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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 1, 2014Upson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 2014, 6:16 PM EDT for Upson 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
Sep 1, 2014, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2014, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Upson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 2014-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 579 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 2014-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
579 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1172 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 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.

151 
WUUS52 KFFC 012216
SVRFFC
GAC293-012300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0232.140901T2216Z-140901T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
616 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 614 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
  THOMASTON...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

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

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.

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 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.

&&

LAT...LON 3299 8430 3300 8430 3299 8429 3299 8421
      3281 8425 3282 8441 3284 8442 3282 8445
      3285 8446 3299 8447
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 185DEG 11KT 3291 8435

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 1:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas24 min
Sep 1, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette24 min
Sep 1, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll27 min
Sep 1, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin36 min
Sep 1, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow33 min
Sep 1, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson42 min
Sep 1, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta39 min
Sep 1, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene43 min
Sep 1, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair29 min
Sep 1, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta24 min
Sep 1, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair18 min
Sep 1, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene21 min
Sep 1, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett25 min
Sep 1, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Monroe23 min
Sep 1, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta34 min
Sep 1, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe38 min
Sep 1, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton34 min
Sep 1, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones, Monroe43 min
Sep 1, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett41 min
Sep 1, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair37 min
Sep 1, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth32 min
Sep 1, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton30 min
Sep 1, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts25 min
Sep 1, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow38 min
Sep 1, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup36 min
Sep 1, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike35 min
Sep 1, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock33 min
Sep 1, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd37 min
Sep 1, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper36 min
Sep 1, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe31 min
Sep 1, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow28 min
Sep 1, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth24 min
Sep 1, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford35 min
Sep 1, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford42 min
Sep 1, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Muscogee26 min
Sep 1, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth29 min
Sep 1, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery28 min
Sep 1, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson28 min
Sep 1, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb27 min
Sep 1, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson27 min
Sep 1, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock25 min
Sep 1, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson37 min
Sep 1, 7:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb36 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.