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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 22, 2006Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2006, 3:40 PM EDT for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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
Jun 22, 2006, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2006, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Washington County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 2006-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 751 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 2006-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 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
751 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-175 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 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 221940
SVRFFC
GAC303-222015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0310.060622T1940Z-060622T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
340 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 338 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OCONEE...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  HARRISON.

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 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 3286 8297 3276 8296 3280 8272 3293 8275

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 222011
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
405 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

GAC303-222015-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-060622T2015Z/
WASHINGTON GA-
405 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY...

AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL 
AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY. THIS STORM 
WAS LOCATED IN BETWEEN OCONEE AND IRWINS CROSSROADS AND NEARLY 
STATIONARY.

HEAVY RAIN WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY CAUSE TEMPORARY STREET 
FLOODING IN LOW LYING OR POORLY DRAINING AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED 
TO USE EXTREME CAUTION AND SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. 

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 3286 8297 3276 8296 3280 8272 3293 8275

$$


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington33 min
Jun 22, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalker43 min
Jun 22, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta26 min
Jun 22, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta31 min
Jun 22, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga30 min
Jun 22, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll41 min
Jun 22, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs49 min
Jun 22, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb47 min
Jun 22, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk40 min
Jun 22, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether47 min
Jun 22, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup34 min
Jun 22, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris42 min
Jun 22, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPeach39 min
Jun 22, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford48 min
Jun 22, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly28 min
Jun 22, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter47 min
Jun 22, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow33 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.