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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 296, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 19, 2015Crisp County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2015, 6:50 PM EDT for Crisp County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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 19, 2015, 6:50 PM EDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2015, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Crisp County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 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 19, 6:58 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGArabi, GA1 TREE DOWN IN ARABI.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2015-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 808 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2015-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
808 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1252 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 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.

009 
WUUS52 KFFC 192250
SVRFFC
GAC081-192330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0296.150719T2250Z-150719T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
650 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CRISP COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 650 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ARABI...OR 7
  MILES SOUTH OF CORDELE...MOVING EAST 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
  ARABI...HATLEY AND WENONA. 

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 3181 8382 3181 8383 3183 8384 3182 8385
      3184 8386 3184 8387 3186 8390 3195 8362
      3191 8361 3181 8361 3180 8363 3180 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 286DEG 11KT 3185 8377 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 8:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas, Paulding26 min
Jul 18, 8:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock28 min
Jul 19, 4:03 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 38 more15 hr
Jul 19, 12:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton25 min
Jul 19, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta28 min
Jul 19, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette37 min
Jul 19, 2:03 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Crawford and 46 more29 hr
Jul 19, 2:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry24 min
Jul 19, 2:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson33 min
Jul 19, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll27 min
Jul 19, 2:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry23 min
Jul 19, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas29 min
Jul 19, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll35 min
Jul 19, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts33 min
Jul 19, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta26 min
Jul 19, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton23 min
Jul 19, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk29 min
Jul 19, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon31 min
Jul 19, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel28 min
Jul 19, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding35 min
Jul 19, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler24 min
Jul 19, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor33 min
Jul 19, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Schley, Taylor42 min
Jul 19, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow35 min
Jul 19, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Morgan31 min
Jul 19, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler25 min
Jul 19, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter33 min
Jul 19, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens32 min
Jul 19, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Toombs, Wheeler43 min
Jul 19, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens24 min
Jul 19, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley45 min
Jul 19, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter25 min
Jul 19, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter35 min
Jul 19, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens44 min
Jul 19, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp29 min
Jul 19, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge37 min
Jul 19, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp41 min
Jul 19, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen29 min
Jul 19, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair, Wilcox50 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.