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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 31, 2015Crawford County, Taylor County, Upson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2015, 5:20 PM EDT for Crawford County, Taylor County, Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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
May 31, 2015, 5:20 PM EDT (21:20 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2015, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Crawford County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Upson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2015-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 518 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2015-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
518 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
900 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 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.

481 
WUUS52 KFFC 312120
SVRFFC
GAC079-269-293-312200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0085.150531T2120Z-150531T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
520 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 519 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUTLER...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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
  BUTLER...ROBERTA...REYNOLDS...RUPERT...POTTERVILLE...SALEM...
  MAUK...LOGTOWN...HORNS...CARSONVILLE...CHARING...WESLEY CHURCH...
  FICKLING MILL...KNOXVILLE AND HOWARD.

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 3240 8432 3238 8435 3240 8436 3243 8436
      3242 8439 3248 8441 3249 8443 3254 8445
      3256 8441 3260 8441 3268 8434 3272 8433
      3274 8429 3276 8430 3290 8421 3274 8395
      3240 8420 3240 8425 3237 8425 3237 8432
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 214DEG 18KT 3256 8430 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 12:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth30 min
May 31, 12:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Walker31 min
May 31, 12:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth40 min
May 31, 12:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Fulton22 min
May 31, 1:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor51 min
May 31, 1:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb28 min
May 31, 1:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth37 min
May 31, 1:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield40 min
May 31, 1:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Gwinnett, Hall41 min
May 31, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalker35 min
May 31, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton34 min
May 31, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Gwinnett41 min
May 31, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield39 min
May 31, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry51 min
May 31, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale39 min
May 31, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike36 min
May 31, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Gilmer, Pickens45 min
May 31, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether34 min
May 31, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb52 min
May 31, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts44 min
May 31, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart32 min
May 31, 4:05 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett7 days
May 31, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton38 min
May 31, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart, Webster46 min
May 31, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee43 min
May 31, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding26 min
May 31, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion34 min
May 31, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor27 min
May 31, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding29 min
May 31, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee39 min
May 31, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson, Paulding51 min
May 31, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dooly, Sumter43 min
May 31, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee38 min
May 31, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Putnam33 min
May 31, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Polk34 min
May 31, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta26 min
May 31, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta38 min
May 31, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Talbot51 min
May 31, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Macon, Peach, Taylor47 min
May 31, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Muscogee43 min
May 31, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson45 min
May 31, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas45 min
May 31, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta44 min
May 31, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether25 min
May 31, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike35 min
May 31, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Monroe43 min
May 31, 7:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris54 min
May 31, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes33 min
May 31, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup42 min
May 31, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Spalding26 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.