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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 30, 2016Coweta County, Fayette County, Meriwether County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2016, 6:57 PM EDT for Coweta County, Fayette County, Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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
Apr 30, 2016, 6:57 PM EDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2016, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Meriwether County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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
Apr 30, 7:21 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 W Eastwood Estates, GA911 CENTER RECEIVED REPORT OF MULTIPLE TREES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MOORE ROAD AND GORDON ROAD

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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 6 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 2016-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2016-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1788 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

959 
WUUS52 KFFC 302257
SVRFFC
GAC077-113-199-302345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0030.160430T2257Z-160430T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
657 PM EDT SAT APR 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  EASTERN COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 657 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LUTHERSVILLE...
  OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWNAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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
  NEWNAN...FAYETTEVILLE...PEACHTREE CITY...TYRONE...PALMETTO...SENOIA...
  GRANTVILLE...LUTHERSVILLE...BROOKS...MORELAND...SHARPSBURG...TURIN...
  HARALSON...WOOLSEY...WOOSTER...INMAN...THOMAS CROSSROADS...ROCKY MOUNT...
  STARRS MILL AND ALVATON.

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 3351 8471 3351 8464 3339 8439 3337 8440
      3334 8438 3332 8439 3329 8442 3326 8443
      3326 8450 3325 8451 3320 8450 3312 8465
      3322 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 214DEG 20KT 3322 8468 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 11:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa36 min
Apr 30, 1:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow34 min
Apr 30, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon38 min
Apr 30, 1:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb34 min
Apr 30, 1:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon32 min
Apr 30, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Jackson28 min
Apr 30, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee37 min
Apr 30, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks29 min
Apr 30, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford25 min
Apr 30, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks47 min
Apr 30, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb33 min
Apr 30, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer31 min
Apr 30, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts28 min
Apr 30, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow32 min
Apr 30, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin31 min
Apr 30, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson31 min
Apr 30, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion31 min
Apr 30, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike, Upson28 min
Apr 30, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox24 min
Apr 30, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs38 min
Apr 30, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston37 min
Apr 30, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb34 min
Apr 30, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray28 min
Apr 30, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Pulaski27 min
Apr 30, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett31 min
Apr 30, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs27 min
Apr 30, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray, Whitfield25 min
Apr 30, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley37 min
Apr 30, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth27 min
Apr 30, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray32 min
Apr 30, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Forsyth47 min
Apr 30, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton42 min
Apr 30, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield32 min
Apr 30, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin38 min
Apr 30, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton39 min
Apr 30, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin33 min
Apr 30, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, DeKalb, Fulton29 min
Apr 30, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta32 min
Apr 30, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett33 min
Apr 30, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon30 min
Apr 30, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon, Whitfield12 min
Apr 30, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee37 min
Apr 30, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow30 min
Apr 30, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton24 min
Apr 30, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton38 min
Apr 30, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox29 min
Apr 30, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, DeKalb, Henry, Newton, Rockdale42 min
Apr 30, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Lumpkin37 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.