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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2016, 3:16 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 44 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 26, 2016, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Marion County, GA, Schley County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 3:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mauk, GA | 911 CALL CENTER RECEIVED REPORT OF 1 TREE DOWN ON THE COUNTY BORDER OF TAYLOR AND MARION COUNTIES. |
| Jun 26, 3:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Tazewell, GA | MARION COUNTY EMA CONFIRMED REPORT OF A TREE THAT KNOCKED DOWN A POWER POLE ON DR DERYL HART RD JUST NORTHEAST OF BUENA VISTA. |
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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
463 WUUS52 KFFC 261916 SVRFFC GAC197-249-263-269-262000- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0143.160626T1916Z-160626T2000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 316 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN SCHLEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... SOUTHWESTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... SOUTH CENTRAL TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... * UNTIL 400 PM EDT * AT 316 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUTLER...AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY. 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 MAUK...CHARING AND TAZEWELL. 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 3257 8454 3259 8440 3235 8427 3229 8449 TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 341DEG 3KT 3247 8441 HAIL...0.88IN WIND...60MPH $$
1 follow-up statement
563 WWUS52 KFFC 261935 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 335 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016 GAC197-249-263-269-262000- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0143.000000T0000Z-160626T2000Z/ SCHLEY GA-TAYLOR GA-MARION GA-TALBOT GA- 335 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN SCHLEY...SOUTHWESTERN TAYLOR...NORTHEASTERN MARION AND SOUTH CENTRAL TALBOT COUNTIES... AT 335 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BUENA VISTA...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MAUK...CHARING AND TAZEWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA. && LAT...LON 3257 8454 3259 8440 3235 8427 3229 8449 TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 340DEG 9KT 3239 8438 HAIL...0.88IN WIND...60MPH $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 1:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Sumter, Webster | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Peach | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 29 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.