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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2015, 4:29 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 20 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 21, 2015, 4:29 PM EDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2015, 4:49 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Crawford County, GA, Macon County, GA, Peach County, GA, Taylor County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1550 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
508
WUUS52 KFFC 212029
SVRFFC
GAC079-193-225-269-212115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0152.150621T2029Z-150621T2115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
429 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
PEACH COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
EAST CENTRAL TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 429 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR REYNOLDS...
OR 9 MILES WEST OF FORT VALLEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 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
PERRY...FORT VALLEY...MARSHALLVILLE...REYNOLDS...POTTERVILLE...
SAINT LOUIS...HICKS...NAKOMIS...WINCHESTER...LEE POPE...LAKEWOOD
AND MIAMI VALLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. 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 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3253 8417 3268 8405 3257 8372 3252 8372
3253 8375 3251 8375 3251 8379 3245 8380
3244 8383 3246 8383 3246 8385 3238 8384
3238 8386 3229 8385 3229 8390 3228 8390
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 305DEG 25KT 3257 8404
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
167
WWUS52 KFFC 212049
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
449 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015
GAC079-193-225-269-212059-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-150621T2115Z/
PEACH GA-MACON GA-CRAWFORD GA-TAYLOR GA-
449 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PEACH...NORTHEASTERN MACON...
SOUTH CENTRAL CRAWFORD AND EAST CENTRAL TAYLOR COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3253 8417 3268 8405 3257 8372 3252 8372
3253 8375 3251 8375 3251 8379 3245 8380
3244 8383 3246 8383 3246 8385 3238 8384
3238 8386 3229 8385 3229 8390 3228 8390
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 305DEG 25KT 3249 8390
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Macon | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter, Webster | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 29 min |
| Jun 21, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 9 min |
| Jun 21, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Schley | 29 min |
| Jun 21, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee, Pike, Talbot | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 2:49 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Crisp, Dodge and 25 more | 29 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 25 min |
| Jun 21, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Taylor, Upson | 29 min |
| Jun 21, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Upson | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Talbot | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 29 min |
| Jun 21, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 28 min |
| Jun 21, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 23 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.