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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 402, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 27, 2011Talbot County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2011, 11:04 AM EDT for Talbot County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min. 3 reports 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 27, 2011, 11:04 AM EDT (15:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2011, 11:45 AM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Talbot County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:06 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 11:15 AM EDTHAIL 0.25Woodland, GAUPSON EMC CREW MEMBER REPORTS HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE IN WOODLAND.
Jun 27, 11:15 AM EDTHAIL 1Woodland, GAUPSON EMC CREW MEMBER REPORTS NICKLE AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN WOODLAND.
Jun 27, 11:16 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ene Woodland, GAUPSON EMC REPORTED OVER HALF A DOZEN LINES DOWN IN THE AREA OF HWY 36...HARVEY INGRAM ROAD...AND MOUNTAIN VALLEY ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 2011-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 761 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 2011-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
761 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
705 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 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.

766 
WUUS52 KFFC 271504
SVRFFC
GAC263-271545-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0402.110627T1504Z-110627T1545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1104 AM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT

* AT 1100 AM 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
  WOODLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

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

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 3285 8464 3285 8456 3288 8451 3273 8432
      3272 8434 3270 8434 3257 8461 3279 8468
TIME...MOT...LOC 1504Z 310DEG 6KT 3279 8455

$$

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1 follow-up statement
687 
WWUS52 KFFC 271522
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1122 AM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

GAC263-271545-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0402.000000T0000Z-110627T1545Z/
TALBOT GA-
1122 AM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EDT
FOR TALBOT COUNTY...

AT 1118 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
PLEASANT HILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OLIVE
BRANCH...BIG LAZER CREEK WMA...PO BIDDY CROSSROADS...PRATTSBURG AND
TALBOTTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
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 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 3285 8464 3285 8456 3288 8451 3273 8432
      3272 8434 3270 8434 3257 8461 3279 8468
TIME...MOT...LOC 1522Z 310DEG 6KT 3278 8452

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 8:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston23 min
Jun 26, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam36 min
Jun 26, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee, Oglethorpe31 min
Jun 26, 8:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon26 min
Jun 26, 8:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Putnam50 min
Jun 26, 8:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart31 min
Jun 26, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Houston, Peach25 min
Jun 26, 8:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe39 min
Jun 26, 8:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster35 min
Jun 26, 8:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson34 min
Jun 26, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Butts, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe62 min
Jun 26, 9:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Houston, Twiggs27 min
Jun 26, 9:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler24 min
Jun 26, 9:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Greene, Hancock, Madison, Morgan, Oconee and 3 more62 min
Jun 26, 9:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter36 min
Jun 26, 9:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson46 min
Jun 26, 10:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Wheeler29 min
Jun 26, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen27 min
Jun 26, 10:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Wilcox28 min
Jun 26, 10:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair31 min
Jun 26, 10:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Toombs27 min
Jun 26, 10:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Emanuel, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs and 2 more49 min
Jun 26, 11:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery51 min
Jun 27, 9:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot45 min
Jun 27, 9:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion26 min
Jun 27, 10:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot21 min
Jun 27, 10:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot23 min
Jun 27, 11:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot27 min
Jun 27, 12:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot32 min
Jun 27, 12:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Paulding52 min
Jun 27, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor37 min
Jun 27, 1:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas25 min
Jun 27, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor49 min
Jun 27, 1:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton28 min
Jun 27, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Fayette30 min
Jun 27, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether51 min
Jun 27, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSpalding24 min
Jun 27, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup33 min
Jun 27, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris29 min
Jun 27, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray31 min
Jun 27, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris35 min
Jun 27, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Pickens49 min
Jun 27, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee38 min
Jun 27, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb26 min
Jun 27, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett46 min
Jun 27, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart43 min
Jun 27, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.