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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 25, 2016Marion County, Stewart County, Webster County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2016, 4:39 PM EDT for Marion County, Stewart County, Webster County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 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 25, 2016, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2016, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Marion County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Webster County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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 25, 5:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Preston, GA	911 CALL CENTER RECEIVED REPORTS OF TREES DOWN IN PRESTON NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY280 AND 41 SOUTH.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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: 706 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

980 
WUUS52 KFFC 252039
SVRFFC
GAC197-259-307-252130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0137.160625T2039Z-160625T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
439 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  EASTERN STEWART COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  WEBSTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 439 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  RICHLAND...OR NEAR PRESTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 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
  PRESTON...RICHLAND...WESTON...SEMINOLE...CHURCH HILL...BROOKLYN...
  TROUTMAN...KIMBROUGH...CENTERPOINT...LEVERETTS...DUMAS AND
  WESTVILLE.

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 3192 8467 3193 8468 3193 8469 3192 8469
      3192 8480 3193 8480 3192 8481 3192 8484
      3219 8471 3222 8452 3202 8445 3200 8451
      3192 8455
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 347DEG 11KT 3214 8461 

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

1 follow-up statement

993 
WWUS52 KFFC 252057
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
457 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016

GAC197-259-307-252130-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-160625T2130Z/
MARION GA-STEWART GA-WEBSTER GA-
457 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MARION...EASTERN STEWART AND WEBSTER COUNTIES...

AT 457 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
PRESTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 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
PRESTON...RICHLAND...WESTON...SEMINOLE...CHURCH
HILL...BROOKLYN...TROUTMAN...
KIMBROUGH...CENTERPOINT...LEVERETTS...DUMAS AND WESTVILLE.

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 3192 8467 3193 8468 3193 8469 3192 8469
      3192 8480 3193 8480 3192 8481 3192 8484
      3219 8471 3222 8452 3202 8445 3200 8451
      3192 8455
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 356DEG 12KT 3206 8459 

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 25, 3:34 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Crawford, Crisp and 29 more	18 hr
Jun 25, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	32 min
Jun 25, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Sumter	45 min
Jun 25, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Sumter	51 min
Jun 25, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Schley	26 min
Jun 25, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion, Schley	49 min
Jun 25, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Sumter, Webster	15 min
Jun 25, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Sumter, Webster	21 min
Jun 25, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	28 min
Jun 25, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart	34 min
Jun 25, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	30 min
Jun 25, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	24 min
Jun 25, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	27 min
Jun 25, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Wilcox	23 min
Jun 25, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	33 min
Jun 25, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot	47 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.