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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 3, 2015Greene County, Morgan County, Putnam County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2015, 5:00 PM EDT for Greene County, Morgan County, Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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 3, 2015, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2015, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Greene County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Putnam County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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 3, 5:09 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Se Swords, GALOTS OF TREES DOWN. SEVERAL ON I-20 AT MILE MARKER 125. TRAFFIC STILL BACKED UP AS OF 6PM.

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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 2015-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 677 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 2015-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
677 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

184 
WUUS52 KFFC 032100
SVRFFC
GAC133-211-237-032145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0101.150603T2100Z-150603T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
500 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 500 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PHOENIX...OR
  SOUTHWEST OF GREENSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  GREENSBORO...UNION POINT...WHITE PLAINS...SILOAM...REYNOLDS
  PLANTATION...PHOENIX...LIBERTY...VEAZEY...SWORDS...PARKS MILL...
  CAREY AND PENFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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 3345 8304 3339 8321 3343 8333 3353 8337
      3368 8316 3359 8306 3347 8301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 253DEG 10KT 3350 8328 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
094 
WWUS52 KFFC 032136
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
536 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2015

GAC133-211-237-032145-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-150603T2145Z/
GREENE GA-MORGAN GA-PUTNAM GA-
536 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL GREENE...SOUTHEASTERN
MORGAN AND NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM EDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING IS WEAKENED...AND THEREFORE THE 
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL....GUSTY WINDS 
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM OVER 
CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
PEACHTREE CITY.

LAT...LON 3345 8304 3339 8321 3343 8333 3353 8337
      3368 8316 3359 8306 3347 8301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 253DEG 10KT 3350 8328 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 8:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene23 min
Jun 2, 9:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Pulaski28 min
Jun 2, 11:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Putnam33 min
Jun 2, 11:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones31 min
Jun 3, 12:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee, Oglethorpe26 min
Jun 3, 12:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren46 min
Jun 3, 2:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon28 min
Jun 3, 5:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon40 min
Jun 3, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens22 min
Jun 3, 1:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Monroe31 min
Jun 3, 1:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley31 min
Jun 3, 1:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Schley, Taylor42 min
Jun 3, 1:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly25 min
Jun 3, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe22 min
Jun 3, 1:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler31 min
Jun 3, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler32 min
Jun 3, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb29 min
Jun 3, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Jones, Twiggs36 min
Jun 3, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson24 min
Jun 3, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach32 min
Jun 3, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson12 min
Jun 3, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge36 min
Jun 3, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Monroe32 min
Jun 3, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson26 min
Jun 3, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb32 min
Jun 3, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs35 min
Jun 3, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel31 min
Jun 3, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley32 min
Jun 3, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel38 min
Jun 3, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens34 min
Jun 3, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Douglas, Fulton28 min
Jun 3, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns33 min
Jun 3, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta48 min
Jun 3, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts36 min
Jun 3, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene33 min
Jun 3, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley29 min
Jun 3, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta38 min
Jun 3, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson34 min
Jun 3, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite36 min
Jun 3, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts34 min
Jun 3, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon28 min
Jun 3, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhite23 min
Jun 3, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter36 min
Jun 3, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether30 min
Jun 3, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene35 min
Jun 3, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton30 min
Jun 3, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon35 min
Jun 3, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter30 min
Jun 3, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite26 min
Jun 3, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock, Putnam23 min
Jun 3, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe26 min
Jun 3, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Oglethorpe, Wilkes44 min
Jun 3, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dooly26 min
Jun 3, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan, Walton22 min
Jun 3, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dooly47 min
Jun 3, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison, Oglethorpe, Wilkes26 min
Jun 3, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer26 min
Jun 3, 7:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski, Wilcox36 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.