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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 19, 2016Greene County, Morgan County, Putnam County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2016, 4:27 PM EDT for Greene County, Morgan County, Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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 19, 2016, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Greene County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Putnam County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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 19, 4:35 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBuckhead, GASEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN BUCKHEAD.

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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 2016-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1145 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 2016-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 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
1145 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1195 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

558 
WUUS52 KFFC 192027
SVRFFC
GAC133-211-237-192115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0216.160719T2027Z-160719T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
427 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 427 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BUCKHEAD...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENSBORO...MOVING SOUTH AT 15
  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
  EATONTON...GREENSBORO...BUCKHEAD...REYNOLDS PLANTATION...PHOENIX...
  SWORDS...PARKS MILL...HARMONY...CAREY AND ROCK EAGLE 4-H CENTER.

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 3359 8338 3357 8321 3333 8318 3337 8346
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 009DEG 13KT 3353 8331 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd24 min
Jul 18, 8:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly37 min
Jul 18, 8:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll33 min
Jul 18, 9:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson27 min
Jul 18, 9:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson49 min
Jul 18, 9:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Polk33 min
Jul 18, 9:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor29 min
Jul 19, 11:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup39 min
Jul 19, 12:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta52 min
Jul 19, 12:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether31 min
Jul 19, 12:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb40 min
Jul 19, 12:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike, Talbot, Upson43 min
Jul 19, 1:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee, Talbot35 min
Jul 19, 1:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs39 min
Jul 19, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson38 min
Jul 19, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach35 min
Jul 19, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley45 min
Jul 19, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston39 min
Jul 19, 1:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion36 min
Jul 19, 2:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor28 min
Jul 19, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen36 min
Jul 19, 2:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley33 min
Jul 19, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter26 min
Jul 19, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee25 min
Jul 19, 2:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski39 min
Jul 19, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris30 min
Jul 19, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar28 min
Jul 19, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler23 min
Jul 19, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar29 min
Jul 19, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Sumter, Wilcox34 min
Jul 19, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb24 min
Jul 19, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Jones, Twiggs26 min
Jul 19, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge36 min
Jul 19, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair25 min
Jul 19, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSpalding23 min
Jul 19, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp36 min
Jul 19, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb33 min
Jul 19, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens30 min
Jul 19, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow25 min
Jul 19, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether28 min
Jul 19, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin26 min
Jul 19, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones30 min
Jul 19, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard32 min
Jul 19, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall31 min
Jul 19, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd28 min
Jul 19, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson27 min
Jul 19, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson, Washington38 min
Jul 19, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington36 min
Jul 19, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta36 min
Jul 19, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson35 min
Jul 19, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta30 min
Jul 19, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock24 min
Jul 19, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison23 min
Jul 19, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard36 min
Jul 19, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Heard44 min
Jul 19, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup35 min
Jul 19, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup46 min
Jul 19, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas27 min
Jul 19, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta37 min
Jul 19, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb36 min
Jul 19, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock31 min
Jul 19, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison30 min
Jul 19, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Fulton43 min
Jul 19, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup39 min
Jul 19, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson36 min
Jul 19, 6:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFulton6 hr
Jul 19, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup27 min
Jul 19, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes25 min
Jul 19, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett36 min
Jul 19, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette28 min
Jul 19, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oconee25 min
Jul 19, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale50 min
Jul 19, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes31 min
Jul 19, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton37 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.