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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 26, 2016Harris County, Meriwether County, Troup County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2016, 2:53 PM EDT for Harris County, Meriwether County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2016, 2:53 PM EDT (18:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Harris County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Troup County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 59 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 399 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
399 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-211 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

472 
WUUS52 KFFC 261853
SVRFFC
GAC145-199-285-261945-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0142.160626T1853Z-160626T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
253 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 253 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PINE
  MOUNTAIN...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10
  MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PINE MOUNTAIN...ODESSADALE...STOVALL AND BIG SPRINGS. 

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 3302 8495 3302 8479 3285 8477 3284 8496
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 359DEG 7KT 3294 8486 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
890 
WWUS52 KFFC 261910
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
310 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016

GAC145-199-285-261945-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-160626T1945Z/
HARRIS GA-TROUP GA-MERIWETHER GA-
310 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL HARRIS...SOUTHEASTERN TROUP AND SOUTHWESTERN
MERIWETHER COUNTIES...

AT 310 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PINE
MOUNTAIN... OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE...AND IS NEARLY
STATIONARY.

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
PINE MOUNTAIN...ODESSADALE...STOVALL AND BIG SPRINGS. 

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 3302 8495 3302 8479 3285 8477 3284 8496
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 357DEG 4KT 3295 8486 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 1:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas32 min
Jun 26, 1:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta26 min
Jun 26, 1:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard26 min
Jun 26, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton24 min
Jun 26, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas35 min
Jun 26, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup29 min
Jun 26, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard25 min
Jun 26, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton34 min
Jun 26, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris25 min
Jun 26, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris52 min
Jun 26, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Fayette33 min
Jun 26, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion30 min
Jun 26, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether28 min
Jun 26, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley, Talbot, Taylor44 min
Jun 26, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike, Upson45 min
Jun 26, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSpalding24 min
Jun 26, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot29 min
Jun 26, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley, Sumter, Webster44 min
Jun 26, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot, Upson39 min
Jun 26, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox36 min
Jun 26, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike27 min
Jun 26, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee36 min
Jun 26, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford26 min
Jun 26, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa33 min
Jun 26, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Peach27 min
Jun 26, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach30 min
Jun 26, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb24 min
Jun 26, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.