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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 367, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2009, 6:09 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 51 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 22, 2009, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2009, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bibb County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Houston County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Peach County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 6:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Powersville, GA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 49 AND HWY 247. SEVERAL ADDITIONAL TREES DOWN ON HWY 97. |
| Jun 22, 6:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Wsw Lizella, GA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 79 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 969 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1025 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KFFC 222209
SVRFFC
GAC021-079-153-207-225-222300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0367.090622T2209Z-090622T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
609 PM EDT MON JUN 22 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTH CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN PEACH COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 608 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
FORSYTH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BYRON
AND CENTERVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN
GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3294 8405 3301 8404 3308 8388 3265 8359
3255 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 331DEG 34KT 3295 8392
$$1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KFFC 222246 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 646 PM EDT MON JUN 22 2009 GAC021-079-153-207-225-222300- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0367.000000T0000Z-090622T2300Z/ HOUSTON GA-PEACH GA-CRAWFORD GA-BIBB GA-MONROE GA- 646 PM EDT MON JUN 22 2009 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE...WESTERN BIBB...EASTERN CRAWFORD... NORTHEASTERN PEACH AND NORTH CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTIES... AT 643 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BYRON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3287 8401 3296 8380 3265 8359 3255 8386 TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 333DEG 18KT 3262 8372 $$ 31/16
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Twiggs | 49 min |
| Jun 22, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Gordon, Pickens | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski | 24 min |
| Jun 22, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton | 51 min |
| Jun 22, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Treutlen, Wheeler | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Wilcox | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski | 26 min |
| Jun 22, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wheeler | 22 min |
| Jun 22, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Jones | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Washington | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Washington | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen | 26 min |
| Jun 22, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Wilkinson | 51 min |
| Jun 22, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach, Pulaski | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Pulaski, Wilcox | 29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.