts, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Newton38 min
Feb 16, 5:11 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCButts, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Putnam49 min
Feb 16, 5:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Clarke, Greene, Hancock, Jackson, Jasper and 9 more44 min
Feb 16, 5:27 AM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedFFCGreene, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam33 min
Feb 16, 5:39 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs, Wilkinson39 min
Feb 16, 5:53 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren and 1 more52 min
Feb 16, 5:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Crawford, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Houston and 9 more65 min
Feb 16, 5:59 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Glascock, Hancock, Houston and 10 more61 min
Feb 16, 6:34 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd10 hr
Feb 16, 6:47 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCDodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler43 min
Feb 16, 6:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery and 4 more66 min
Feb 16, 6:57 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs and 3 more63 min
Feb 16, 7:48 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGordon12 hr
Feb 16, 8:00 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJeff Davis30 min
Feb 16, 8:01 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCandler14 min
Feb 16, 8:15 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs15 min
Feb 16, 11:56 AM ESTWind AdvisoryFFCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Catoosa, Cherokee and 47 more6 hr

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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.