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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 10, 2011Sumter County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2011, 7:40 PM EDT for Sumter County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 10, 2011, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2011, 8:11 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Sumter County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2011-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 492 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 2011-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
492 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-164 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1277 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 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.

678 
WUUS52 KFFC 102340
SVRFFC
GAC261-110030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0293.110610T2340Z-110611T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
740 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 736 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 7 MILES WEST
  OF LESLIE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3193 8393 3192 8427 3205 8420 3210 8401
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 061DEG 14KT 3197 8422

$$
1 follow-up statement
091 
WWUS52 KFFC 110011
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
811 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

GAC261-110020-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-110611T0030Z/
SUMTER GA-
811 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUMTER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED.

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 3193 8393 3192 8427 3205 8420 3210 8401
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 061DEG 14KT 3192 8434

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta15 min
Jun 9, 9:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta27 min
Jun 10, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor39 min
Jun 10, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWebster24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.