Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 198, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2016, 5:08 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 52 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
- Jul 11, 2016, 5:08 PM EDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Harris County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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 11, 5:12 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pine Mountain, GA | 911 CALL CENTER RECEIVED REPORT OF NUMEROUS TREES DOWN COUNTY-WIDE |
| Jul 11, 5:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Woodbury, GA | 911 CALL CENTER RECEIVED REPORTS OF MULTIPLE TREES DOWN. ONE ON HWY 109 AND CEDAR ROCK RD NEAR WOODBURY...ONE ON WALLACE RD NEAR PINE MOUNTAIN...ONE ON EAST PERRY ST NEAR MANCHESTER...AND ONE ON ST MARKS RD NORTHWEST OF GREENVILLE |
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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1028 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
200
WUUS52 KFFC 112108
SVRFFC
GAC145-199-263-285-112200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0198.160711T2108Z-160711T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
508 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HARRIS COUNTY IN GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN TROUP COUNTY IN GEORGIA...
MERIWETHER COUNTY IN GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN TALBOT COUNTY IN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 508 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HAMILTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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
HAMILTON...GREENVILLE...MANCHESTER...PINE MOUNTAIN...WOODBURY...WARM
SPRINGS...GAY...WOOSTER...RALEIGH...DURAND...HARRIS CITY...BIG SPRINGS...
SAINT MARKS...F.D. ROOSEVELT STATE PARK...ODESSADALE...STOVALL...IMLAC
AND FLINT HILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 3314 8483 3317 8451 3310 8453 3308 8451
3307 8453 3306 8452 3304 8454 3301 8454
3298 8452 3296 8453 3295 8452 3291 8453
3291 8451 3288 8451 3288 8449 3286 8449
3269 8486 3281 8500
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 217DEG 26KT 3279 8489
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
106
WWUS52 KFFC 112133
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
533 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2016
GAC145-263-112143-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0198.000000T0000Z-160711T2200Z/
HARRIS GA-TALBOT GA-
533 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HARRIS AND
NORTHWESTERN TALBOT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3314 8483 3317 8451 3310 8453 3308 8451
3307 8453 3306 8452 3304 8454 3301 8454
3298 8452 3297 8453 3295 8452 3291 8453
3291 8451 3288 8451 3285 8457 3284 8470
3287 8475 3287 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 217DEG 26KT 3291 8478
$$
GAC199-285-112200-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0198.000000T0000Z-160711T2200Z/
TROUP GA-MERIWETHER GA-
533 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN TROUP AND MERIWETHER COUNTIES...
AT 533 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PINE MOUNTAIN...
OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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
GREENVILLE...MANCHESTER...PINE MOUNTAIN...WOODBURY...WARM SPRINGS...GAY...
WOOSTER...RALEIGH...DURAND...HARRIS CITY...BIG SPRINGS...SAINT MARKS...
ODESSADALE...STOVALL AND IMLAC.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 3314 8483 3317 8451 3310 8453 3308 8451
3307 8453 3306 8452 3304 8454 3301 8454
3298 8452 3297 8453 3295 8452 3291 8453
3291 8451 3288 8451 3285 8457 3284 8470
3287 8475 3287 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 217DEG 26KT 3291 8478
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$387
WWUS52 KFFC 112142
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
542 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2016
GAC285-112152-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0198.000000T0000Z-160711T2200Z/
TROUP GA-
542 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TROUP COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3314 8483 3317 8451 3310 8453 3308 8451
3307 8453 3306 8452 3304 8454 3301 8454
3298 8452 3297 8453 3295 8452 3291 8453
3291 8451 3288 8451 3285 8457 3284 8470
3287 8475 3298 8483
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 217DEG 26KT 3296 8473
$$
GAC199-112200-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0198.000000T0000Z-160711T2200Z/
MERIWETHER GA-
542 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR MERIWETHER COUNTY...
AT 542 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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
GREENVILLE...MANCHESTER...WOODBURY...WARM SPRINGS...GAY...SAINT MARKS...
WOOSTER...RALEIGH...DURAND...HARRIS CITY...ODESSADALE AND IMLAC.
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 3314 8483 3317 8451 3310 8453 3308 8451
3307 8453 3306 8452 3304 8454 3301 8454
3298 8452 3297 8453 3295 8452 3291 8453
3291 8451 3288 8451 3285 8457 3284 8470
3287 8475 3298 8483
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 217DEG 26KT 3296 8473
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 11, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 36 min |
| Jul 11, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Webster | 51 min |
| Jul 11, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 34 min |
| Jul 11, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 35 min |
| Jul 11, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Troup | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 28 min |
| Jul 11, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 39 min |
| Jul 11, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton, Paulding | 48 min |
| Jul 11, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 32 min |
| Jul 11, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Floyd, Forsyth, Gordon and 3 more | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 36 min |
| Jul 11, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Jackson, Oconee, Walton | 27 min |
Nearby
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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.