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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2016, 11:51 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 39 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
- Apr 6, 2016, 11:51 PM EDT (03:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2016, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Marion County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Talbot County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:54 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1454 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 418 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
223
WUUS52 KFFC 070351
SVRFFC
GAC053-197-215-263-070430-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0022.160407T0351Z-160407T0430Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1151 PM EDT WED APR 6 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHERN CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
* AT 1151 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH FORT
BENNING...OR 8 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 40 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
TALBOTTON...JUNCTION CITY...GENEVA...UPATOI...NORTH FORT BENNING...
EDGEWOOD...EELBECK/WEST FORT BENNING...BALDWINVILLE...KENWOOD...VISTA
TERRACE...BENNING HILLS...MARION ESTATES...BOX SPRINGS...JUNIPER...OLIVE
BRANCH...SAND HILL...BENNING PARK...OAKLAND...HIGHLAND PARK AND
MIDLAND.
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 3259 8479 3258 8470 3264 8469 3270 8459
3266 8440 3256 8441 3256 8444 3254 8445
3252 8443 3249 8443 3248 8441 3245 8441
3243 8439 3241 8439 3233 8491 3248 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 0351Z 252DEG 36KT 3242 8485
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
078
WWUS52 KFFC 070413
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1213 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016
GAC053-197-215-263-070430-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160407T0430Z/
MARION GA-CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-TALBOT GA-MUSCOGEE GA-
1213 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR NORTHERN MARION...NORTHEASTERN CHATTAHOOCHEE...SOUTHWESTERN
TALBOT AND EASTERN MUSCOGEE COUNTIES...
AT 1212 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF GENEVA...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUENA VISTA...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TALBOTTON...JUNCTION CITY...GENEVA...UPATOI...NORTH FORT BENNING...
EELBECK/WEST FORT BENNING...BALDWINVILLE...MARION ESTATES...BOX SPRINGS...
JUNIPER...OLIVE BRANCH...OAKLAND AND MIDLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3259 8479 3258 8470 3264 8469 3270 8459
3266 8440 3256 8441 3256 8444 3254 8445
3252 8443 3249 8443 3248 8441 3245 8441
3243 8439 3241 8439 3241 8479 3256 8484
TIME...MOT...LOC 0412Z 252DEG 36KT 3249 8460
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 8:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 37 min |
| Apr 6, 8:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 40 min |
| Apr 6, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 50 min |
| Apr 6, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 44 min |
| Apr 6, 9:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 39 min |
| Apr 6, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 48 min |
| Apr 6, 10:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 44 min |
| Apr 6, 10:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Walker | 53 min |
| Apr 6, 10:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 44 min |
| Apr 6, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 45 min |
| Apr 6, 10:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 40 min |
| Apr 6, 10:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens | 48 min |
| Apr 6, 11:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin, Pickens | 43 min |
| Apr 6, 11:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton | 46 min |
| Apr 6, 11:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 35 min |
| Apr 6, 11:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette and 4 more | 49 min |
| Apr 7, 12:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup and 1 more | 51 min |
| Apr 7, 12:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 45 min |
| Apr 7, 12:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Butts, Clarke, Gwinnett, Henry, Jackson and 6 more | 48 min |
| Apr 7, 12:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Spalding and 1 more | 47 min |
| Apr 7, 12:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 1:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Oconee and 2 more | 42 min |
| Apr 7, 1:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Schley, Talbot, Taylor | 45 min |
| Apr 7, 1:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Jones | 52 min |
| Apr 7, 1:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion, Stewart, Webster | 27 min |
| Apr 7, 4:09 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 42 more | 16 hr |
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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.