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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 26, 2006Towns County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2006, 3:48 PM EDT for Towns County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report 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
May 26, 2006, 3:48 PM EDT (19:48 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2006, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Towns County, GA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 3:55 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Young Harris, GA

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 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 2006-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1030 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2006-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1030 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1045 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 261947
SVRFFC
GAC281-262030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0252.060526T1948Z-060526T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
348 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TOWNS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR YOUNG
  HARRIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TATE
  CITY...PRESLEY...HIAWASSEE AND ALEXANDERS MILL.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER 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.

LAT...LON 3498 8392 3491 8391 3479 8367 3498 8354

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 262025
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
425 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

GAC281-262035-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-060526T2030Z/
TOWNS GA-
425 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TOWNS COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE AT 430 PM EDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED
OUT OF THE COUNTY.

IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER 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.

LAT...LON 3498 8392 3491 8391 3479 8367 3498 8354

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 2:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett35 min
May 26, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade29 min
May 26, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa30 min
May 26, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker47 min
May 26, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhitfield41 min
May 26, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray37 min
May 26, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin48 min
May 26, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett21 min
May 26, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer32 min
May 26, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd38 min
May 26, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga31 min
May 26, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke14 min
May 26, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOconee30 min
May 26, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow43 min
May 26, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd62 min
May 26, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer, Pickens22 min
May 26, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk66 min
May 26, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding25 min

Nearby

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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.