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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 30, 2014Upson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2014, 8:36 PM EDT for Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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
May 30, 2014, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2014, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Upson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 30, 8:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Sse Lincoln Park, GATHE PUBLIC REPORTED A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 19 3 JUST SOUTH OF THOMASTON.

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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 00:00Z on 2014-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1030 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 00:00Z on 2014-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
1030 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1184 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 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.

246 
WUUS52 KFFC 310036
SVRFFC
GAC293-310115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0072.140531T0036Z-140531T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
836 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 834 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 10 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF THOMASTON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  LOGTOWN...REDBONE CROSSROADS...ROWLAND...HANNAHS MILL...ATWATER...
  CREST...SUNNYSIDE AND SPREWELL BLUFF STATE PARK.

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. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.

&&

LAT...LON 3300 8444 3299 8426 3281 8414 3270 8420
      3274 8424 3273 8424 3276 8433 3279 8435
      3278 8438 3284 8442 3282 8445 3286 8449
      3287 8447 3292 8453 3297 8453
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 144DEG 10KT 3277 8425

$$
1 follow-up statement
834 
WWUS52 KFFC 310051
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
851 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2014

GAC293-310115-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-140531T0115Z/
UPSON GA-
851 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR UPSON COUNTY...

AT 847 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
THOMASTON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM HAS SHOWN SOME 
SIGNS OF GRADUAL WEAKENING...BUT DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN POSSIBLE.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ROWLAND...HANNAHS MILL...ATWATER...CREST...SUNNYSIDE...SPREWELL BLUFF
STATE PARK AND REDBONE CROSSROADS.

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. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.

&&

LAT...LON 3300 8444 3299 8426 3281 8414 3270 8420
      3274 8424 3273 8424 3276 8433 3279 8435
      3278 8438 3284 8442 3282 8445 3286 8449
      3287 8447 3292 8453 3297 8453
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 144DEG 10KT 3280 8428

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 9:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike28 min
May 30, 9:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike30 min
May 30, 10:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor31 min
May 31, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson28 min
May 31, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington26 min
May 31, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson49 min
May 31, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin24 min
May 31, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock42 min
May 31, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson33 min
May 31, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam35 min
May 31, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley47 min
May 31, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield28 min
May 31, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee30 min
May 31, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton27 min
May 31, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas25 min
May 31, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford29 min
May 31, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Newton, Rockdale23 min
May 31, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta34 min
May 31, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson32 min
May 31, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas24 min
May 31, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd, Polk28 min
May 31, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton30 min
May 31, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris27 min
May 31, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd29 min
May 31, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll34 min
May 31, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Douglas, Fulton47 min
May 31, 7:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk26 min
May 31, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup30 min
May 31, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll38 min
May 31, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Paulding50 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.