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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 1, 2016Crisp County, Dooly County, Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2016, 4:31 PM EDT for Crisp County, Dooly County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min. 3 reports 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
Jun 1, 2016, 4:31 PM EDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 4:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Nne Tremont, GASEVERAL PECAN TREES WERE DOWNED ON HWY 215 PAST HWY 257.
Jun 1, 4:40 PM EDTHAIL 1Musselwhite, GAA CRISP COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTY REPORTED QUARTER-SIZED HAIL ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 280 EAST OF CORDELE.
Jun 1, 4:40 PM EDTHAIL 1Musselwhite, GA

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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2016-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 378 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
378 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1425 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

173 
WUUS52 KFFC 012031
SVRFFC
GAC081-093-315-012115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0053.160601T2031Z-160601T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
431 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN DOOLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN CRISP COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 431 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PITTS...OR 9
  MILES EAST OF CORDELE...MOVING EAST AT 20 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
  CORDELE...ABBEVILLE...ROCHELLE...PINEVIEW...PITTS...ANTIOCH
  CHURCH... TREMONT...CEDAR CREEK...POPE CITY...HATLEY...PLEASANT
  VIEW...SEVILLE AND EAST CRISP.

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 3185 8365 3202 8377 3212 8350 3212 8344
      3213 8341 3213 8336 3210 8336 3210 8332
      3209 8332 3208 8330 3205 8331 3202 8329
      3201 8330 3200 8328 3199 8329 3195 8326
      3195 8324 3194 8323
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 253DEG 19KT 3198 8362 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 1:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion40 min
Jun 1, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade47 min
Jun 1, 1:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup34 min
Jun 1, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Taylor34 min
Jun 1, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup29 min
Jun 1, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard, Meriwether, Troup41 min
Jun 1, 2:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk23 min
Jun 1, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Polk44 min
Jun 1, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd35 min
Jun 1, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade32 min
Jun 1, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Macon, Schley, Sumter45 min
Jun 1, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion29 min
Jun 1, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite26 min
Jun 1, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Macon, Schley, Sumter40 min
Jun 1, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta23 min
Jun 1, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley37 min
Jun 1, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson28 min
Jun 1, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton38 min
Jun 1, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding37 min
Jun 1, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd33 min
Jun 1, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite30 min
Jun 1, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot40 min
Jun 1, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll23 min
Jun 1, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd38 min
Jun 1, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow28 min
Jun 1, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin25 min
Jun 1, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas35 min
Jun 1, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp23 min
Jun 1, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield32 min
Jun 1, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach28 min
Jun 1, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair42 min
Jun 1, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray23 min
Jun 1, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee27 min
Jun 1, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow25 min
Jun 1, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll23 min
Jun 1, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon, Murray, Whitfield37 min
Jun 1, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb33 min
Jun 1, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett30 min
Jun 1, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro34 min
Jun 1, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb30 min
Jun 1, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee28 min
Jun 1, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Warren51 min
Jun 1, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb31 min
Jun 1, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb27 min
Jun 1, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs26 min
Jun 1, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray25 min
Jun 1, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson38 min
Jun 1, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs, Wheeler49 min
Jun 1, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens33 min
Jun 1, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp31 min
Jun 1, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer30 min
Jun 1, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton28 min
Jun 1, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson26 min
Jun 1, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett32 min
Jun 1, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison30 min
Jun 1, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens29 min
Jun 1, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray27 min
Jun 1, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison34 min
Jun 1, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett30 min
Jun 1, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPickens26 min
Jun 1, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett, Hall35 min
Jun 1, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer32 min
Jun 1, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes28 min
Jun 1, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton27 min
Jun 1, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper37 min
Jun 1, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton32 min
Jun 1, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens28 min
Jun 1, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe, Wilkes43 min
Jun 1, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale24 min
Jun 1, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam32 min
Jun 1, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth28 min
Jun 1, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCToombs31 min
Jun 1, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth24 min
Jun 1, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Treutlen34 min
Jun 1, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan, Rockdale29 min
Jun 1, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington27 min
Jun 1, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene38 min
Jun 1, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Washington30 min
Jun 1, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson33 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.