Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 5:12 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 28 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, 5:12 PM EDT (21:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2016, 5:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bleckley County, GA, Houston County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Twiggs County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 5:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Bonaire, GA |
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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
922
WUUS52 KFFC 172112
SVRFFC
GAC023-153-235-289-172200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0116.160617T2112Z-160617T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
512 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BLECKLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 512 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WARNER
ROBINS...OR NEAR PERRY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PERRY...WARNER ROBINS...ROBINS AIR FORCE
BASE...MAGNOLIA...BONAIRE...
GROVANIA...TARVERSVILLE...HAYNEVILLE...HOUSTON
LAKE...CLINCHFIELD... KATHLEEN...SAND BED...KLONDIKE AND OCMULGEE
PUBLIC FISHING AREA.
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 3247 8380 3249 8380 3250 8379 3251 8379
3251 8375 3253 8375 3252 8373 3252 8372
3258 8372 3265 8364 3251 8331 3229 8362
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 323DEG 32KT 3254 8366
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
161 follow-up statement
260
WWUS52 KFFC 172140
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
540 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016
GAC023-153-235-289-172150-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-160617T2200Z/
BLECKLEY GA-TWIGGS GA-PULASKI GA-HOUSTON GA-
540 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BLECKLEY...
SOUTHWESTERN TWIGGS...NORTHWESTERN PULASKI AND HOUSTON COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3247 8380 3249 8380 3250 8379 3251 8379
3251 8375 3253 8375 3252 8373 3252 8372
3258 8372 3265 8364 3251 8331 3229 8362
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 323DEG 32KT 3234 8348
$$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, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 28 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, 5:22 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.