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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 6, 20145 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2014, 12:36 AM EDT for 5 counties in 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
Jun 6, 2014, 12:36 AM EDT (04:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2014, 1:15 AM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Emanuel County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Treutlen County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 6, 12:50 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGDublin, GAMULTIPLE TREES AND POWERLINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS 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 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 2014-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2233 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2233 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
995 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 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.

197 
WUUS52 KFFC 060436
SVRFFC
GAC107-167-175-209-283-060515-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0083.140606T0436Z-140606T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1236 AM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WESTERN EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 115 AM EDT

* AT 1234 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP
  TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  13 MILES NORTH OF DUDLEY TO DUDLEY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DUBLIN...EAST DUBLIN...WRIGHTSVILLE...ADRIAN...SOPERTON AND
  TARRYTOWN.

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 3223 8247 3250 8315 3260 8305 3267 8305
      3270 8296 3273 8295 3273 8241 3244 8237
TIME...MOT...LOC 0436Z 286DEG 41KT 3271 8299 3258 8297
          3249 8307

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Barrow, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson and 2 more31 min
Jun 5, 8:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard27 min
Jun 5, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens, Montgomery, Treutlen25 min
Jun 5, 8:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Jackson, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee and 3 more29 min
Jun 5, 8:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Coweta, Heard, Henry, Lamar, Pike and 1 more27 min
Jun 5, 9:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Greene, Jasper, Jones, Madison, Monroe and 3 more28 min
Jun 5, 9:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Wilkes33 min
Jun 5, 10:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Fayette25 min
Jun 5, 10:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette36 min
Jun 5, 10:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette, Henry, Pike, Spalding, Upson28 min
Jun 5, 10:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry, Spalding26 min
Jun 5, 10:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Crawford, Jones, Lamar, Monroe62 min
Jun 5, 11:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Bleckley, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs60 min
Jun 5, 11:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Bleckley, Dodge, Houston, Laurens, Peach and 2 more48 min
Jun 6, 12:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Twiggs, Wilkinson45 min
Jun 6, 12:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Twiggs44 min
Jun 6, 1:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Johnson49 min
Jun 6, 1:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson43 min
Jun 6, 1:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington, Wilkinson43 min
Jun 6, 2:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens35 min
Jun 6, 2:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler26 min
Jun 6, 2:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens51 min
Jun 6, 3:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs35 min
Jun 6, 3:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens50 min
Jun 6, 3:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge37 min
Jun 6, 4:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair, Wheeler46 min
Jun 6, 4:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs33 min
Jun 6, 12:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga50 min
Jun 6, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton, Rockdale31 min
Jun 6, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks27 min
Jun 6, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry32 min
Jun 6, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton34 min
Jun 6, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts33 min
Jun 6, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Walton30 min
Jun 6, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Jasper, Monroe52 min
Jun 6, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Pike34 min
Jun 6, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette28 min
Jun 6, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Jones, Putnam, Wilkinson44 min
Jun 6, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup25 min
Jun 6, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson46 min
Jun 6, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup25 min
Jun 6, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens32 min
Jun 6, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson37 min
Jun 6, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta51 min
Jun 6, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup49 min
Jun 6, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens28 min
Jun 6, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen26 min
Jun 6, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta27 min
Jun 6, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Toombs, Treutlen46 min
Jun 6, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens44 min
Jun 6, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor31 min
Jun 6, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Pike28 min
Jun 6, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Taylor51 min
Jun 6, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe26 min
Jun 6, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Toombs, Treutlen40 min
Jun 6, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb25 min
Jun 6, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair, Wheeler67 min
Jun 6, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly49 min
Jun 6, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones, Monroe32 min
Jun 6, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair44 min
Jun 6, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox48 min
Jun 6, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox47 min
Jun 6, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee31 min
Jun 6, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox42 min
Jun 6, 7:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Telfair, Wilcox35 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.