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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 223, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 17, 2013Towns County, Union County, White County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2013, 4:47 PM EDT for Towns County, Union County, White County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 17, 2013, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2013, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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: 1643 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

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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 Jul 17, 3:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 3:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
337 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
CURRENT SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS MAIN EASTERN WAVE MOVING INTO NE GA AT
THE MOMENT. THE CURRENT RADAR LOP SHOWS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS POPPING UP ACROSS NE GA WHICH IS DEFINITELY BEING GENERATED
BY THIS WAVE. THE MAIN ENERGY FROM THIS WAVE IS EXPECTED TO STAY
ACROSS NORTH GA BUT BOTH OUR LOCAL WRF AND THE HRRR SHOW A BIT MORE
DIURNALLY DRIVEN POP UP SHRA/TSRA ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH 02-04Z
TONIGHT. THE SURFACE TO UPPER LEVEL RIDGE KEEPS OUR AREA IN MOIST
EASTERLY FLOW THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. THE MODELS ARE SHOWING ANOTHER
WEAKER WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THU IN THIS EASTERLY FLOW. WITH
THIS IN MIND SHOULD SEE ANOTHER DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTIVE DAY THU.
THERE IS VERY LITTLE SHEAR IN THIS ATMOSPHERE BUT THE CAPES AND LIS
BOTH PEAK BETWEEN 18Z AND 00Z THIS AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY. TODAY
SHOULD BE THE WARMEST DAY THIS WEEK WITH RISING THICKNESSES TODAY
HOWEVER PRECIP/CLOUDS MAY OFFSET THE WARMING A LITTLE. H5 HEIGHTS
WILL BE DROPPING THURSDAY YIELDING A SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS. STAYING
CLOSE TO CURRENT FORECAST TEMPS AS THEY STILL LOOKS GOOD.

01

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
NO SIG CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED. ONLY CHANGE WERE TO THE POPS ON
SUNDAY WHERE OUR NEIGHBORS AND GUIDANCE SUGGESTS A LIKELY CHANCE
OF POPS. DECIDED TO GO WITH THAT FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE
UPDATED THE DEWPOINTS...WINDS AND TEMPERATURES WITH NEW GUIDANCE.
HAVE ATTACHED PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOR BREVITY.

ARG

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 730 AM EDT WED JUL 17 2013/

LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
/ISSUED AT 355 AM EDT WED JUL 17 2013/
A TRANSITION TAKES PLACE THIS PERIOD FROM EAST FLOW ALOFT TO
WESTERLY FLOW WITH A UPPER TROUGH DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN
STATES. GFS AND EUROPEAN ARE SIMILAR WITH THIS CHANGE UNTIL THE
MONDAY TO WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME WHEN THE EUROPEAN MOVES THE TROUGH
TO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND THE GFS KEEPS THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE
OH/TN VALLEYS AS A STRONGER UPPER SHORT WAVE MOVES OVER THE MID U.S.
PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY THIS PERIOD FOR AT LEAST
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR MOST AREAS...TENDING TO
MAXIMIZE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. DEEPER MOISTURE MOVES
ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE INITIAL ONSET OF THE UPPER TROUGH
SUNDAY/MONDAY AS A FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY JUST N OF GA AND A
SURFACE TROUGH SETS UP FROM THE CAROLINAS INTO GA. TEMPERATURES
GENERALLY CLOSE TO NORMAL EXCEPT HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RUN
SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL FROM SATURDAY ON.

BDL

AVIATION...
18Z UPDATE...
SOME FEW TO SCT CLOUDS FORMING ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.
CLOUDS MAINLY IN THE 4000-6000FT RANGE AND NOT EXPECTING THINGS TO
GO BKN OR OVC. SHRA/TSRA HAVE BEGUN POPPING UP AND SHOULD SEE MORE
COVERAGE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THESE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD STA OUT OF THE TAF SITES TILL 21Z. THIS CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY
IS DIURNALLY DRIVEN SO SHOULD SEE SHRA/TSRA DIMINISH BY 02-04Z.
WINDS ARE TURNING TO THE EAST AND SHOULD STAY THERE THROUGH THE
TAF PERIOD. NO RESTRICTIONS TO VSBYS EXPECTED EXCEPT IN AND AROUND
TSRA DEVELOPMENT.

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

01

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          71  92  71  90 /  40  30  30  40
ATLANTA         74  91  73  88 /  40  30  30  50
BLAIRSVILLE     69  88  68  84 /  40  50  30  50
CARTERSVILLE    70  91  71  89 /  40  40  30  50
COLUMBUS        73  94  73  90 /  20  30  30  50
GAINESVILLE     73  90  73  88 /  40  40  30  50
MACON           71  92  71  90 /  30  30  20  40
ROME            71  92  71  90 /  40  40  30  50
PEACHTREE CITY  71  91  70  89 /  40  30  30  50
VIDALIA         72  93  72  89 /  20  30  20  40

&&

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

SHORT TERM...01
LONG TERM....ARG
AVIATION...01

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 12:22 PM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1222 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-181630-
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-
1222 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON...

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LIGHTNING.

DISCUSSION...
A MOIST AIRMASS AND AFTERNOON INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE AHEAD OF AN
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...LEADING TO POTENTIAL ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE NORTH OF
A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO WARRENTON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY...MOST SO
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH BE
GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 3:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
340 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

GAZ053-054-172030-
340 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS
IN COWETA AND FAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT...

AT 338 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CANNONGATE...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH... PEA SIZED HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE
LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH COWETA AND WEST
FAYETTE COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF
THE STORM INCLUDE TYRONE...CANNONGATE...PEACHTREE CITY...
MADRAS...THOMAS CROSSROADS...SHARPSBURG...TURIN AND NEWNAN.

&&

LAT...LON 3351 8480 3351 8456 3325 8459 3331 8490
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 024DEG 9KT 3345 8469

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 4:02 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
402 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

GAZ032-033-043-044-172045-
402 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN COBB...DOUGLAS AND FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EDT...

AT 402 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SIX FLAGS OVER GEORGIA...AND MOVING WEST AT
10 TO 15 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES
ACROSS PARTS OF COBB...DOUGLAS AND FULTON COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM
EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BOLTON...
BANKHEAD...VININGS... SANDTOWN... MABLETON... AUSTELL... SWEETWATER
CREEK STATE PARK...LITHIA SPRINGS...DOUGLASVILLE AND CHAPEL HILL.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3379 8475 3379 8473 3385 8472 3389 8445
      3375 8441 3361 8477
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 074DEG 11KT 3380 8453

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 4:30 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
430 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

GAZ095-105-107-172100-
430 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS
IN PULASKI...DOOLY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

AT 426 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BROWNDALE...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
PULASKI...DOOLY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE OCMULGEE PUBLIC FISHING
AREA...PULASKI STATE PRISON...HARTFORD...HAWKINSVILLE...KLONDIKE...
CLINCHFIELD...HAYNEVILLE...BROWNDALE...MOCK SPRINGS...GROVANIA...
GROVE PARK...ELKO...UNADILLA...PINEHURST AND HENDERSON. HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3225 8384 3241 8383 3243 8349 3241 8348
      3240 8350 3235 8344 3226 8341 3214 8371
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 072DEG 16KT 3231 8358

Local storm report, Jul 17, 4:31 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
431 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

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

0429 PM     HAIL             3 S PALMETTO            33.48N 84.67W
07/17/2013  E0.75 INCH       COWETA             GA   PUBLIC

&&

AGIBBS

Local storm report, Jul 17, 4:33 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
433 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

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

0432 PM     HAIL             3 S PALMETTO            33.48N 84.67W
07/17/2013  E1.00 INCH       COWETA             GA   PUBLIC

&&

AGIBBS

Local storm report, Jul 17, 4:38 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
438 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

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

0437 PM     HAIL             3 S PALMETTO            33.48N 84.67W
07/17/2013  E1.75 INCH       COWETA             GA   PUBLIC

&&

AGIBBS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	49 min
Jul 17, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	31 min
Jul 17, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	50 min
Jul 17, 3:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Pickens	6 hr
Jul 17, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	43 min
Jul 17, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Fulton	41 min
Jul 17, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Oconee, Oglethorpe	49 min
Jul 17, 4:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fulton	6 hr
Jul 17, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	30 min
Jul 17, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fulton	49 min
Jul 17, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lumpkin	39 min
Jul 17, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Lumpkin, Union	53 min
Jul 17, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gilmer, Murray	50 min
Jul 17, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Fayette	44 min
Jul 17, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe	24 min
Jul 17, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	37 min
Jul 17, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton	45 min
Jul 17, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Douglas, Paulding	51 min
Jul 17, 5:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	White	50 min
Jul 17, 5:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb	50 min
Jul 17, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe	32 min
Jul 17, 6:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett	2 hr
Jul 17, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson, Polk	49 min
Jul 17, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson	45 min
Jul 17, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale	43 min
Jul 17, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	25 min
Jul 17, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Jackson	32 min
Jul 17, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	45 min
Jul 17, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon	26 min
Jul 17, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Washington	48 min
Jul 17, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hancock	46 min
Jul 17, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow, Gwinnett	27 min
Jul 17, 7:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	44 min
Jul 17, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson	45 min
Jul 17, 7:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walton	34 min
Jul 17, 7:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Jackson	35 min
Jul 17, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens, Treutlen	48 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.