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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 336, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 16, 2011Dodge County, Telfair County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2011, 6:59 PM EDT for Dodge County, Telfair County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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, 6:59 PM EDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2011, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Dodge County, GA, Telfair County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 190 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: 462 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

526 
WUUS52 KFFC 162259
SVRFFC
GAC091-271-162345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0336.110616T2259Z-110616T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 653 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 MILAN...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

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 3177 8300 3199 8316 3209 8303 3191 8268
      3188 8271 3185 8277 3184 8279 3178 8290
      3178 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 310DEG 16KT 3198 8302

$$

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 15, 11:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster	20 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.