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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 11, 20164 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2016, 5:31 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 44 min. 4 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, 5:31 PM EDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Troup County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 11, 6:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGFayetteville, GANWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED 60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND SOME SIDING TAKEN OFF OF THE HOUSE FROM THE GUSTS
Jul 11, 6:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMoreland, GAEMERGENCY MANAGER RECEIVED REPORT OF BLOWN TRANSFORMER/WIRES DOWN ON CECIL HUNTER RD NEAR MORELAND...WALL OF A BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION COLLAPSE ON BARNES ST IN SENOIA...1 TREE DOWN ON MARION BEAVERS RD NEAR SHARPSBURG... ONE LINE DOWN AND ONE TREE DOWN ON
Jul 11, 6:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGThe Cloister, GANWS EMPLOYEE RECEIVED REPORT OF 2 POWERLINES DOWN ON MORGAN MILL RD AND 1 LARGE TREE AND POWER OUTAGE ON MALONE RD
Jul 11, 6:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 Se Peachtree City, GATWO TREES DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF REDWINE RD AND ROBINSON RD. ONE TREE DOWN IN WOOD CREEK SUBDIVISION.

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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 15 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 133 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

753 
WUUS52 KFFC 112131
SVRFFC
GAC077-113-199-285-112215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0199.160711T2131Z-160711T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
531 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN TROUP COUNTY IN GEORGIA...
  NORTHERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN GEORGIA...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN GEORGIA...
  COWETA COUNTY IN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 531 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LONE OAK...OR
  12 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST 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
  NEWNAN...FAYETTEVILLE...PEACHTREE CITY...TYRONE...SENOIA...HOGANSVILLE...
  GRANTVILLE...LUTHERSVILLE...BROOKS...MORELAND...SHARPSBURG...TURIN...
  HARALSON...WOOLSEY...LONE OAK...EAST NEWNAN...CORINTH...THOMAS
  CROSSROADS...ROCKY MOUNT AND MADRAS.

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 3321 8498 3323 8494 3328 8495 3342 8491
      3351 8458 3350 8442 3348 8439 3342 8440
      3341 8439 3336 8440 3334 8438 3332 8439
      3326 8444 3326 8450 3325 8451 3322 8450
      3316 8458 3314 8483 3305 8488 3317 8499
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 223DEG 35KT 3318 8485 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
966 
WWUS52 KFFC 112149
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
549 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2016

GAC285-112158-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0199.000000T0000Z-160711T2215Z/
TROUP GA-
549 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN 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 3322 8485 3325 8491 3334 8493 3342 8491
      3351 8458 3350 8442 3348 8439 3342 8440
      3341 8439 3336 8440 3334 8438 3332 8439
      3326 8444 3326 8450 3325 8451 3322 8450
      3316 8458 3314 8477
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 223DEG 35KT 3331 8471 

$$

GAC077-113-199-112215-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0199.000000T0000Z-160711T2215Z/
MERIWETHER GA-FAYETTE GA-COWETA GA-
549 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MERIWETHER...FAYETTE AND COWETA COUNTIES...

AT 548 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MORELAND...OR 7
MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWNAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE 
         HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
NEWNAN...FAYETTEVILLE...PEACHTREE CITY...TYRONE...SENOIA...GRANTVILLE...
LUTHERSVILLE...BROOKS...MORELAND...SHARPSBURG...TURIN...HARALSON...WOOLSEY...
EAST NEWNAN...INMAN...THOMAS CROSSROADS...ROCKY MOUNT...ARNCO-SARGENT...
MADRAS AND SANDY CREEK.

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 3322 8485 3325 8491 3334 8493 3342 8491
      3351 8458 3350 8442 3348 8439 3342 8440
      3341 8439 3336 8440 3334 8438 3332 8439
      3326 8444 3326 8450 3325 8451 3322 8450
      3316 8458 3314 8477
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 223DEG 35KT 3331 8471 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$
532 
WWUS52 KFFC 112207
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
607 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2016

GAC199-112217-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0199.000000T0000Z-160711T2215Z/
MERIWETHER GA-
607 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MERIWETHER 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 3346 8476 3351 8458 3350 8442 3348 8439
      3344 8440 3341 8439 3336 8440 3334 8438
      3332 8439 3326 8444 3326 8450 3325 8451
      3322 8451 3322 8465 3323 8465 3323 8471
      3325 8474 3332 8478
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 223DEG 35KT 3345 8455 

$$

GAC077-113-112215-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0199.000000T0000Z-160711T2215Z/
FAYETTE GA-COWETA GA-
607 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR FAYETTE AND EASTERN COWETA COUNTIES...

AT 607 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER TYRONE...OR NEAR
FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST 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
NEWNAN...FAYETTEVILLE...PEACHTREE CITY...TYRONE...SENOIA...BROOKS...
SHARPSBURG...TURIN...HARALSON...WOOLSEY...EAST NEWNAN...INMAN...THOMAS
CROSSROADS...MADRAS...SANDY CREEK...STARRS MILL...LAKE HORTON AND
CANNONGATE.

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 3346 8476 3351 8458 3350 8442 3348 8439
      3344 8440 3341 8439 3336 8440 3334 8438
      3332 8439 3326 8444 3326 8450 3325 8451
      3322 8451 3322 8465 3323 8465 3323 8471
      3325 8474 3332 8478
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 223DEG 35KT 3345 8455 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster36 min
Jul 11, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Webster51 min
Jul 11, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris34 min
Jul 11, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup52 min
Jul 11, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup35 min
Jul 11, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton28 min
Jul 11, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb39 min
Jul 11, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton, Paulding48 min
Jul 11, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fayette32 min
Jul 11, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry29 min
Jul 11, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale, Walton29 min
Jul 11, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Floyd, Forsyth, Gordon and 3 more44 min
Jul 11, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale, Walton29 min
Jul 11, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Pickens36 min
Jul 11, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Jackson, Oconee, Walton27 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.