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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 352, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 22, 2008Butts County, Henry County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2008, 4:50 PM EDT for Butts County, Henry County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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, 2008, 4:50 PM EDT (20:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2008, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Butts County, GA, Henry County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 2008-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1164 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2008-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
851 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 222050
SVRFFC
GAC035-151-222115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0352.080622T2050Z-080622T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
450 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BUTTS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 448 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
  FINCHERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 9 MPH.

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

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 3347 8395 3334 8386 3325 8399 3338 8411
      3348 8402
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 286DEG 8KT 3342 8403

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Wheeler45 min
Jun 22, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge23 min
Jun 22, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall32 min
Jun 22, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs52 min
Jun 22, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton42 min
Jun 22, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler48 min
Jun 22, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel45 min
Jun 22, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene32 min
Jun 22, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Putnam33 min
Jun 22, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor27 min
Jun 22, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock18 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.