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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 17, 2013Heard County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2013, 7:01 PM EDT for Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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, 2013, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2013, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Heard County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 56 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: 749 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 829 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

429 
WUUS52 KFFC 172301
SVRFFC
GAC149-172345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0161.130617T2301Z-130617T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
701 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HEARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 657 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60
  MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRANKLIN...
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO 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...HAIL OR 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. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.

&&

LAT...LON 3336 8499 3328 8496 3328 8495 3323 8494
      3317 8508 3319 8510 3316 8513 3312 8524
      3317 8525 3328 8527
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 258DEG 26KT 3319 8524

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 17, 2:58 PM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 2:58 PM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
258 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
MODELS CONTINUE TO PROGG A WET 24 TO 36 HOURS FOR THE CWA. A VERY
MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ADDED TO DAYTIME HEATING THIS
AFTERNOON IS CAUSING CONVECTION TO BECOME NUMEROUS ACROSS THE
REGION. THIS SHOULD DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING...BUT AS THE UPPER
SHORT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE TROUGH MOVES CLOSER TO THE
CWA...EXPECT CONVECTION TO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS
NORTHWEST GA AND SPREAD SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. WILL GO
WITH LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL POPS TUESDAY. AS THE SYSTEM PULLS AWAY
TUESDAY NIGHT...THE PRECIP WILL DIMINISH FROM THE NORTHWEST. TEMPS
WILL BE TRICKY TUESDAY. THE NAM IS GOING FOR NO SUNSHINE AND IS
THEREFORE MUCH COOLER THAN THE GFS. WILL GO WITH A COMPROMISE AS
ANY SUNSHINE WILL BOOST TEMPS.

LATEST PROGS INDICATE THAT HIGH K-VALUES OF 40+ WILL CONTINUE UNTIL
THE TROUGH PASSES. WE WILL ALSO HAVE PW OF 1.8 TO 2.2 INCHES.
ALTHOUGH CANT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM ON TUESDAY...FEEL
THE BIGGEST THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. AT
THIS POINT THE PRECIP DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT WILL BE WIDESPREAD
ENOUGH FOR A FLOOD WATCH...HOWEVER LOCALIZED FLOODING...MAINLY OF
DRAINAGE DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS ON ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

17

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
HAVE CONTINUED TO TREND TOWARDS THE ECMWF SOLUTION THROUGH THE
EXTENDED PERIOD GIVEN THE GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE SHORT TERM MODELS
THROUGH MID WEEK. GFS CONTINUES TO BE MORE OF AN OUTLIER WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SURFACE LOW FEATURE OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND
TRACKING IT OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. MODEL
CONSENSUS SHOWS A WEAKER SURFACE FEATURE...TRACKING INTO THE
CAROLINAS AND OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGS
INTO SOUTH GEORGIA. HAVE ADJUSTED POPS AND WX GRIDS ACCORDINGLY TO
ACCOUNT FOR LATEST MODEL CONSENSUS TRENDS.

BY THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK...SURFACE HIGH POSITIONED OVER THE
CAROLINAS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN PSEUDO-CAD EVENT...LIMITING
INSTABILITY TO THE PERIPHERY. OVERALL...GIVEN MODEL UNCERTAINTY WITH
THE LATE WEEK SETUP...HAVE OPTED TO MAKE VERY MINOR CHANGES...IF
ANY...TO THE POP AND WX GRIDS.

THE PREVIOUS FORECAST DISCUSSION IS INCLUDED BELOW...

31

/ISSUED AT 513 AM EDT MON JUN 17 2013/
GFS SOLUTION STARTING TO COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH ECMWF WITH
EXTENT OF ENHANCED MOISTURE FIELD AND MAIN INFLUENCING UPPER LEVEL
FEATURES. BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO BE
WITH AN UPPER SHORTWAVE AND WEAK BOUNDARY PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA
AT THE START OF THE LONG TERM. AS FRONT SLOWLY SAGS SOUTHWARD...IT
WILL FOCUS THE GREATER CHANCE POPS FOR DEVELOPMENT ACROSS PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH MIDWEEK. BY THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND...A
PARENT 1020-1024 MB SFC HIGH SLIDING EAST OF THE MID-ATLANTIC LOOKS
TO RESULT IN HYBRID CAD FOR THE FORECAST AREA. THIS SHOULD SERVE TO
LIMIT INSTABILITY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EAST AND POTENTIALLY FOCUS
DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT NEAR THE PERIPHERY. GUIDANCE
HAS DISCREPANCIES ON THE AMOUNT OF OVERRUNNING MOISTURE AND THERE
DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE MUCH ISENTROPIC LIFT FORECAST AT THE MOMENT.
THERE IS STILL DECENT UNCERTAINTY WITH THE AMOUNT OF PRECIP COVERAGE
DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF THE WEDGE SO FUTURE RUNS WILL NEED TO BE
MONITORED FOR ANY INCREASED SIGNALS. ALL CONSIDERED...HAVE SLIGHT TO
LOW END CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD AND TEMPS
LOOK TO BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.

BAKER

&&

.AVIATION...
18Z UPDATE...
WIDESPREAD CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS...THEN THERE SHOULD BE A LULL. THE NEXT SHORT
WAVE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE TROUGH WILL APPROACH GA FROM THE WEST
LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY INCREASING THE CONVECTION AGAIN. WINDS WILL
REMAIN SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE FORECAST. VFR CIGS TODAY...EXCEPT
POSSIBLY DROPPING TO MVFR IN TSRA. CIGS WILL DROP TO MVFR OVER MOST
OF THE AREA AFTER 06Z...THEN LIFT TO VFR TOWARD 18Z TUE.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE...
MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON ALL ELEMENTS.

17

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          70  82  69  87 /  80  90  40  20
ATLANTA         70  83  69  85 /  90  90  30  20
BLAIRSVILLE     67  77  63  81 /  90  90  30  20
CARTERSVILLE    70  81  67  86 /  90  90  30  20
COLUMBUS        75  89  73  89 /  70  70  60  40
GAINESVILLE     69  80  67  83 /  90  90  30  20
MACON           72  89  72  89 /  60  70  60  40
ROME            70  80  67  87 /  90  90  30  20
PEACHTREE CITY  70  84  68  86 /  90  90  40  30
VIDALIA         71  92  73  88 /  60  50  60  40

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...17
LONG TERM....31
AVIATION...17

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 6:02 AM EDT, 12 hours 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
602 AM EDT MON JUN 17 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-181015-
BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA-
CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA-
CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL-
FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE-
GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON-
JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON-
MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY-
MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH-
PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON-
SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS-
TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN-
WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES-
WILKINSON-
602 AM EDT MON JUN 17 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH TONIGHT WITH THE GREATEST CHANCE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA.
SOME AREAS HAVE EXPERIENCED HEAVY RAINFALL OF SEVERAL INCHES FROM
PREVIOUS OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING STORMS...THEREFORE ANY
CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING OF STORMS WILL POSE A THREAT
FOR FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND URBAN AREAS. BESIDES HEAVY
RAINFALL...OTHER MAIN THREATS WITH ANY STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL
INCLUDE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK AS UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCES ENHANCE DEVELOPMENT IN A MOIST AND UNSTABLE
ENVIRONMENT. THE GREATEST CHANCE WILL BE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA
THROUGH TUESDAY. THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH ANY DEVELOPMENT WILL BE
GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.

A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY LOOKS TO STALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
GEORGIA INTO MIDWEEK...HELPING TO AID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.
BY THURSDAY INTO NEXT WEEKEND A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM LOOKS TO
BUILD INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHEAST...WHICH MAY SERVE TO LIMIT
INSTABILITY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EAST AND POTENTIALLY FOCUS
DEVELOPMENT NEAR THE PERIPHERY TOWARD THE SOUTH AND WEST PORTIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 17, 5:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
553 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CANTON                  34.24N 84.49W
06/17/2013                   CHEROKEE           GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A TREE FELL ON A HOUSE ON KENNETT STREET. A TREE ALSO
            FELL ON A VEHICLE IN THE SAME GENERAL LOCATION.

&&

BLYNN

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
600 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013

GAZ033-042-044-045-053>055-172230-
600 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN CARROLL...COWETA...
DEKALB...FAYETTE...CLAYTON AND FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

AT 557 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PALMETTO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS CARROLL...COWETA...DEKALB...FAYETTE...
CLAYTON AND FULTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND TYRONE...
CHATTAHOOCHEE HILL COUNTRY...PALMETTO...CANNONGATE...DUNAWAY
GARDENS...ROSCOE...BYERS CROSSROADS...FAIRBURN...SANDY CREEK...UNION
CITY...CEDAR GROVE...KENWOOD...GRESHAM PARK...LAKEWOOD PARK AND
HAPEVILLE. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.

&&

LAT...LON 3355 8496 3358 8481 3360 8480 3376 8419
      3362 8411 3365 8418 3365 8422 3363 8424
      3365 8424 3365 8428 3359 8424 3355 8426
      3355 8429 3351 8428 3342 8495
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 260DEG 11KT 3353 8461

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:13 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
613 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013

GAZ060-061-172245-
613 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IN PUTNAM AND
HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER OCONEE SPRINGS PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS PUTNAM AND HANCOCK COUNTIES...INCLUDING
AREAS AROUND FLAT ROCK...BEULAH...WARFIELD...ROCKVILLE...OCONEE
SPRINGS PARK...PLANT HARLEE BRANCH...PHOENIX...EATONTON...DEVEREUX...
SHOULDERBONE...SPRINGFIELD...POWELTON...CULVERTON AND SPARTA.
RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND
TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.

&&

LAT...LON 3328 8278 3307 8311 3315 8309 3317 8316
      3328 8321 3325 8326 3319 8328 3317 8332
      3318 8355 3343 8353 3348 8329 3340 8324
      3340 8322 3338 8322 3339 8319 3336 8316
      3347 8301 3345 8299 3345 8288
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 244DEG 12KT 3327 8314

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:14 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
614 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013

GAZ036>038-047-172245-
614 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IN WALTON...
OGLETHORPE...OCONEE AND CLARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS WALTON...OGLETHORPE...OCONEE AND CLARKE
COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND NORTH HIGH SHOALS...GOOD HOPE...
BOGART...EASTVILLE...BISHOP...WESTGATE PARK...WATKINSVILLE...
BEECHWOOD HILLS...STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA...OCONEE
HEIGHTS...DUNLAP...SMITHONIA...CRAWFORD...ARNOLDSVILLE AND JAMES
HOLLAND YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY
INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED
UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.

&&

LAT...LON 3379 8348 3382 8350 3378 8354 3376 8361
      3391 8367 3390 8365 3400 8350 3404 8335
      3400 8326 3401 8323 3400 8322 3403 8317
      3386 8311
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 253DEG 17KT 3388 8354

Local storm report, Jun 17, 6:30 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
630 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0605 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CANTON                  34.24N 84.49W
06/17/2013                   CHEROKEE           GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A TREE FELL ON A HOUSE IN CANTON ON MCLAIN STREET.
            SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE AFFECTED BY NEW POWER OUTAGES.

&&

BLYNN

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:54 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
654 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013

GAZ052-172330-
654 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IN HEARD
COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

AT 653 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF WARESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS HEARD COUNTY...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND
GLENN...WARESVILLE...TEXAS AND FRANKLIN. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA
SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT
BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.

&&

LAT...LON 3336 8509 3319 8504 3317 8508 3319 8510
      3316 8513 3312 8524 3317 8525 3331 8527
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 254DEG 24KT 3318 8538

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 8:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd	27 min
Jun 16, 8:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd, Whitfield	29 min
Jun 16, 9:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd, Gordon	48 min
Jun 16, 9:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd, Polk	27 min
Jun 16, 9:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Pickens, Polk	38 min
Jun 16, 10:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Gilmer, Haralson, Paulding and 2 more	49 min
Jun 16, 11:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson	36 min
Jun 16, 11:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton	33 min
Jun 16, 11:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett	65 min
Jun 17, 1:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Heard	33 min
Jun 17, 1:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Heard	45 min
Jun 17, 2:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	45 min
Jun 17, 3:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	45 min
Jun 17, 4:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	56 min
Jun 17, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Gwinnett	35 min
Jun 17, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	32 min
Jun 17, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	38 min
Jun 17, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Pike	34 min
Jun 17, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	32 min
Jun 17, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	23 min
Jun 17, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Monroe	35 min
Jun 17, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock	32 min
Jun 17, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	34 min
Jun 17, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	32 min
Jun 17, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	30 min
Jun 17, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	8 min
Jun 17, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton	37 min
Jun 17, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Oconee	27 min
Jun 17, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton	30 min
Jun 17, 6:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Carroll, Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton	6 hr
Jun 17, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock, Putnam	32 min
Jun 17, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Oconee	31 min
Jun 17, 6:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, Oconee, Walton	6 hr
Jun 17, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	36 min
Jun 17, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Troup	38 min
Jun 17, 7:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	33 min
Jun 17, 7:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Meriwether, Troup	50 min
Jun 17, 7:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	28 min
Jun 17, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Jones	26 min
Jun 17, 7:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Spalding	50 min
Jun 17, 7:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	32 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.