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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 327, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 15, 20114 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2011, 11:56 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 20 min. 1 report 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 15, 2011, 11:56 PM EDT (03:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2011, 12:16 AM EDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Marion County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Webster County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 16, 12:10 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ne Preston, GA	WEBSTER COUNTY 911 RELAYED A REPORT OF A DOWNED TREE.

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 15, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 134 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: 1682 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2119 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.4

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The text

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

702 
WUUS52 KFFC 160356
SVRFFC
GAC053-197-259-307-160445-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0327.110616T0356Z-110616T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1156 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHEASTERN STEWART COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT

* AT 1150 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 13 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF PRESTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SEMINOLE...CHURCH HILL...DRANEVILLE AND DUMAS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3217 8477 3233 8469 3223 8443 3218 8442
      3215 8443 3205 8443 3202 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 0356Z 292DEG 13KT 3222 8463

$$

1 follow-up statement

571 
WWUS52 KFFC 160416
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1216 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2011

GAC053-197-259-307-160426-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0327.000000T0000Z-110616T0445Z/
WEBSTER GA-STEWART GA-MARION GA-CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-
1216 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHATTAHOOCHEE...
SOUTHERN MARION...NORTHEASTERN STEWART AND NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 
SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...VERY 
HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

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 3217 8477 3233 8469 3223 8443 3218 8442
      3215 8443 3205 8443 3202 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 0416Z 292DEG 13KT 3219 8455

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oconee, Oglethorpe	44 min
Jun 15, 8:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson, Fannin, Lumpkin	24 min
Jun 15, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	31 min
Jun 15, 8:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee	35 min
Jun 15, 8:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	13 min
Jun 15, 8:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	24 min
Jun 15, 8:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Morgan, Walton	53 min
Jun 15, 8:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Paulding	35 min
Jun 15, 8:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow	29 min
Jun 15, 8:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	51 min
Jun 15, 9:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	28 min
Jun 15, 9:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd, Polk	17 min
Jun 15, 9:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	26 min
Jun 15, 9:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	45 min
Jun 15, 9:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	44 min
Jun 15, 9:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Morgan, Oconee, Walton	24 min
Jun 15, 10:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens	42 min
Jun 15, 10:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Newton	53 min
Jun 15, 10:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Telfair, Wheeler	51 min
Jun 15, 10:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Coweta, Fayette, Lamar, Monroe, Pike and 1 more	28 min
Jun 15, 10:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	36 min
Jun 15, 10:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Paulding, Polk	44 min
Jun 15, 10:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen	57 min
Jun 15, 10:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield	38 min
Jun 15, 10:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens	33 min
Jun 15, 10:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Paulding	31 min
Jun 15, 10:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler	43 min
Jun 15, 10:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	33 min
Jun 15, 11:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett	2 hr
Jun 15, 11:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Dooly, Harris, Peach, Talbot, Taylor	26 min
Jun 15, 11:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Fulton, Haralson, Paulding	41 min
Jun 15, 11:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Marion, Muscogee and 5 more	50 min
Jun 15, 11:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski	47 min
Jun 15, 11:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler	40 min
Jun 15, 11:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Douglas, Paulding	22 min
Jun 15, 11:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens, Treutlen	44 min
Jun 15, 11:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly, Houston, Pulaski	15 min
Jun 15, 11:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Macon, Schley	38 min
Jun 16, 12:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	25 min
Jun 16, 12:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler	50 min
Jun 16, 12:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	39 min
Jun 16, 12:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	22 min
Jun 16, 12:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Talbot	40 min
Jun 16, 1:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion, Schley, Stewart	40 min
Jun 16, 1:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Crawford	37 min
Jun 16, 9:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Troup	33 min
Jun 16, 9:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	45 min
Jun 16, 9:59 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Talbot	46 min
Jun 16, 10:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	46 min
Jun 16, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	43 min
Jun 16, 2:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon, Marion	41 min
Jun 16, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	45 min
Jun 16, 2:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon, Schley, Sumter	50 min
Jun 16, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Sumter	42 min
Jun 16, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Telfair	18 min
Jun 16, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Telfair, Wilcox	43 min
Jun 16, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilcox	51 min
Jun 16, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	18 min
Jun 16, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	27 min
Jun 16, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	35 min
Jun 16, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Telfair	46 min
Jun 16, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery	48 min
Jun 16, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	26 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.