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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 10, 2015Telfair County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2015, 6:46 PM EDT for Telfair County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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: Jul 10, 2015, 6:46 PM EDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2015, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Telfair County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 10, 6:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ese Mcrae, GA	THE TELFAIR COUNTY 911 CENTER REPORTED TWO TREES DOWN ALONG INDUSTRIAL BLVD AND OAK STREET.
Jul 10, 7:00 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	1 Sw Scotland, GA	THE TELFAIR COUNTY 911 CENTER REPORTED DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL BETWEEN MCRAE AND LUMBER CITY.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1501 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 969 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 19 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.

251 
WUUS52 KFFC 102246
SVRFFC
GAC271-102330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0263.150710T2246Z-150710T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
646 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 645 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCOTLAND...
  OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCRAE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MCRAE...LUMBER CITY...SCOTLAND...JACKSONVILLE...TOWNS...WORKMORE...
  CHINA HILL AND HORSE CREEK WMA.

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 3180 8308 3181 8309 3181 8312 3194 8310
      3208 8289 3205 8281 3193 8265 3192 8265
      3192 8268 3190 8269 3190 8270 3186 8276
      3185 8279 3184 8278 3181 8282 3182 8284
      3178 8287 3179 8298 3178 8301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 049DEG 7KT 3198 8282 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

1 follow-up statement

437 
WWUS52 KFFC 102323
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
723 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015

GAC271-102333-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0263.000000T0000Z-150710T2330Z/
TELFAIR GA-
723 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TELFAIR COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
730 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.

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

LAT...LON 3180 8308 3181 8309 3181 8312 3194 8310
      3208 8289 3205 8281 3193 8265 3192 8265
      3192 8268 3190 8269 3190 8270 3186 8276
      3185 8279 3184 8278 3181 8282 3182 8284
      3178 8287 3179 8298 3178 8301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 049DEG 7KT 3198 8282 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 10, 3:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	36 min
Jul 10, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson	45 min
Jul 10, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Troup	50 min
Jul 10, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Jones, Wilkinson	43 min
Jul 10, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford	37 min
Jul 10, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson	45 min
Jul 10, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	35 min
Jul 10, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Troup	45 min
Jul 10, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford	31 min
Jul 10, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	28 min
Jul 10, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	26 min
Jul 10, 4:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	37 min
Jul 10, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Monroe	35 min
Jul 10, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	26 min
Jul 10, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Taylor	22 min
Jul 10, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette	37 min
Jul 10, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Monroe	49 min
Jul 10, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	27 min
Jul 10, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Macon	43 min
Jul 10, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	27 min
Jul 10, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	36 min
Jul 10, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston	23 min
Jul 10, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	32 min
Jul 10, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pulaski	30 min
Jul 10, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	28 min
Jul 10, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Polk	24 min
Jul 10, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	34 min
Jul 10, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	32 min
Jul 10, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	36 min
Jul 10, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	36 min
Jul 10, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	28 min
Jul 10, 7:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb	31 min
Jul 10, 7:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb	25 min
Jul 10, 7:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	36 min
Jul 10, 7:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Polk	32 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.