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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 3, 2015Coweta County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2015, 4:27 PM EDT for Coweta County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports 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
Jun 3, 2015, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2015, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Coweta County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 4:56 PM EDTHAIL 1.752 Se Mcbride, GADIME TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL FALLING AT I85 EXIT IN NEWNAN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR
Jun 3, 5:02 PM EDTHAIL 14 W Sharpsburg, GAWEB REPORT OF QUARTER SIZED HAIL

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

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 19 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.

335 
WUUS52 KFFC 032027
SVRFFC
GAC077-032115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0099.150603T2027Z-150603T2115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 427 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF 
  PALMETTO... OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEWNAN...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
  NEWNAN...TYRONE...PALMETTO...MADRAS...THOMAS CROSSROADS AND
  CANNONGATE.

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 3351 8476 3351 8463 3348 8462 3344 8463
      3343 8462 3340 8461 3335 8464 3333 8475
      3349 8481
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 329DEG 12KT 3349 8474 

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, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Jones, Twiggs36 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, 4:39 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.