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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 17, 20164 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 8:04 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 41 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, 8:04 PM EDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2016, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Dodge County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Wheeler County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 17, 8:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 S Mcrae, GA	AT LEAST 1 TREE DOWN ON BIG HORSE CREEK RD AND CEDAR PARK RD
Jun 17, 8:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Eastman, GA	AT LEAST 2 TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AT 5TH ST AND OAK ST AND 9TH ST AND EASTMAN RD. ALSO STATED MANY REPORTS OF TREES DOWN ACROSS EASTMAN AND SURROUNDING AREA.

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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 196 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: 26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -289 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1745 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

941 
WUUS52 KFFC 180004
SVRFFC
GAC091-175-271-309-180045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0129.160618T0004Z-160618T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  WEST CENTRAL WHEELER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  CENTRAL TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 804 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EASTMAN...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 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
  MCRAE...EASTMAN...HELENA...MILAN...SCOTLAND...CHAUNCEY...WORKMORE...
  GODWINSVILLE...ACHORD...FIVE POINTS...LITTLE OCMULGEE STATE PARK...JAY
  BIRD SPRINGS AND PLAINFIELD.

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 3193 8313 3225 8330 3233 8314 3220 8283
      3192 8282
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 321DEG 35KT 3221 8316 

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 8:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox	29 min
Jun 17, 8:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox	38 min
Jun 17, 8:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler	46 min
Jun 17, 8:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Dodge, Wilcox	32 min
Jun 17, 9:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	29 min
Jun 17, 9:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	23 min
Jun 17, 9:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	28 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.