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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 348, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 11, 2015Bibb County, Jones County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2015, 9:29 PM EDT for Bibb County, Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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
Aug 11, 2015, 9:29 PM EDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2015, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bibb County, GA, Jones County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 00:00Z on 2015-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 322 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2015-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
322 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1577 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

950 
WUUS52 KFFC 120129
SVRFFC
GAC021-169-120200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0348.150812T0129Z-150812T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
929 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 929 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRAY...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  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
  MACON...GRAY...CLINTON...BRADLEY...JAMES...GREENBERRY CROSSROADS...
  CROSS KEYS...GRISWOLDVILLE...MOUNTAIN SPRINGS AND POSTELL.

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 3279 8363 3296 8371 3297 8372 3307 8354
      3292 8338
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 329DEG 18KT 3297 8359 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson29 min
Aug 11, 9:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones23 min
Aug 11, 9:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson24 min

Nearby

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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.