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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 8, 20165 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2016, 8:45 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 30 min. 6 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: Jul 8, 2016, 8:45 PM EDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2016, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Fannin County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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
Jul 8, 8:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nw Canal Lake, GA	A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON CALDWELL RD NEAR MURPHY HIGHWAY.
Jul 8, 8:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Jones Creek, GA	TREE DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF JONES CREEK ROAD AND DAKOTA LANE.
Jul 8, 8:53 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Sw Notalee Orchards, GA	TREE DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HAYFIELD ROAD AND HIGHWAY 515.
Jul 8, 8:53 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ssw Youngstown, GA	TREE DOWN ON OLD BLUE RIDGE HIGHWAY NEAR THE ACE HARDWARE STORE.
Jul 8, 8:57 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mineral Bluff, GA	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN MINERAL BLUFF.
Jul 8, 9:09 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Epworth, GA	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN EPWORTH.

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 00:00Z, 0.8 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.

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: 1818 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1892 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 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

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The text

As transmitted.

819 
WUUS52 KFFC 090045
SVRFFC
GAC111-187-281-291-311-090115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0182.160709T0045Z-160709T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
845 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LUMPKIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  UNION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  TOWNS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
  WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
  FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 845 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR MOCCASIN CREEK STATE PARK TO NEAR DUCKTOWN...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  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
  CLEVELAND...BLUE RIDGE...HIAWASSEE...BLAIRSVILLE...YOUNG
  HARRIS...HELEN... MORGANTON...SUCHES...UNICOI STATE PARK...JONES
  CREEK...SAUTEE...EPWORTH... SMITHGALL WOODS CONSERVATION
  ARE...LEAF...MACEDONIA...ALEXANDERS MILL... TURNERS
  CORNER...MOUNTAIN SCENE...LOW GAP SHELTER AND TITUS.

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 3498 8364 3491 8361 3488 8366 3482 8365
      3480 8368 3476 8363 3469 8364 3465 8366
      3462 8364 3460 8364 3454 8362 3452 8365
      3460 8419 3464 8420 3467 8425 3472 8425
      3480 8431 3484 8437 3484 8439 3499 8445
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 301DEG 29KT 3485 8363 3501 8431 

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Towns, Union	34 min
Jul 8, 8:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	32 min
Jul 8, 9:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin	28 min
Jul 8, 11:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taliaferro, Warren	29 min
Jul 8, 11:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Taliaferro, Warren	46 min
Jul 9, 12:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock	45 min
Jul 9, 12:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Dade	53 min
Jul 9, 12:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield	44 min
Jul 9, 12:59 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield	46 min
Jul 9, 1:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Union	25 min
Jul 9, 2:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Towns, White	45 min
Jul 9, 3:42 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 39 more	16 hr
Jul 9, 12:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	34 min
Jul 9, 12:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	30 min
Jul 9, 1:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	27 min
Jul 9, 1:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	36 min
Jul 9, 1:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	33 min
Jul 9, 1:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Washington, Wilkinson	33 min
Jul 9, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	36 min
Jul 9, 1:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Talbot	28 min
Jul 9, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	29 min
Jul 9, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	24 min
Jul 9, 2:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Talbot	29 min
Jul 9, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson, Polk	37 min
Jul 9, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	30 min
Jul 9, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee	45 min
Jul 9, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Upson	26 min
Jul 9, 2:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Talbot, Upson	32 min
Jul 9, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	26 min
Jul 9, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	37 min
Jul 9, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	32 min
Jul 9, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Monroe	28 min
Jul 9, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee	24 min
Jul 9, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Lamar, Monroe	26 min
Jul 9, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Macon, Marion, Schley, Taylor	30 min
Jul 9, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Jones, Monroe	31 min
Jul 9, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Peach	34 min
Jul 9, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	24 min
Jul 9, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Jones	25 min
Jul 9, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	38 min
Jul 9, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	23 min
Jul 9, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Putnam	35 min
Jul 9, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	27 min
Jul 9, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski	40 min
Jul 9, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock	47 min
Jul 9, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	24 min
Jul 9, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	30 min
Jul 9, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	30 min
Jul 9, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	12 min
Jul 9, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	30 min
Jul 9, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Telfair	43 min
Jul 9, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper	26 min
Jul 9, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Spalding	31 min
Jul 9, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts	27 min
Jul 9, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts	33 min
Jul 9, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Harris, Meriwether, Troup	3 min
Jul 9, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Jasper	40 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.