Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2016, 2:25 PM EDT for Oglethorpe County, Wilkes County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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
- Jul 6, 2016, 2:25 PM EDT (18:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2016, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Oglethorpe County, GA, Wilkes County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 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.
625
WUUS52 KFFC 061825
SVRFFC
GAC221-317-061915-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0169.160706T1825Z-160706T1915Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
225 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WILKES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHEASTERN OGLETHORPE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT
* AT 225 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR COMER TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARLTON TO NEAR
RAYLE...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
WASHINGTON...TIGNALL...RAYLE...CELESTE...VESTA...POINT
PETER...JACKSONS CROSSROADS...DELHI...NEWTOWN...
METASVILLE...FLORAL HILL...MALLORYSVILLE... NORMAN AND DANBURG.
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 3371 8293 3386 8301 3404 8315 3405 8313
3403 8310 3403 8309 3402 8305 3405 8298
3403 8293 3401 8294 3401 8291 3398 8286
3399 8284 3397 8278 3399 8272 3399 8265
3386 8261 3387 8257 3383 8260 3368 8250
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 271DEG 31KT 3406 8308 3393 8292 3375 8286
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
217
WWUS52 KFFC 061852
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
252 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
GAC221-061901-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0169.000000T0000Z-160706T1915Z/
OGLETHORPE GA-
252 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OGLETHORPE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3369 8267 3397 8277 3399 8272 3399 8265
3386 8261 3387 8257 3383 8260 3368 8250
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 279DEG 37KT 3393 8270 3370 8256
$$
GAC317-061915-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0169.000000T0000Z-160706T1915Z/
WILKES GA-
252 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WILKES COUNTY...
AT 251 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR NANCY HART STATE PARK TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LINCOLNTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 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
TIGNALL...DELHI...METASVILLE...DANBURG AND FLORAL HILL.
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 3369 8267 3397 8277 3399 8272 3399 8265
3386 8261 3387 8257 3383 8260 3368 8250
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 279DEG 37KT 3393 8270 3370 8256
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, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 40 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, 2:26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.