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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 255, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 8, 2014Dodge County, Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2014, 5:24 PM EDT for Dodge County, Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 8, 2014, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Dodge County, GA, Laurens County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2014-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 881 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
881 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
468 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 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.

376 
WUUS52 KFFC 082124
SVRFFC
GAC091-175-082200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0255.140908T2124Z-140908T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
524 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WEST CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 521 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
  CADWELL...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.

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

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 3231 8316 3247 8309 3239 8295 3229 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 107DEG 10KT 3236 8304

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 8:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris27 min
Sep 7, 10:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett29 min
Sep 8, 12:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding37 min
Sep 8, 1:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Fulton24 min
Sep 8, 1:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb34 min
Sep 8, 2:11 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton6 hr
Sep 8, 3:56 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFulton6 hr
Sep 8, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens31 min
Sep 8, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen37 min
Sep 8, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens48 min
Sep 8, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly24 min
Sep 8, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski31 min
Sep 8, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens32 min
Sep 8, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski30 min
Sep 8, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge30 min
Sep 8, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston24 min
Sep 8, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski29 min
Sep 8, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge33 min
Sep 8, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Macon29 min
Sep 8, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski31 min
Sep 8, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Macon, Sumter45 min
Sep 8, 7:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley36 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.