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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 24, 2015Crawford County, Taylor County, Upson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2015, 5:49 PM EDT for Crawford County, Taylor County, Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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 24, 2015, 5:49 PM EDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2015, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Crawford County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Upson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 83 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.

235 
WUUS52 KFFC 242149
SVRFFC
GAC079-269-293-242230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0196.150624T2149Z-150624T2230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  WEST CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 549 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF
  BUTLER...MOVING SOUTH 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
  FICKLING MILL...CARSONVILLE AND SALEM. 

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 3273 8430 3276 8415 3262 8408 3256 8416
      3259 8429
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 344DEG 13KT 3271 8421 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
957 
WWUS52 KFFC 242227
SVSFFC

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

GAC079-269-293-242237-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0196.000000T0000Z-150624T2230Z/
UPSON GA-CRAWFORD GA-TAYLOR GA-
627 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN UPSON...WEST
CENTRAL CRAWFORD AND NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630
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.  HOWEVER DANGEROUS 
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
THUNDERSTORM.

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

LAT...LON 3273 8430 3276 8415 3262 8408 3256 8416
      3259 8429
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 344DEG 13KT 3271 8421 

$$

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, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield33 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, 5:55 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

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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.