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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 6, 20145 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2014, 4:16 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 44 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
Jun 6, 2014, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Baldwin County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Jones County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2014-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 634 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 2014-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 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
634 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
897 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

437 
WUUS52 KFFC 062016
SVRFFC
GAC009-141-169-237-319-062100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0086.140606T2016Z-140606T2100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BALDWIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTH CENTRAL WILKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 415 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 16 MILES WEST
  OF MILLEDGEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  RESSEAUS CROSSROADS...BLOUNTSVILLE...ETHRIDGE...PLANT HARLEE
  BRANCH...HADDOCK...MERIWETHER...BROWNS CROSSING...ALLENWOOD...
  HARDWICK AND COOPERS.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3295 8307 3301 8315 3299 8318 3297 8317
      3298 8321 3294 8328 3294 8333 3312 8358
      3326 8349 3328 8346 3307 8305 3302 8307
      3299 8305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 304DEG 23KT 3316 8348

$$
1 follow-up statement
960 
WWUS52 KFFC 062050
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
450 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

GAC237-062100-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-140606T2100Z/
PUTNAM GA-
450 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3299 8306 3295 8307 3301 8315 3299 8318
      3297 8317 3298 8321 3294 8328 3294 8333
      3307 8351 3315 8341 3317 8332 3307 8305
      3302 8307
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 304DEG 23KT 3304 8327

$$

GAC009-141-169-319-062100-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-140606T2100Z/
JONES GA-WILKINSON GA-BALDWIN GA-HANCOCK GA-
450 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL HANCOCK...BALDWIN...NORTH CENTRAL WILKINSON
AND EAST CENTRAL JONES COUNTIES...

AT 446 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ALLENWOOD..MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HARDWICK...COOPERS...PANCRAS AND SCOTTSBORO

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3299 8306 3295 8307 3301 8315 3299 8318
      3297 8317 3298 8321 3294 8328 3294 8333
      3307 8351 3315 8341 3317 8332 3307 8305
      3302 8307
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 304DEG 23KT 3304 8327

$$

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, 12:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen39 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, 4:20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.