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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 9, 2016Chattahoochee County, Marion County, Muscogee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2016, 2:30 PM EDT for Chattahoochee County, Marion County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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 9, 2016, 2:30 PM EDT (18:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2016, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Marion County, GA, Muscogee County, GA

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 106 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: 1465 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1164 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

246 
WUUS52 KFFC 091830
SVRFFC
GAC053-197-215-091915-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0189.160709T1830Z-160709T1915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
230 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  CENTRAL CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 230 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PHENIX
  CITY... 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
  COLUMBUS...BIBB CITY...UPATOI...FORT BENNING/LAWSON ARMY AIR
  FLD... NORTH FORT BENNING...EDGEWOOD...EELBECK/WEST FORT
  BENNING...KENWOOD... VISTA TERRACE...BENNING HILLS...FLAT
  ROCK...ROSE HILL...AVONDALE...SAND HILL...CARTER ACRES...BENNING
  PARK...COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN AIRPORT... HIGHLAND PARK...BATTLE
  PARK AND CUSTER ROAD TERRACE.

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 8469 3256 8467 3252 8469 3253 8465
      3253 8461 3252 8458 3232 8457 3234 8501
      3236 8498 3238 8497 3239 8499 3239 8497
      3241 8498 3243 8496 3246 8500 3250 8500
      3253 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 269DEG 13KT 3244 8501 

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
Jul 8, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Towns, Union	34 min
Jul 8, 8:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White	30 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, 2:34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.