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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 3, 2015Bibb County, Jones County, Twiggs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2015, 2:24 PM EDT for Bibb County, Jones County, Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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
Jun 3, 2015, 2:24 PM EDT (18:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2015, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bibb County, GA, Jones County, GA, Twiggs County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2015-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 677 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 2015-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
677 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

874 
WUUS52 KFFC 031824
SVRFFC
GAC021-169-289-031900-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0095.150603T1824Z-150603T1900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
224 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 223 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MACON...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST 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
  MACON...FITZPATRICK...DRY BRANCH...FRANKLINTON...CROSS KEYS...
  HUBER...GRISWOLDVILLE...MYRICKS MILL AND POSTELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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 3265 8356 3266 8358 3267 8359 3284 8366
      3293 8354 3286 8338 3278 8334 3264 8355
TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 316DEG 13KT 3283 8356 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 8:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene23 min
Jun 2, 9:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Pulaski28 min
Jun 2, 11:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Putnam33 min
Jun 2, 11:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones31 min
Jun 3, 12:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee, Oglethorpe26 min
Jun 3, 12:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren46 min
Jun 3, 2:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon28 min
Jun 3, 5:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon40 min
Jun 3, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens22 min
Jun 3, 1:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Monroe31 min
Jun 3, 1:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley31 min
Jun 3, 1:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Schley, Taylor42 min
Jun 3, 1:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly25 min
Jun 3, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe22 min
Jun 3, 1:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler31 min
Jun 3, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler32 min
Jun 3, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb29 min
Jun 3, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson24 min
Jun 3, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach32 min
Jun 3, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson12 min
Jun 3, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge36 min
Jun 3, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar, Monroe32 min
Jun 3, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson26 min
Jun 3, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb32 min
Jun 3, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs35 min
Jun 3, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel31 min
Jun 3, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley32 min
Jun 3, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel38 min
Jun 3, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens34 min
Jun 3, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Douglas, Fulton28 min
Jun 3, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns33 min
Jun 3, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta48 min
Jun 3, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts36 min
Jun 3, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene33 min
Jun 3, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley29 min
Jun 3, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta38 min
Jun 3, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson34 min
Jun 3, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan, Putnam45 min
Jun 3, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite36 min
Jun 3, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts34 min
Jun 3, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon28 min
Jun 3, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhite23 min
Jun 3, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter36 min
Jun 3, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether30 min
Jun 3, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene35 min
Jun 3, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton30 min
Jun 3, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon35 min
Jun 3, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter30 min
Jun 3, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite26 min
Jun 3, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock, Putnam23 min
Jun 3, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe26 min
Jun 3, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Oglethorpe, Wilkes44 min
Jun 3, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dooly26 min
Jun 3, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan, Walton22 min
Jun 3, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dooly47 min
Jun 3, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison, Oglethorpe, Wilkes26 min
Jun 3, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer26 min
Jun 3, 7:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski, Wilcox36 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.