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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2016, 3:21 PM EDT for Gordon County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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
- May 11, 2016, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Gordon County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 3:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sse Damascus, GA | A FARM SUPPLY COMPANY REPORTS PEA SIZED HAIL AND WINDS THAT DESTROYED A 20 BY 20 TIN SHED ON NORTH INDUSTRIAL BLVD NE. |
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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
380
WUUS52 KFFC 111921
SVRFFC
GAC129-111945-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0038.160511T1921Z-160511T1945Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
321 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT
* AT 320 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CALHOUN...
MOVING SOUTHEAST 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
CALHOUN...RESACA...RANGER...REDBUD AND SONORAVILLE.
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 3454 8502 3461 8492 3447 8466 3440 8495
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 315DEG 14KT 3454 8492
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 27 min |
| May 11, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | White | 27 min |
| May 11, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 32 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.