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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 8, 20146 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2014, 3:25 AM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report 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 8, 2014, 3:25 AM EDT (07:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2014, 4:15 AM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bibb County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Houston County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Upson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 4:05 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGMusella, GANUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES WERE REPORTED DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.

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 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1015 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
1015 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1452 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

796 
WUUS52 KFFC 080725
SVRFFC
GAC021-079-153-207-225-293-080815-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0101.140608T0725Z-140608T0815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
325 AM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN PEACH COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 415 AM EDT

* AT 323 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60
  MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CULLODEN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ROBERTA...PAYNE CITY...BYRON...MACON...CENTERVILLE AND WARNER
  ROBINS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. ALTHOUGH
CURRENT DATA DOES NOT INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF A TORNADO...A TORNADO
MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3263 8406 3268 8410 3268 8420 3274 8424
      3273 8426 3299 8414 3293 8412 3293 8406
      3299 8404 3292 8370 3283 8350 3275 8356
      3274 8360 3266 8360 3265 8357 3249 8353
TIME...MOT...LOC 0725Z 286DEG 29KT 3289 8404

$$
2 follow-up statements
877 
WWUS52 KFFC 080752
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
352 AM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

GAC293-080802-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-140608T0815Z/
UPSON GA-
352 AM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN UPSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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 3263 8406 3268 8409 3279 8411 3295 8405
      3295 8404 3299 8404 3292 8370 3283 8350
      3275 8356 3274 8360 3266 8360 3265 8357
      3249 8353
TIME...MOT...LOC 0752Z 286DEG 29KT 3283 8379

$$

GAC021-079-153-207-225-080815-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-140608T0815Z/
PEACH GA-MONROE GA-BIBB GA-CRAWFORD GA-HOUSTON GA-
352 AM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON...CRAWFORD...BIBB...SOUTHERN MONROE AND
NORTHERN PEACH COUNTIES...

AT 351 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE
TOBESOFKEE..MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JACK
BROWN ESTATES...WESLEYAN...POWERVILLE...PAYNE CITY...BYRON...
SKIPPERTON...LAKEWOOD...MACON...RUTLAND...CENTERVILLE...MIDDLE
GEORGIA REGIONAL AIRPORT...CROSS KEYS...ELBERTA...ROBINS AIR FORCE
BASE...BONAIRE...WARNER ROBINS AND FRANKLINTON

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3263 8406 3268 8409 3279 8411 3295 8405
      3295 8404 3299 8404 3292 8370 3283 8350
      3275 8356 3274 8360 3266 8360 3265 8357
      3249 8353
TIME...MOT...LOC 0752Z 286DEG 29KT 3283 8379

$$
456 
WWUS52 KFFC 080819
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
419 AM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

GAC021-079-153-207-225-080828-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-140608T0815Z/
PEACH GA-MONROE GA-BIBB GA-CRAWFORD GA-HOUSTON GA-
419 AM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON...
CRAWFORD...BIBB...SOUTHERN MONROE AND NORTHERN PEACH COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...

ALTHOUGH THE STRONGEST OF THE WINDS HAVE MOVED EAST...TORRENTIAL 
RAINFALL AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING REMAIN LIKELY.

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 3263 8406 3268 8409 3279 8411 3295 8405
      3295 8404 3299 8404 3292 8370 3283 8350
      3275 8356 3274 8360 3266 8360 3265 8357
      3249 8353
TIME...MOT...LOC 0752Z 286DEG 29KT 3283 8379

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 11:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Walker57 min
Jun 8, 12:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Polk, Walker and 1 more38 min
Jun 8, 12:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Floyd, Gilmer and 7 more52 min
Jun 8, 1:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta and 14 more53 min
Jun 8, 1:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Troup40 min
Jun 8, 2:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton and 8 more49 min
Jun 8, 2:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster42 min
Jun 8, 3:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Morgan and 7 more45 min
Jun 8, 3:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Hall, Towns, White41 min
Jun 8, 3:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Schley, Sumter57 min
Jun 8, 4:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach, Sumter44 min
Jun 8, 4:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Bleckley, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson43 min
Jun 8, 4:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Pulaski, Wilcox47 min
Jun 8, 4:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes44 min
Jun 8, 4:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Emanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens and 6 more61 min
Jun 8, 5:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes38 min
Jun 8, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee31 min
Jun 8, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee31 min
Jun 8, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley33 min
Jun 8, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart26 min
Jun 8, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart31 min
Jun 8, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster33 min
Jun 8, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee23 min
Jun 8, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Stewart34 min
Jun 8, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee47 min
Jun 8, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard29 min
Jun 8, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen26 min
Jun 8, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris38 min
Jun 8, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup37 min
Jun 8, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Wilcox27 min
Jun 8, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee33 min
Jun 8, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach36 min
Jun 8, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Jones, Monroe25 min
Jun 8, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox36 min
Jun 8, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor29 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.