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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 254, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 7, 2014Coweta County, Meriwether County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2014, 6:43 PM EDT for Coweta County, Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 7, 2014, 6:43 PM EDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2014, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Coweta County, GA, Meriwether County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 7, 6:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG6 W Newnan, GAA COUPLE OF TREES DOWN IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF 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 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 26 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 2014-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 911 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 2014-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
911 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
944 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 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.

288 
WUUS52 KFFC 072243
SVRFFC
GAC077-199-072315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0254.140907T2243Z-140907T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
643 PM EDT SUN SEP 7 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHWESTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 642 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 NEWNAN TO MORELAND TO LUTHERSVILLE...
  MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ARNCO-SARGENT AND ROCKY MOUNT.

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 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.

&&

LAT...LON 3347 8478 3330 8465 3320 8460 3313 8473
      3324 8490 3343 8496
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 261DEG 4KT 3343 8487 3328 8480
          3323 8471

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 12:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb34 min
Sep 7, 12:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb32 min
Sep 7, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs30 min
Sep 7, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin35 min
Sep 7, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston44 min
Sep 7, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly36 min
Sep 7, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes37 min
Sep 7, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene26 min
Sep 7, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock36 min
Sep 7, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Houston31 min
Sep 7, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes33 min
Sep 7, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp45 min
Sep 7, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe28 min
Sep 7, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens37 min
Sep 7, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Warren35 min
Sep 7, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe30 min
Sep 7, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett27 min
Sep 7, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter47 min
Sep 7, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Washington29 min
Sep 7, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett33 min
Sep 7, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe30 min
Sep 7, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Washington, Wilkinson33 min
Sep 7, 4:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett6 hr
Sep 7, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow37 min
Sep 7, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter33 min
Sep 7, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor25 min
Sep 7, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett35 min
Sep 7, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington47 min
Sep 7, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry46 min
Sep 7, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson26 min
Sep 7, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson52 min
Sep 7, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor32 min
Sep 7, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster30 min
Sep 7, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding27 min
Sep 7, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart32 min
Sep 7, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster47 min
Sep 7, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette, Henry29 min
Sep 7, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Douglas27 min
Sep 7, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin24 min
Sep 7, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether36 min
Sep 7, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup34 min
Sep 7, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson32 min
Sep 7, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart30 min
Sep 7, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll35 min
Sep 7, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard, Meriwether, Troup46 min
Sep 7, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot, Taylor27 min
Sep 7, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee49 min
Sep 7, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris27 min
Sep 7, 6:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether6 hr
Sep 7, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor23 min
Sep 7, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Troup48 min
Sep 7, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge31 min
Sep 7, 7:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMuscogee6 hr
Sep 7, 7:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCandler23 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.