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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 28, 2016Greene County, Hancock County, Putnam County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2016, 4:06 PM EDT for Greene County, Hancock County, Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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 28, 2016, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2016, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Putnam County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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 28, 4:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nne Phoenix, GA	SEVERAL TREES REPORTED DOWN ALONG STATE ROAD 44 IN NORTHERN PART OF COUNTY.
Jun 28, 4:18 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Se Liberty, GA	ONE TREE DOWNED ACROSS LIBERTY CHURCH ROAD IN SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY.

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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 122 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: 138 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

992 
WUUS52 KFFC 282006
SVRFFC
GAC133-141-237-282045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0148.160628T2006Z-160628T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
406 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY IN GEORGIA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 406 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  PHOENIX...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF EATONTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  20 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
  REYNOLDS PLANTATION...PHOENIX...LIBERTY...OCONEE SPRINGS PARK...
  SHOULDERBONE...ROCKVILLE AND DEVEREUX.

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 3318 8307 3338 8336 3348 8329 3348 8328
      3351 8327 3337 8293
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 299DEG 19KT 3340 8325 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

1 follow-up statement

391 
WWUS52 KFFC 282023
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
423 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

GAC133-141-237-282045-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0148.000000T0000Z-160628T2045Z/
HANCOCK GA-GREENE GA-PUTNAM GA-
423 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL HANCOCK...SOUTH CENTRAL GREENE AND NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM
COUNTIES...

AT 423 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER REYNOLDS
PLANTATION...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF GREENSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 15 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
REYNOLDS PLANTATION...PHOENIX...LIBERTY...OCONEE SPRINGS PARK...
SHOULDERBONE...ROCKVILLE AND DEVEREUX.

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 3318 8307 3338 8336 3348 8329 3348 8328
      3349 8322 3337 8293
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 277DEG 11KT 3341 8319 

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 27, 9:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Hall	28 min
Jun 28, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb	31 min
Jun 28, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	30 min
Jun 28, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	26 min
Jun 28, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry	31 min
Jun 28, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	27 min
Jun 28, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	25 min
Jun 28, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	31 min
Jun 28, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette	28 min
Jun 28, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	29 min
Jun 28, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	28 min
Jun 28, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hancock, Washington	32 min
Jun 28, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock	36 min
Jun 28, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson, Washington	40 min
Jun 28, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock	25 min
Jun 28, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	36 min
Jun 28, 7:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	37 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.