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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 335, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 16, 2011Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2011, 5:54 PM EDT for Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 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 16, 2011, 5:54 PM EDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2011, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 2011-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 179 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 2011-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
179 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-300 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1016 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

603 
WUUS52 KFFC 162154
SVRFFC
GAC315-162245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0335.110616T2154Z-110616T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
554 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 548 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 PITTS...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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

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 3197 8361 3206 8351 3197 8329 3184 8341
      3184 8347
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 305DEG 7KT 3200 8352

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 8:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee, Oglethorpe44 min
Jun 15, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Fannin, Lumpkin24 min
Jun 15, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan31 min
Jun 15, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee35 min
Jun 15, 8:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow13 min
Jun 15, 8:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalker24 min
Jun 15, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Morgan, Walton53 min
Jun 15, 8:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding35 min
Jun 15, 8:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow29 min
Jun 15, 8:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth51 min
Jun 15, 9:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee28 min
Jun 15, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk17 min
Jun 15, 9:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow26 min
Jun 15, 9:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Fulton45 min
Jun 15, 9:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon44 min
Jun 15, 9:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Morgan, Oconee, Walton24 min
Jun 15, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens42 min
Jun 15, 10:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Newton53 min
Jun 15, 10:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler51 min
Jun 15, 10:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Coweta, Fayette, Lamar, Monroe, Pike and 1 more28 min
Jun 15, 10:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel36 min
Jun 15, 10:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Cherokee, Paulding, Polk44 min
Jun 15, 10:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen57 min
Jun 15, 10:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Walker, Whitfield38 min
Jun 15, 10:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens33 min
Jun 15, 10:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding31 min
Jun 15, 10:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler43 min
Jun 15, 10:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp33 min
Jun 15, 11:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett2 hr
Jun 15, 11:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Dooly, Harris, Peach, Talbot, Taylor26 min
Jun 15, 11:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Fulton, Haralson, Paulding41 min
Jun 15, 11:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Marion, Muscogee and 5 more50 min
Jun 15, 11:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Pulaski47 min
Jun 15, 11:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler40 min
Jun 15, 11:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Douglas, Paulding22 min
Jun 15, 11:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Treutlen44 min
Jun 15, 11:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Houston, Pulaski15 min
Jun 15, 11:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Schley38 min
Jun 15, 11:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster20 min
Jun 16, 12:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll25 min
Jun 16, 12:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler50 min
Jun 16, 12:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee39 min
Jun 16, 12:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee22 min
Jun 16, 12:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Pike, Spalding, Talbot40 min
Jun 16, 1:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley, Stewart40 min
Jun 16, 1:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Crawford37 min
Jun 16, 9:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether, Troup33 min
Jun 16, 9:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot45 min
Jun 16, 9:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Talbot46 min
Jun 16, 10:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot46 min
Jun 16, 1:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee43 min
Jun 16, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon, Marion41 min
Jun 16, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster45 min
Jun 16, 2:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon, Schley, Sumter50 min
Jun 16, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly, Sumter42 min
Jun 16, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair18 min
Jun 16, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wilcox43 min
Jun 16, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox18 min
Jun 16, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair27 min
Jun 16, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair35 min
Jun 16, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair46 min
Jun 16, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery48 min
Jun 16, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge26 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.