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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 4, 2015Houston County, Pulaski County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2015, 1:32 PM EDT for Houston County, Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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
Jul 4, 2015, 1:32 PM EDT (17:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2015, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Houston County, GA, Pulaski County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:33 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
Jul 4, 1:38 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nne Elko, GAPOWERLINES DOWN NEAR TOWN OF ELKO. EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN - REPORT CAME FROM DISPATCH CENTER. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 2015-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 64 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 2015-07-04The 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
64 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-178 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 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.

635 
WUUS52 KFFC 041732
SVRFFC
GAC153-235-041800-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0252.150704T1732Z-150704T1800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
132 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 132 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR UNADILLA...
  OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF PERRY...MOVING EAST AT 35 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
  HAWKINSVILLE...UNADILLA...GROVE PARK...HARTFORD...PULASKI STATE
  PRISON...GROVANIA...ELKO...HAYNEVILLE...BROWNDALE...KLONDIKE AND
  OCMULGEE PUBLIC FISHING AREA.

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 3229 8361 3229 8370 3228 8370 3228 8372
      3229 8373 3229 8377 3240 8379 3241 8352
      3233 8342 3227 8342 3227 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 1732Z 265DEG 30KT 3233 8369 

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

DJN
1 follow-up statement
562 
WWUS52 KFFC 041757
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
157 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015

GAC153-235-041807-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-150704T1800Z/
PULASKI GA-HOUSTON GA-
157 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PULASKI AND
SOUTHERN HOUSTON 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.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
PEACHTREE CITY.

LAT...LON 3229 8361 3229 8370 3228 8370 3228 8372
      3229 8373 3229 8377 3240 8379 3241 8352
      3233 8342 3227 8342 3227 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 265DEG 30KT 3233 8369 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 10:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee49 min
Jul 3, 10:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Heard, Troup23 min
Jul 3, 10:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion36 min
Jul 3, 10:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup32 min
Jul 3, 11:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta27 min
Jul 3, 11:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether, Troup37 min
Jul 3, 11:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor, Upson28 min
Jul 3, 11:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson33 min
Jul 3, 11:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson32 min
Jul 3, 11:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Fayette31 min
Jul 4, 12:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon, Schley51 min
Jul 4, 12:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, DeKalb35 min
Jul 4, 12:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson30 min
Jul 4, 12:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Houston, Twiggs35 min
Jul 4, 1:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup36 min
Jul 4, 1:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Greene, Hancock, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro and 1 more26 min
Jul 4, 1:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup25 min
Jul 4, 1:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren and 2 more38 min
Jul 4, 1:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris33 min
Jul 4, 1:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether, Troup24 min
Jul 4, 1:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Heard32 min
Jul 4, 2:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding27 min
Jul 4, 2:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry31 min
Jul 4, 2:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Lamar, Monroe, Talbot, Upson40 min
Jul 4, 2:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan, Newton, Rockdale, Walton51 min
Jul 4, 6:13 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton20 hr
Jul 4, 12:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart, Webster28 min
Jul 4, 12:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart, Webster32 min
Jul 4, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley29 min
Jul 4, 1:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston25 min
Jul 4, 1:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair37 min
Jul 4, 1:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon31 min
Jul 4, 1:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster25 min
Jul 4, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley36 min
Jul 4, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly30 min
Jul 4, 1:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart28 min
Jul 4, 1:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly34 min
Jul 4, 1:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair31 min
Jul 4, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley29 min
Jul 4, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox29 min
Jul 4, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart, Webster26 min
Jul 4, 2:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens24 min
Jul 4, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly32 min
Jul 4, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens27 min
Jul 4, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge24 min
Jul 4, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee37 min
Jul 4, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens30 min
Jul 4, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen31 min
Jul 4, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel29 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.