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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 337, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 17, 2011Stewart County, Webster County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2011, 3:04 PM EDT for Stewart County, Webster County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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 17, 2011, 3:04 PM EDT (19:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Stewart County, GA, Webster County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2011-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 576 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 2011-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
576 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1061 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 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.

480 
WUUS52 KFFC 171904
SVRFFC
GAC259-307-171945-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0337.110617T1904Z-110617T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
304 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL STEWART COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WEBSTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 258 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
  RICHLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WESTON AND PRESTON.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3219 8459 3208 8449 3198 8447 3196 8475
      3207 8478
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 247DEG 10KT 3204 8467

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston46 min
Jun 16, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair47 min
Jun 16, 8:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge44 min
Jun 16, 9:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair55 min
Jun 17, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Haralson, Heard, Polk46 min
Jun 17, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Haralson50 min
Jun 17, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley36 min
Jun 17, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding43 min
Jun 17, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup51 min
Jun 17, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair, Wheeler25 min
Jun 17, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton37 min
Jun 17, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Meriwether, Muscogee43 min
Jun 17, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Stewart47 min
Jun 17, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair, Wheeler30 min
Jun 17, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry, Pike and 2 more44 min
Jun 17, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Muscogee32 min
Jun 17, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion34 min
Jun 17, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Macon48 min
Jun 17, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Butts, Crawford, Jasper, Monroe, Peach and 1 more20 min
Jun 17, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Crawford, Jasper, Jones, Peach, Putnam and 1 more50 min
Jun 17, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Morgan, Oconee, Walton30 min
Jun 17, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Houston, Peach, Twiggs26 min
Jun 17, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Twiggs35 min
Jun 17, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson30 min
Jun 17, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Putnam24 min
Jun 17, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Jackson25 min
Jun 17, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wilkinson43 min
Jun 17, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Madison44 min
Jun 17, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Greene, Hancock, Jefferson, Johnson, Taliaferro and 3 more25 min
Jun 17, 7:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes43 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.