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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 240, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 2, 2014Houston County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2014, 6:03 PM EDT for Houston County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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: Sep 2, 2014, 6:03 PM EDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired: Sep 2, 2014, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Houston County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 2, 6:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Bonaire, GA	THREE TREES WERE DOWNED IN BONAIRE. ONE TREE AND LIVE POWERLINES FELL ONTO A VEHICLE...ENTRAPPING THE OCCUPANT.

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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 130 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: 1065 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 12 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.

381 
WUUS52 KFFC 022203
SVRFFC
GAC153-022245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0240.140902T2203Z-140902T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
603 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 603 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 WARNER
  ROBINS...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BONAIRE...HOUSTON LAKE...KATHLEEN...SAND BED...CLINCHFIELD...
  HAYNEVILLE AND KLONDIKE.

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 3262 8371 3266 8356 3263 8354 3258 8354
      3256 8355 3255 8354 3252 8354 3248 8349
      3245 8350 3241 8348 3238 8354 3229 8361
      3229 8363
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 343DEG 15KT 3256 8358

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 1, 8:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Peach	50 min
Sep 1, 8:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston, Twiggs	49 min
Sep 1, 8:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	47 min
Sep 1, 8:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	44 min
Sep 1, 8:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Washington	51 min
Sep 2, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	34 min
Sep 2, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	33 min
Sep 2, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	31 min
Sep 2, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	35 min
Sep 2, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	29 min
Sep 2, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	37 min
Sep 2, 2:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Jasper	35 min
Sep 2, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	30 min
Sep 2, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton	35 min
Sep 2, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Paulding	23 min
Sep 2, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson	40 min
Sep 2, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	24 min
Sep 2, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	30 min
Sep 2, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	36 min
Sep 2, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	29 min
Sep 2, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel	39 min
Sep 2, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Monroe	34 min
Sep 2, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	32 min
Sep 2, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson, Washington	45 min
Sep 2, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	30 min
Sep 2, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery	27 min
Sep 2, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	26 min
Sep 2, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley	33 min
Sep 2, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	27 min
Sep 2, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	37 min
Sep 2, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Twiggs, Wilkinson	49 min
Sep 2, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	29 min
Sep 2, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford	20 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.