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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 3, 2014Marion County, Schley County, Webster County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2014, 3:49 PM EDT for Marion County, Schley County, Webster County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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 3, 2014, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2014, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Marion County, GA, Schley County, GA, Webster County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2014-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 637 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2014-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -50 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
637 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
835 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-21 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.

990 
WUUS52 KFFC 031949
SVRFFC
GAC197-249-307-032015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0243.140903T1949Z-140903T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
349 PM EDT WED SEP 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WESTERN SCHLEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 348 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ELLAVILLE TO 7 MILES WEST OF ELLAVILLE
  TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF BUENA VISTA...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

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

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 3212 8459 3216 8460 3238 8457 3236 8428
      3216 8431 3217 8442 3211 8443
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 049DEG 3KT 3226 8439 3222 8444
          3219 8452

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 11:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray, Whitfield38 min
Sep 2, 11:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Gilmer, Murray40 min
Sep 3, 3:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCatoosa, Murray, Walker, Whitfield6 hr
Sep 3, 11:47 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchFFCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 27 more16 hr
Sep 3, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion24 min
Sep 3, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll29 min
Sep 3, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll33 min
Sep 3, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether31 min
Sep 3, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter27 min
Sep 3, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee37 min
Sep 3, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield39 min
Sep 3, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee25 min
Sep 3, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Muscogee32 min
Sep 3, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley31 min
Sep 3, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro, Warren, Wilkes32 min
Sep 3, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton23 min
Sep 3, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton34 min
Sep 3, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb30 min
Sep 3, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Gordon54 min
Sep 3, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton24 min
Sep 3, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Gordon37 min
Sep 3, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett39 min
Sep 3, 5:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGordon6 hr
Sep 3, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett23 min
Sep 3, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer, Pickens28 min
Sep 3, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp41 min
Sep 3, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Washington, Wilkinson50 min
Sep 3, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall33 min
Sep 3, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth, Gwinnett, Jackson, Madison46 min
Sep 3, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Monroe33 min
Sep 3, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Forsyth, Hall, Jackson38 min
Sep 3, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Newton, Rockdale, Walton50 min
Sep 3, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Jones31 min
Sep 3, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Hall, Jackson45 min
Sep 3, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones51 min
Sep 3, 7:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBanks, Hall, Jackson6 hr
Sep 3, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding45 min
Sep 3, 7:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Newton, Walton39 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.