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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 17, 20165 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 8:22 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 38 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, 8:22 PM EDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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, 8:58 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cordele, GA	1 TREE DOWN THAT DESTROYED A MOBILE HOME AT CORNER OF CRISP AND CHURCH ST. ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CORDELE. ALSO HAD POWER LINES DOWN ON FARMERSMARKET ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE OF CORDELE BETWEEN HWY 41 AND I75. NO INJURIES.
Jun 17, 9:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cordele, GA	CRISP COUNTY EMA/LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS RECEIVED REPORTS OF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES AND NUMEROUS VEHICLES. ALSO MANY DOWNED POWERLINES. MOST DAMAGE FOUND AROUND THE CRISP REGIONAL HOSPITAL

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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.

587 
WUUS52 KFFC 180022
SVRFFC
GAC081-091-093-235-315-180100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0130.160618T0022Z-160618T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DOOLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  CRISP COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 822 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAWKINSVILLE TO NEAR
  ANDERSONVILLE...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
  CORDELE...VIENNA...ABBEVILLE...ROCHELLE...ARABI...BYROMVILLE...PINEVIEW...
  PINEHURST...RHINE...PITTS...LILLY...UNION...ANTIOCH CHURCH...CEDAR CREEK...
  RICHWOOD...POPE CITY...DRAYTON...OCMULGEE BANKS...OWENSBORO AND
  TIPPETTVILLE.

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 THESE STORMS. 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 3181 8383 3183 8384 3182 8385 3184 8386
      3185 8394 3195 8393 3203 8396 3205 8398
      3209 8398 3215 8403 3218 8403 3222 8399
      3225 8331 3195 8314 3190 8321 3187 8318
      3185 8318 3185 8361 3180 8361 3180 8378
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 322DEG 36KT 3218 8336 3211 8411 

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, 8:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler	41 min
Jun 17, 8:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox	29 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

Nearby

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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.