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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 264, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 13, 2015Emanuel County, Treutlen County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2015, 7:32 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Treutlen County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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: Jul 13, 2015, 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2015, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 43 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), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 214 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: 1240 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1106 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -55 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.

932 
WUUS52 KFFC 132332
SVRFFC
GAC107-283-140015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0264.150713T2332Z-150714T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
732 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 731 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED EXTENDING WEST 
  OF SWAINSBORO TO NEAR SOPERTON...MOVING EAST AT 5 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
  SWAINSBORO...NUNEZ...MODOC...GILLIS SPRINGS...COVENA...DELLWOOD...
  ZAIDEE...NORRISTOWN JUNCTION 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 THESE STORMS. 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 3234 8235 3234 8239 3235 8241 3233 8253
      3236 8256 3260 8255 3264 8250 3264 8249
      3266 8249 3268 8250 3270 8248 3266 8226
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 287DEG 2KT 3259 8245 3239 8250 

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

1 follow-up statement

620 
WWUS52 KFFC 140009
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
809 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

GAC107-283-140015-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0264.000000T0000Z-150714T0015Z/
TREUTLEN GA-EMANUEL GA-
809 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN TREUTLEN AND SOUTHWESTERN EMANUEL COUNTIES...

AT 809 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED EXTENDING FROM NEAR
NUNEZ TO NEAR SOPERTON...AND ARE NEARLY STATIONARY.
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
NUNEZ...GILLIS SPRINGS...COVENA...ZAIDEE 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 THESE STORMS. 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 3234 8235 3234 8239 3235 8241 3233 8253
      3236 8256 3253 8255 3254 8244 3249 8231
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 010DEG 2KT 3243 8238 3242 8254 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 9:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	32 min
Jul 12, 9:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	31 min
Jul 12, 10:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	30 min
Jul 12, 10:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gordon	29 min
Jul 12, 10:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette	37 min
Jul 12, 10:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	32 min
Jul 12, 11:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Spalding	30 min
Jul 12, 11:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	33 min
Jul 12, 11:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	25 min
Jul 13, 12:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett	46 min
Jul 13, 12:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walton	48 min
Jul 13, 1:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan, Oconee	23 min
Jul 13, 1:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	38 min
Jul 13, 3:35 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	FFC	Dodge, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair and 3 more	15 hr
Jul 13, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Dooly	31 min
Jul 13, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	30 min
Jul 13, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	32 min
Jul 13, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	49 min
Jul 13, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	49 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.