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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 25, 20164 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2016, 6:28 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 47 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, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2016, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Marion County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Talbot County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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, 6:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Wsw Juniper, GA	911 CALL CENTER RECEIVED REPORT OF SEVERAL TREES ON ROADWAYS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 355 AND DR BROOKS RD.

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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 103 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.

216 
WUUS52 KFFC 252228
SVRFFC
GAC053-197-215-263-252315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0140.160625T2228Z-160625T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  EASTERN MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 627 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF GENEVA...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUENA
  VISTA...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
  BUENA VISTA...NORTH FORT BENNING...UPATOI...BRANTLEY...EELBECK/WEST
  FORT BENNING...OAKLAND...MARION ESTATES...BOX SPRINGS AND JUNIPER.

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 3237 8485 3258 8475 3259 8469 3253 8449
      3230 8452
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 019DEG 11KT 3249 8462 

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

1 follow-up statement

078 
WWUS52 KFFC 252309
SVSFFC

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

GAC053-197-215-263-252318-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0140.000000T0000Z-160625T2315Z/
MARION GA-CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-TALBOT GA-MUSCOGEE GA-
709 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MARION...
NORTHEASTERN CHATTAHOOCHEE...SOUTHWESTERN TALBOT AND EASTERN MUSCOGEE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3237 8485 3258 8475 3259 8469 3253 8449
      3230 8452
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 019DEG 11KT 3249 8462 

$$

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, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Marion, Stewart, Webster	51 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

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.