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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 31, 2016Macon County, Taylor County, Georgia

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 31, 1:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nnw Panhandle, GASHINGLES 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2016-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 303 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 2016-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
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

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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
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 1:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor31 min
Jul 31, 1:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley33 min
Jul 31, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Peach30 min
Jul 31, 1:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter25 min
Jul 31, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Peach38 min
Jul 31, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Crawford40 min
Jul 31, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly39 min
Jul 31, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Jones, Twiggs52 min
Jul 31, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Pike45 min
Jul 31, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Muscogee43 min
Jul 31, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs40 min
Jul 31, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox41 min
Jul 31, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Talbot42 min
Jul 31, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski, Wilcox51 min
Jul 31, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington48 min
Jul 31, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Pike30 min
Jul 31, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas39 min
Jul 31, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Stewart50 min
Jul 31, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson46 min
Jul 31, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Wheeler28 min
Jul 31, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton44 min
Jul 31, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson53 min
Jul 31, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb42 min
Jul 31, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Wheeler51 min
Jul 31, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale, Walton40 min
Jul 31, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Madison, Oglethorpe40 min
Jul 31, 7:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Jackson39 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.