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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 287, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 9, 2011Meriwether County, Troup County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2011, 6:42 PM EDT for Meriwether County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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 9, 2011, 6:42 PM EDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2011, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Meriwether County, GA, Troup County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 6:53 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG9 Nw Greenville, GASEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS NORTHWEST MERIWETHER COUNTY.
Jun 9, 6:53 PM EDTHAIL 0.889 Nw Greenville, 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 40 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 2011-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 830 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 2011-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -56 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
830 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1434 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 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.

502 
WUUS52 KFFC 092242
SVRFFC
GAC199-285-092315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0287.110609T2242Z-110609T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
642 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHEASTERN TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 640 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 NEAR LONE
  OAK...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
  AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! 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 3322 8490 3321 8486 3320 8487 3319 8486
      3321 8485 3320 8473 3303 8479 3304 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 111DEG 6KT 3314 8482

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 8:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson36 min
Jun 9, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth44 min
Jun 9, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalker51 min
Jun 9, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth41 min
Jun 9, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth35 min
Jun 9, 2:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson38 min
Jun 9, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens25 min
Jun 9, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall49 min
Jun 9, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite44 min
Jun 9, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett45 min
Jun 9, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray38 min
Jun 9, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin41 min
Jun 9, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion21 min
Jun 9, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson30 min
Jun 9, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe26 min
Jun 9, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry36 min
Jun 9, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee34 min
Jun 9, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion30 min
Jun 9, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry28 min
Jun 9, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton35 min
Jun 9, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton23 min
Jun 9, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach34 min
Jun 9, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks31 min
Jun 9, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade, Walker27 min
Jun 9, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan26 min
Jun 9, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale35 min
Jun 9, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan34 min
Jun 9, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor25 min
Jun 9, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor24 min
Jun 9, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris35 min
Jun 9, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot34 min
Jun 9, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones25 min
Jun 9, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper32 min
Jun 9, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether25 min
Jun 9, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Oglethorpe31 min
Jun 9, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding24 min
Jun 9, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup25 min
Jun 9, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam27 min
Jun 9, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding32 min
Jun 9, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup24 min
Jun 9, 7:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll24 min
Jun 9, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta32 min
Jun 9, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas37 min
Jun 9, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard35 min
Jun 9, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta26 min
Jun 9, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock37 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.