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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 17, 2016Jones County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 3:50 PM EDT for Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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 17, 2016, 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2016, 4:18 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Jones County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 17, 3:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ne Wayside, GA	THE JONES COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED TWO TREES BLOWN DOWN NEAR ROUND OAK.
Jun 17, 4:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Haddock, GA	THE JONES COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED A TREE BLOWN DOWN NEAR HADDOCK.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 17, 1:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1265 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -151 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1321 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

999 
WUUS52 KFFC 171950
SVRFFC
GAC169-172030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0107.160617T1950Z-160617T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
350 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 350 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  GRAY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR 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
  GRAY...CLINTON...BRADLEY...WAYSIDE...JAMES...GREENBERRY
  CROSSROADS... GRISWOLDVILLE...HADDOCK...MOUNTAIN SPRINGS AND
  POSTELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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 3306 8365 3313 8353 3301 8338 3293 8336
      3289 8341 3285 8349 3285 8350
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 320DEG 24KT 3307 8355 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

1 follow-up statement

949 
WWUS52 KFFC 172018
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
418 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016

GAC169-172028-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0107.000000T0000Z-160617T2030Z/
JONES GA-
418 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN JONES COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3306 8365 3313 8353 3301 8338 3293 8336
      3289 8341 3285 8349 3285 8350
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 320DEG 24KT 3292 8340 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 8:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	48 min
Jun 16, 9:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	29 min
Jun 17, 12:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Paulding	36 min
Jun 17, 12:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb	43 min
Jun 17, 1:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding	50 min
Jun 17, 1:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	48 min
Jun 17, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	30 min
Jun 17, 1:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	33 min
Jun 17, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Polk	35 min
Jun 17, 2:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Floyd, Paulding, Polk	44 min
Jun 17, 2:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	26 min
Jun 17, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Rockdale	24 min
Jun 17, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe, Wilkes	32 min
Jun 17, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Newton, Rockdale	34 min
Jun 17, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Henry	30 min
Jun 17, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Warren	30 min
Jun 17, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Douglas, Fulton	18 min
Jun 17, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd, Haralson, Polk	41 min
Jun 17, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton	38 min
Jun 17, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Putnam	34 min
Jun 17, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette	28 min
Jun 17, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette	32 min
Jun 17, 3:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Hancock, Jones, Putnam	42 min
Jun 17, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	30 min
Jun 17, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Haralson, Polk	42 min
Jun 17, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pike	23 min
Jun 17, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington	47 min
Jun 17, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Lamar, Pike, Upson	38 min
Jun 17, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Heard	46 min
Jun 17, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Washington	29 min
Jun 17, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Warren	25 min
Jun 17, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Upson	37 min
Jun 17, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	36 min
Jun 17, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson	45 min
Jun 17, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson, Washington	52 min
Jun 17, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Taylor, Upson	30 min
Jun 17, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Houston, Peach	41 min
Jun 17, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Heard, Troup	47 min
Jun 17, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	36 min
Jun 17, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Troup	48 min
Jun 17, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens	46 min
Jun 17, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs	28 min
Jun 17, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Treutlen	38 min
Jun 17, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen	46 min
Jun 17, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	24 min
Jun 17, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	36 min
Jun 17, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler	41 min
Jun 17, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox	40 min
Jun 17, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	33 min
Jun 17, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	56 min
Jun 17, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Telfair, Wheeler	48 min
Jun 17, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	30 min
Jun 17, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	44 min
Jun 17, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	31 min
Jun 17, 6:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	32 min
Jun 17, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Telfair	33 min
Jun 17, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Stewart	62 min
Jun 17, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Oglethorpe, Wilkes	30 min
Jun 17, 7:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	68 min
Jun 17, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Stewart, Webster	35 min
Jun 17, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly, Macon, Pulaski, Wilcox	45 min
Jun 17, 7:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon	38 min
Jun 17, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe, Wilkes	26 min
Jun 17, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly, Houston, Macon, Pulaski	49 min
Jun 17, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	46 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.