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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 24, 2015Murray County, Whitfield County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2015, 5:13 PM EDT for Murray County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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 24, 2015, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2015, 5:46 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Murray County, GA, Whitfield County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 5:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wsw Spring Place, GATREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON TIBBS BRIDGE RD AS WELL AS GREESON BEND RD.
Jun 24, 5:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Se Spring Place, GATREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON SMYRNA CHURCH RD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 24, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2015-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2208 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 2015-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
2208 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1040 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 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.

392 
WUUS52 KFFC 242113
SVRFFC
GAC213-313-242200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0192.150624T2113Z-150624T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
513 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN WHITFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN MURRAY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 512 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DALTON...
  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. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY       
           KNOCKED DOWN LARGE TREES AROUND TUNNEL HILL AND ROCKY 
           FACE.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DALTON...CHATSWORTH...DAWNVILLE...NORTH GEORGIA SPEEDWAY AND
  RAMHURST.

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 3487 8481 3465 8466 3461 8490 3462 8491
      3463 8491 3463 8493 3462 8492 3462 8493
      3480 8496
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 339DEG 26KT 3477 8488 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DJN
1 follow-up statement
049 
WWUS52 KFFC 242146
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
546 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015

GAC213-313-242156-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-150624T2200Z/
WHITFIELD GA-MURRAY GA-
546 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WHITFIELD AND
SOUTHWESTERN MURRAY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3487 8481 3465 8466 3461 8490 3462 8491
      3463 8491 3463 8493 3462 8492 3462 8493
      3480 8496
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 339DEG 26KT 3454 8477 

$$

DJN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro56 min
Jun 24, 2:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Gwinnett46 min
Jun 24, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson40 min
Jun 24, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Wilkes52 min
Jun 24, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley, Taylor48 min
Jun 24, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe44 min
Jun 24, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb41 min
Jun 24, 2:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb26 min
Jun 24, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson34 min
Jun 24, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth42 min
Jun 24, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett32 min
Jun 24, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Taliaferro47 min
Jun 24, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns41 min
Jun 24, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett40 min
Jun 24, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSpalding23 min
Jun 24, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton34 min
Jun 24, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton33 min
Jun 24, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett28 min
Jun 24, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry24 min
Jun 24, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fulton50 min
Jun 24, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton45 min
Jun 24, 3:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGwinnett6 hr
Jun 24, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett46 min
Jun 24, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry42 min
Jun 24, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Spalding38 min
Jun 24, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall, Jackson38 min
Jun 24, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Hall47 min
Jun 24, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale40 min
Jun 24, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield52 min
Jun 24, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter52 min
Jun 24, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette33 min
Jun 24, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fulton30 min
Jun 24, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Newton, Walton25 min
Jun 24, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock26 min
Jun 24, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Fulton39 min
Jun 24, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Meriwether, Pike and 1 more47 min
Jun 24, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks26 min
Jun 24, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhitfield39 min
Jun 24, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin35 min
Jun 24, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fulton40 min
Jun 24, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Wilkinson40 min
Jun 24, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry, Jasper, Newton38 min
Jun 24, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison65 min
Jun 24, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Douglas22 min
Jun 24, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Fayette31 min
Jun 24, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow29 min
Jun 24, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Forsyth40 min
Jun 24, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon22 min
Jun 24, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson34 min
Jun 24, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon31 min
Jun 24, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard30 min
Jun 24, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Taylor, Upson41 min
Jun 24, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee50 min
Jun 24, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Putnam31 min
Jun 24, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin30 min
Jun 24, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta30 min
Jun 24, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth27 min
Jun 24, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach30 min
Jun 24, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Paulding, Polk51 min
Jun 24, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor34 min
Jun 24, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson32 min
Jun 24, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Pickens42 min
Jun 24, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Talbot38 min
Jun 24, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee28 min
Jun 24, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCandler23 min
Jun 24, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin31 min
Jun 24, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris28 min
Jun 24, 7:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding35 min
Jun 24, 7:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb26 min
Jun 24, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee34 min
Jun 24, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel29 min
Jun 24, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMuscogee30 min
Jun 24, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson34 min

Nearby

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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.