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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2016, 1:24 PM EDT for Macon County, Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 31, 2016, 1:24 PM EDT (17:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2016, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Macon County, GA, Taylor County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:26 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 1:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Panhandle, GA | SHINGLES WERE BLOWN OFF THE ROOF OF A HOUSE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SUGGS MILL ROAD AND GEORGIA HIGHWAY 137. A CARPORT ATTACHED TO THE HOUSE WAS DAMAGED. A CAMPER ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THE HOUSE WAS ROLLED AND DAMAGED. |
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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 303 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1101 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
698
WUUS52 KFFC 311724
SVRFFC
GAC193-269-311800-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0243.160731T1724Z-160731T1800Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
124 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN MACON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 200 PM EDT
* AT 123 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUTLER...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BUTLER...REYNOLDS...POTTERVILLE AND HICKS.
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 3256 8428 3267 8410 3265 8408 3262 8407
3260 8407 3259 8406 3258 8407 3257 8405
3256 8404 3249 8401 3242 8421
TIME...MOT...LOC 1723Z 241DEG 14KT 3252 8418
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
16The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 31 min |
| Jul 31, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 33 min |
| Jul 31, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Peach | 30 min |
| Jul 31, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 25 min |
| Jul 31, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Peach | 38 min |
| Jul 31, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford | 40 min |
| Jul 31, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 39 min |
| Jul 31, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Twiggs | 52 min |
| Jul 31, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 45 min |
| Jul 31, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Muscogee | 43 min |
| Jul 31, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 40 min |
| Jul 31, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox | 41 min |
| Jul 31, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 42 min |
| Jul 31, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski, Wilcox | 51 min |
| Jul 31, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 48 min |
| Jul 31, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 30 min |
| Jul 31, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 39 min |
| Jul 31, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 50 min |
| Jul 31, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 46 min |
| Jul 31, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 28 min |
| Jul 31, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 44 min |
| Jul 31, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 53 min |
| Jul 31, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 42 min |
| Jul 31, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 51 min |
| Jul 31, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale, Walton | 40 min |
| Jul 31, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe | 40 min |
| Jul 31, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 39 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.