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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2016, 6:36 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 39 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, 6:36 PM EDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2016, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Coweta County, GA, Heard County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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 19, 6:44 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Corinth, GA | TWO TREES DOWN ALONG COWETA HEARD RD. |
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, 10.6 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
768
WUUS52 KFFC 192236
SVRFFC
GAC077-149-199-285-192315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0221.160719T2236Z-160719T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
636 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN HEARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 635 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
GRANTVILLE... OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWNAN...MOVING SOUTHWEST
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
HOGANSVILLE...GRANTVILLE...LUTHERSVILLE...LONE OAK...CORINTH...
HILLCREST...HARRISONVILLE...WARES CROSSROADS AND SAINT MARKS.
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 3332 8494 3325 8474 3313 8477 3311 8502
3310 8514
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 023DEG 14KT 3322 8488
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 24 min |
| Jul 18, 8:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 37 min |
| Jul 18, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 9:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 27 min |
| Jul 18, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 9:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 11:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 12:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 52 min |
| Jul 19, 12:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 12:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 40 min |
| Jul 19, 12:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike, Talbot, Upson | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee, Talbot | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 1:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 38 min |
| Jul 19, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 23 min |
| Jul 19, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Sumter, Wilcox | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Twiggs | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 23 min |
| Jul 19, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Putnam | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 38 min |
| Jul 19, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 23 min |
| Jul 19, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Fulton | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 6:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 37 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.