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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 17, 2016Lamar County, Pike County, Upson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 3:52 PM EDT for Lamar County, Pike County, Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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, 3:52 PM EDT (19:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2016, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lamar County, GA, Pike County, GA, Upson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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 17, 3:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGZebulon, GA911 CALL CENTER RECEIVED REPORT OF NUMEROUS TREES DOWN..OVER 50...AS WELL AS POWERLINES ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 17, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 2016-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1265 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2016-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 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
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.

666 
WUUS52 KFFC 171952
SVRFFC
GAC171-231-293-172030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0108.160617T1952Z-160617T2030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 352 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ZEBULON...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 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
  BARNESVILLE...ZEBULON...YATESVILLE...MEANSVILLE...ALDORA...THE
  ROCK... REDBONE AND PIEDMONT.

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 3312 8443 3319 8432 3298 8404 3295 8404
      3295 8405 3293 8405 3293 8413 3287 8413
      3288 8423 3297 8431
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 320DEG 29KT 3312 8435 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee48 min
Jun 16, 9:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion29 min
Jun 17, 12:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Paulding36 min
Jun 17, 12:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb43 min
Jun 17, 1:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding50 min
Jun 17, 1:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett48 min
Jun 17, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd30 min
Jun 17, 1:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton33 min
Jun 17, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk35 min
Jun 17, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Floyd, Paulding, Polk44 min
Jun 17, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett26 min
Jun 17, 2:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale24 min
Jun 17, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe, Wilkes32 min
Jun 17, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale34 min
Jun 17, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Henry30 min
Jun 17, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren30 min
Jun 17, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Fulton18 min
Jun 17, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Haralson, Polk41 min
Jun 17, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Jasper, Newton38 min
Jun 17, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam34 min
Jun 17, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette28 min
Jun 17, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette32 min
Jun 17, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Jones, Putnam42 min
Jun 17, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones30 min
Jun 17, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson, Polk42 min
Jun 17, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike23 min
Jun 17, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington47 min
Jun 17, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones28 min
Jun 17, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Heard46 min
Jun 17, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Washington29 min
Jun 17, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren25 min
Jun 17, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson37 min
Jun 17, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup36 min
Jun 17, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Washington, Wilkinson45 min
Jun 17, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson, Washington52 min
Jun 17, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Taylor, Upson30 min
Jun 17, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Houston, Peach41 min
Jun 17, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard, Troup47 min
Jun 17, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson36 min
Jun 17, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether, Troup48 min
Jun 17, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens46 min
Jun 17, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs28 min
Jun 17, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Treutlen38 min
Jun 17, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen46 min
Jun 17, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly24 min
Jun 17, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge36 min
Jun 17, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler41 min
Jun 17, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Pulaski, Wilcox40 min
Jun 17, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs33 min
Jun 17, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee56 min
Jun 17, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair, Wheeler48 min
Jun 17, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox30 min
Jun 17, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee44 min
Jun 17, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs31 min
Jun 17, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes32 min
Jun 17, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair33 min
Jun 17, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Stewart62 min
Jun 17, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe, Wilkes30 min
Jun 17, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly68 min
Jun 17, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart, Webster35 min
Jun 17, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Macon, Pulaski, Wilcox45 min
Jun 17, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon38 min
Jun 17, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe, Wilkes26 min
Jun 17, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Houston, Macon, Pulaski49 min
Jun 17, 7:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster46 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.