Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2016, 1:50 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 40 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
- Jul 6, 2016, 1:50 PM EDT (17:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2016, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clarke County, GA, Madison County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 1:57 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ene Shoal Creek Farms, GA | SEVERAL REPORTS OF ELECTRICAL LINES DOWN ACROSS 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 1847 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 741 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
039
WUUS52 KFFC 061750
SVRFFC
GAC059-195-219-221-061830-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0166.160706T1750Z-160706T1830Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
150 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
EAST CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
OGLETHORPE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT
* AT 149 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR HULL TO NEAR WINTERVILLE TO NEAR
WATKINSVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LEXINGTON...ATHENS...COMER...WINTERVILLE...CRAWFORD...COLBERT...
ARNOLDSVILLE...CARLTON...MAXEYS...HULL...WHITEHALL...ATHENS-CLARKE
COUNTY...STEPHENS...SMITHONIA...VESTA...POINT PETER...BARNETT
SHOALS... WATSON MILL BRIDGE STATE PARK...SANDY CREEK RECREATION
AREA AND BARRETTS MILL.
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 3385 8293 3384 8295 3379 8298 3375 8296
3371 8297 3369 8300 3371 8305 3371 8307
3374 8322 3376 8328 3375 8329 3377 8339
3393 8338 3403 8340 3406 8299 3403 8293
3401 8294 3400 8288
TIME...MOT...LOC 1749Z 261DEG 37KT 3403 8334 3394 8331 3381 8335
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
320
WWUS52 KFFC 061804
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
204 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
GAC059-219-061813-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-160706T1830Z/
CLARKE GA-OCONEE GA-
204 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLARKE AND EAST CENTRAL OCONEE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN AND EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3385 8293 3384 8295 3379 8298 3375 8296
3372 8297 3369 8300 3371 8305 3371 8307
3374 8323 3389 8325 3391 8324 3393 8326
3398 8328 3400 8326 3401 8328 3404 8329
3406 8299 3403 8293 3401 8294 3400 8288
TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 261DEG 32KT 3403 8325 3386 8319
$$
GAC195-221-061830-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-160706T1830Z/
MADISON GA-OGLETHORPE GA-
204 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MADISON AND OGLETHORPE COUNTIES...
AT 203 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR COLBERT TO NEAR CRAWFORD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LEXINGTON...COMER...WINTERVILLE...CRAWFORD...COLBERT...ARNOLDSVILLE..
.
CARLTON...MAXEYS...STEPHENS...SMITHONIA...VESTA...POINT PETER...WATSON MILL
BRIDGE STATE PARK...DUNLAP...PHILOMATH AND HUTCHINGS.
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 3385 8293 3384 8295 3379 8298 3375 8296
3372 8297 3369 8300 3371 8305 3371 8307
3374 8323 3389 8325 3391 8324 3393 8326
3398 8328 3400 8326 3401 8328 3404 8329
3406 8299 3403 8293 3401 8294 3400 8288
TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 261DEG 32KT 3403 8325 3386 8319
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 9:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 11:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 11:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 11:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 12:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding | 49 min |
| Jul 6, 12:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 12:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 12:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 12:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 1:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 1:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale, Walton | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 1:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 1:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 1:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette, Henry, Pike, Spalding | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 1:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson, Madison | 50 min |
| Jul 6, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Taylor, Upson | 10 min |
| Jul 6, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan, Putnam | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 50 min |
| Jul 6, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Peach, Schley, Taylor | 49 min |
| Jul 6, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Wilkinson | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Upson | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 22 min |
| Jul 6, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Sumter | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 23 min |
| Jul 6, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Warren | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones, Wilkinson | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 50 min |
| Jul 6, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Talbot, Taylor | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Twiggs | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 49 min |
| Jul 6, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 17 min |
| Jul 6, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Treutlen, Wheeler | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding, Polk | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs | 51 min |
| Jul 6, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Murray | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 49 min |
| Jul 6, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 10 min |
| Jul 6, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 66 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.