Severe Thunderstorm Warning 256, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 18, 2016, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)

Expired

Aug 18, 2016, 3:38 PM EDT

In force

25 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Hail

1.0 in

Wind

60.0 mph

Counties Greene County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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693 
WUUS52 KFFC 181913
SVRFFC
GAC133-265-182000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0256.160818T1913Z-160818T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
313 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  TALIAFERRO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 313 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SILOAM...OR
  8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENSBORO...MOVING EAST 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
  GREENSBORO...CRAWFORDVILLE...WHITE
  PLAINS...SILOAM...SHARON...VEAZEY... SANDY CROSS...ALEXANDER
  STEPHENS PARK AND ROBINSON.

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 3352 8282 3347 8287 3344 8285 3344 8292
      3345 8295 3345 8299 3347 8301 3345 8303
      3348 8317 3358 8318 3364 8289 3362 8288
      3364 8287 3364 8285 3365 8281 3362 8276
      3351 8275
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 265DEG 12KT 3352 8305 

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

717 
WWUS52 KFFC 181938
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
338 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016

GAC133-265-181947-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0256.000000T0000Z-160818T2000Z/
GREENE GA-TALIAFERRO GA-
338 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GREENE AND
TALIAFERRO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
PEACHTREE CITY.

LAT...LON 3352 8282 3347 8287 3344 8285 3344 8292
      3345 8295 3345 8299 3347 8301 3345 8303
      3348 8317 3358 8318 3364 8289 3362 8288
      3364 8287 3364 8285 3365 8281 3362 8276
      3351 8275
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 265DEG 12KT 3353 8295 

$$

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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.