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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 9, 2015Chattahoochee County, Marion County, Muscogee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2015, 1:08 PM EDT for Chattahoochee County, Marion County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 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 9, 2015, 1:08 PM EDT (17:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2015, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Marion County, GA, Muscogee County, GA

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:07 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 2015-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1411 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 2015-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
1411 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 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.

192 
WUUS52 KFFC 091708
SVRFFC
GAC053-197-215-091800-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0113.150609T1708Z-150609T1800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
108 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 108 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT
  BENNING/LAWSON ARMY AIR FLD...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CUSSETA...
  MOVING EAST AT 15 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
  BUENA VISTA...CUSSETA...FORT BENNING/LAWSON ARMY AIR FLD...NORTH
  FORT BENNING...BRANTLEY...EELBECK/WEST FORT BENNING...VISTA
  TERRACE...ZELLOBEE...BENNING HILLS...CHRISTOPHER...RENFROE...SAND
  HILL...BENNING PARK...MANTA...OAKLAND...BATTLE PARK...CUSTER ROAD
  TERRACE...SAINT MARYS HILLS AND JAMESTOWN/SOUTH FORT BENNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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 3223 8480 3226 8490 3230 8494 3233 8501
      3234 8501 3238 8497 3238 8499 3239 8497
      3248 8493 3248 8447 3223 8448
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 285DEG 14KT 3237 8489 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
760 
WWUS52 KFFC 091748
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
148 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

GAC215-091757-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-150609T1800Z/
MUSCOGEE GA-
148 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MUSCOGEE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3223 8480 3226 8490 3228 8492 3234 8485
      3235 8480 3248 8466 3248 8447 3223 8448
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 285DEG 14KT 3233 8471 

$$

GAC053-197-091800-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-150609T1800Z/
MARION GA-CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-
148 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN MARION AND SOUTHEASTERN CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES...

AT 147 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CUSSETA...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BUENA VISTA...CUSSETA...BRANTLEY...RENFROE...MANTA...OAKLAND...
ZELLOBEE...CHRISTOPHER AND JAMESTOWN/SOUTH FORT BENNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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 3223 8480 3226 8490 3228 8492 3234 8485
      3235 8480 3248 8466 3248 8447 3223 8448
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 285DEG 14KT 3233 8471 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
802 
WWUS52 KFFC 091757
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
157 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

GAC053-197-091807-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-150609T1800Z/
MARION GA-CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-
157 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN MARION AND
SOUTHEASTERN CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM EDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3223 8480 3226 8490 3228 8492 3234 8485
      3235 8480 3248 8466 3248 8447 3223 8448
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 285DEG 14KT 3233 8471 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin30 min
Jun 8, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Union51 min
Jun 8, 8:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Morgan50 min
Jun 8, 8:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike48 min
Jun 8, 8:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd, Gordon43 min
Jun 8, 8:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield37 min
Jun 8, 8:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Twiggs52 min
Jun 8, 8:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns, Union, White33 min
Jun 8, 9:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite33 min
Jun 9, 1:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker61 min
Jun 9, 2:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Walker, Whitfield41 min
Jun 9, 3:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite26 min
Jun 9, 3:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon42 min
Jun 9, 3:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin48 min
Jun 9, 3:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee22 min
Jun 9, 4:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns, Union34 min
Jun 9, 4:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns, Union, White63 min
Jun 9, 4:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Forsyth42 min
Jun 9, 4:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Pickens27 min
Jun 9, 4:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett47 min
Jun 9, 5:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Hall, White58 min
Jun 9, 5:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson34 min
Jun 9, 6:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin56 min
Jun 9, 6:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall53 min
Jun 9, 6:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer39 min
Jun 9, 6:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson29 min
Jun 9, 6:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray49 min
Jun 9, 7:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oglethorpe64 min
Jun 9, 7:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin34 min
Jun 9, 7:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee, Walton58 min
Jun 9, 7:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb37 min
Jun 9, 7:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Union33 min
Jun 9, 9:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett25 min
Jun 9, 1:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson30 min
Jun 9, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe, Wilkes30 min
Jun 9, 1:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes38 min
Jun 9, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Talbot48 min
Jun 9, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart, Webster61 min
Jun 9, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Stewart, Webster42 min
Jun 9, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes49 min
Jun 9, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Pike, Upson42 min
Jun 9, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock, Putnam51 min
Jun 9, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Monroe27 min
Jun 9, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Pike, Upson53 min
Jun 9, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Talbot39 min
Jun 9, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Rockdale50 min
Jun 9, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee34 min
Jun 9, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Talbot47 min
Jun 9, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Warren23 min
Jun 9, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb36 min
Jun 9, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee, Oglethorpe32 min
Jun 9, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee31 min
Jun 9, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry, Rockdale53 min
Jun 9, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin31 min
Jun 9, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe44 min
Jun 9, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta24 min
Jun 9, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford33 min
Jun 9, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee29 min
Jun 9, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette25 min
Jun 9, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton, Rockdale29 min
Jun 9, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock23 min
Jun 9, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Walton48 min
Jun 9, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette, Henry30 min
Jun 9, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup36 min
Jun 9, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton29 min
Jun 9, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson27 min
Jun 9, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler36 min
Jun 9, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Morgan, Taliaferro59 min
Jun 9, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel27 min
Jun 9, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson35 min
Jun 9, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow27 min
Jun 9, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Treutlen25 min
Jun 9, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding47 min
Jun 9, 6:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel23 min
Jun 9, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson31 min
Jun 9, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson33 min
Jun 9, 7:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll24 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.