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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 319, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 22, 2006Crawford County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2006, 5:42 PM EDT for Crawford County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2006, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crawford County, GA

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 222143
SVRFFC
GAC079-222230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0319.060622T2142Z-060622T2230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES      
  SOUTHEAST OF ROBERTA MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  KNOXVILLE AND HORNS.

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 3254 8398 3271 8376 3283 8391 3274 8406
      3257 8405

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 222214
SVSFFC

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

GAC079-222230-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0319.000000T0000Z-060622T2230Z/
CRAWFORD GA-
614 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY...

AT 614 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 3 
MILES EAST OF KNOXVILLE...AND MOVING WEST NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HORNS
AND ROBERTA

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND 
FREQUENT 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.

THE SLOW MOVING STORM COULD RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ACROSS LOW 
LYING...FLOOD PRONE AREAS. BRIEF FLOODING OF ROADWAYS IS POSSIBLE 
AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HYDROPLANING...AND DO 
NOT DRIVE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS.

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 3254 8398 3271 8376 3283 8391 3274 8406
      3257 8405

$$

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 Jun 22, 4:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 4:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
406 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST WEAKENING AND SHORT WAVE OVER
CENTRAL PORTION OF NATION MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST SPELLS A
BIT OF A CHANGE GOING INTO THE WEEKEND. ATMOSPHERE IS BECOMING
MORE MOIST AND UNSTABLE OVER THE AREA AND AS A RESULT WE ARE SEEING
MORE CONVECTION FIRE THIS AFTERNOON. DUE TO THE HOT TEMPERATURES AND
INVERTED V SOUNDING WE SHOULD SEE SOME MICROBURST ACTIVITY AND HAVE
ALREADY HAD SOME REPORTS OF TREES DOWN IN A COUPLE OF STORMS THIS
AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH WET BULB FREEZING LEVEL IS ON THE HIGH SIDE
FOR HAIL NEVERTHELESS GOOD CAPES PRODUCING STRONG ENOUGH STORMS
FOR NICKEL TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. WILL LIKELY SEE THE CONVECTION
CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING THEN FADE.

EXPECT TO SEE A REPEAT FOR FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BEGIN TO MODERATE
A BIT FRIDAY AND EVEN MORE OVER THE WEEKEND WITH THE INCREASE
CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION. THE OVERALL INCREASE IN MOISTURE MAY ACTUALLY
REDUCE THE AFTERNOON MICROBURST POTENTIAL HOWEVER WITH THE
FRONT/TROUGH APPROACHING AND INCREASING SHEAR THERE WILL LIKELY BE
A LEAST ISOLATED SEVERE EACH DAY GOING INTO THE WEEKEND.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
GFS SHOWING GENERAL TROUGHING OVER THE EASTERN U.S. DURING THE
PERIOD. AXIS OF TROUGH IS SUCH THE GFS TENDS TO KEEP THE BEST MOISTURE
VALUES JUST EAST OF FFC CWA AND ALONG THE EAST COAST WHICH WOULD
MINIMIZE THE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION FOR THE FFC CWA. OTHER MODELS
SHOW THE TROUGH A BIT FURTHER WEST WHICH WOULD GIVE THE AREA A BETTER
CHANCE. ALSO SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC SHOWN BY GFS TO MOVE TO
THE EAST COAST BY FIRST PART OF WEEK WOULD ALSO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE
AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION FOR THE AREA. AT THIS TIME WILL KEEP POPS IN
THE CHANCE CATEGORY WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL FOR LATE JUNE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATLANTA         73  93  72  90 /  20  30  30  40
ATHENS          70  98  69  92 /  20  30  30  40
GAINESVILLE     72  91  70  88 /  20  30  30  40
ROME            71  99  70  95 /  20  30  30  40
COLUMBUS        74  97  74  95 /  20  20  20  30
MACON           69  97  71  95 /  20  20  20  30

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

38

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 11:30 AM EDT, 6 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1130 AM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-230900-
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-
MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-
GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
1130 AM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SYNOPSIS...
A BROAD RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WESTERN
ATLANTIC AND SOUTHEAST. A SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WILL
BECOME ENHANCED THIS AFTERNOON.

.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING
WINDS. LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH
ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...MAINLY
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DISCUSSION...
THE AIRMASS WILL BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH CAPES
OF 1500 TO 2000 AND LIFTED INDICES OF MINUS 3 TO MINUS 5. A SURFACE
TROUGH LOCATED WILL BECOME ENHANCED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS
AFTERNOON WITH THE HOT TEMPERATURES EXPECTED...AND THIS COULD AID
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER...A LIMITING FACTOR WILL BE HIGH
PRESSURE ALOFT THAT WILL BE CENTERED OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL AID IN SUPPRESSING
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF ANY SEVERE STORMS...SPOTTER ACTIVATION
IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 3:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
318 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0310 PM     HAIL             SANDERSVILLE            32.98N 82.81W
06/22/2006  E1.00 INCH       WASHINGTON         GA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0310 PM     HAIL             NEWNAN                  33.38N 84.79W
06/22/2006  E1.00 INCH       COWETA             GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
411 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

GAZ011-019-222100-
411 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA SIZED HAIL
AND 40 MPH WINDS IN FLOYD AND EASTERN CHATTOOGA COUNTIES UNTIL 500
PM EDT...

AT 408 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF TIDINGS TO ROME...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF CHATTOOGA COUNTY AND FLOYD COUNTY.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS.
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN
EMERGENCY.

15

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
433 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

GAZ041-222100-
433 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HALF INCH HAIL
AND 45 MPH WIND GUSTS IN HARALSON COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

AT 429 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BUDAPEST...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HALF INCH HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES
TOWARD TALLAPOOSA. HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.

LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS.
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN
EMERGENCY.

15

Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:07 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
507 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0315 PM     HAIL             NEWNAN                  33.38N 84.79W
06/22/2006  E1.75 INCH       COWETA             GA   PUBLIC

0410 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CARROLLTON              33.58N 85.08W
06/22/2006                   CARROLL            GA   AMATEUR RADIO

            HALF A DOZEN TREES DOWN.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:16 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
516 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0513 PM     HAIL             CEDARTOWN               34.02N 85.26W
06/22/2006  E1.00 INCH       POLK               GA   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:36 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
536 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0520 PM     HAIL             3 S MACON               32.79N 83.66W
06/22/2006  E0.75 INCH       BIBB               GA   PUBLIC

0532 PM     HAIL             MOUNTVILLE              33.04N 84.88W
06/22/2006  E1.00 INCH       TROUP              GA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Washington	33 min
Jun 22, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Walker	43 min
Jun 22, 3:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta	26 min
Jun 22, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta	31 min
Jun 22, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga	30 min
Jun 22, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Washington	35 min
Jun 22, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll	41 min
Jun 22, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Twiggs	49 min
Jun 22, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb	47 min
Jun 22, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Polk	40 min
Jun 22, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether	47 min
Jun 22, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Troup	34 min
Jun 22, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris	42 min
Jun 22, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Peach	39 min
Jun 22, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly	28 min
Jun 22, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Sumter	47 min
Jun 22, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow	33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2006 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.