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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 22, 2015Emanuel County, Treutlen County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2015, 5:07 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Treutlen County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports 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 22, 2015, 5:07 PM EDT (21:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2015, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Emanuel County, GA, Treutlen County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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 22, 5:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ssw Gillis Springs, GARECEIVED REPORT FROM NWS CHARLESTON STATING THAT MEMBER OF PUBLIC REPORTED MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AT EXIT 78 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 16W AND HIGHWAY 221.
Jun 22, 5:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGGillis Springs, GA911 CALL CENTER IS RECEIVING REPORTS OF MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON INTERSTATE 16 VERY NEAR DOWNTOWN GILLIS SPRINGS.

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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 2015-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1131 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 2015-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1131 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1124 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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.

314 
WUUS52 KFFC 222107
SVRFFC
GAC107-283-222145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0155.150622T2107Z-150622T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
507 PM EDT MON JUN 22 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 506 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ADRIAN...OR
  8 MILES NORTHEAST OF SOPERTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SOPERTON...ADRIAN...OAK PARK...NUNEZ...GILLIS SPRINGS...COVENA...
  ZAIDEE...ORIANNA...NORRISTOWN JUNCTION...BLACKVILLE AND NORRISTOWN.

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 3233 8237 3234 8238 3234 8239 3235 8241
      3233 8256 3247 8265 3249 8264 3250 8265
      3252 8261 3252 8260 3253 8259 3253 8257
      3254 8257 3260 8248 3240 8225
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 324DEG 9KT 3249 8253 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion25 min
Jun 21, 9:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns24 min
Jun 22, 12:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Washington40 min
Jun 22, 2:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson37 min
Jun 22, 2:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston34 min
Jun 22, 3:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston36 min
Jun 22, 1:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens27 min
Jun 22, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart32 min
Jun 22, 2:49 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Crisp, Dodge and 36 more29 hr
Jun 22, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart27 min
Jun 22, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart31 min
Jun 22, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper27 min
Jun 22, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington25 min
Jun 22, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel44 min
Jun 22, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens36 min
Jun 22, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart31 min
Jun 22, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper30 min
Jun 22, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones27 min
Jun 22, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs33 min
Jun 22, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens31 min
Jun 22, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Wheeler28 min
Jun 22, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones34 min
Jun 22, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Wheeler39 min
Jun 22, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery36 min
Jun 22, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson36 min
Jun 22, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair36 min
Jun 22, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler35 min
Jun 22, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington38 min
Jun 22, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson28 min
Jun 22, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson, Washington40 min
Jun 22, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp25 min
Jun 22, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens35 min
Jun 22, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp35 min
Jun 22, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Washington9 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.