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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2016, 4:39 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 34 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 19, 2016, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2016, 5:13 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bibb County, GA, Houston County, GA, Peach County, GA, Twiggs County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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 19, 4:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sw Macon, GA | 1 TREE DOWN ON EMORY DRIVE |
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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS52 KFFC 192039
SVRFFC
GAC021-153-225-289-192130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0040.160519T2039Z-160519T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
439 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
WESTERN TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHEASTERN PEACH COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 439 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BYRON...OR
11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MACON...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
MACON...WARNER ROBINS...CENTERVILLE...BYRON...ROBINS AIR FORCE
BASE... DRY
BRANCH...SKIPPERTON...RUTLAND...FRANKLINTON...HUBER...BULLARD...
ELBERTA...POWERVILLE AND MIDDLE GEORGIA REGIONAL AIRPORT.
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 3260 8384 3265 8383 3269 8377 3269 8374
3272 8376 3271 8377 3273 8381 3283 8379
3281 8344 3255 8347
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 270DEG 14KT 3270 8376
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
400
WWUS52 KFFC 192113
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
513 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2016
GAC021-153-225-289-192123-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160519T2130Z/
BIBB GA-TWIGGS GA-PEACH GA-HOUSTON GA-
513 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BIBB...WESTERN
TWIGGS...NORTHEASTERN PEACH AND NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3260 8384 3265 8383 3269 8377 3269 8374
3272 8376 3271 8377 3273 8381 3283 8379
3281 8344 3255 8347
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 270DEG 14KT 3270 8360
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 6:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 38 min |
| May 19, 8:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 39 min |
| May 19, 8:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox | 31 min |
| May 19, 9:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Johnson, Putnam, Washington and 1 more | 50 min |
| May 19, 9:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen, Washington | 64 min |
| May 19, 10:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen and 1 more | 32 min |
| May 19, 11:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs | 26 min |
| May 19, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 36 min |
| May 19, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 33 min |
| May 19, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford | 42 min |
| May 19, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Macon, Peach, Schley | 28 min |
| May 19, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 29 min |
| May 19, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 26 min |
| May 19, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 29 min |
| May 19, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 38 min |
Nearby
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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.