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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 2, 2016Dawson County, Forsyth County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2016, 3:49 PM EDT for Dawson County, Forsyth County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min. 2 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 2, 2016, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2016, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dawson County, GA, Forsyth County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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
Jun 2, 3:56 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ssw Coal Mountain, GATHE FORSYTH COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED 3 TREES BLOWN DOWN...ONE ON A POWER LINE...IN THE VICINITY OF GEORGIA HIGHWAY 9 AND SPOT ROAD.
Jun 2, 3:59 PM EDTHAIL 0.73 N Cumming, 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 2016-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 151 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 2016-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1026 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

086 
WUUS52 KFFC 021949
SVRFFC
GAC085-117-022030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0069.160602T1949Z-160602T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
349 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FORSYTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 349 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CUMMING...
  MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  CUMMING...CHESTATEE...DREW...MATT...HIGHTOWER...SILVER CITY...COAL
  MOUNTAIN...WAR HILL PARK AND OSCARVILLE.

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 3436 8398 3434 8397 3433 8395 3431 8395
      3429 8394 3429 8395 3420 8400 3419 8401
      3420 8402 3419 8405 3413 8410 3416 8423
      3439 8421
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 160DEG 5KT 3419 8412 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 8:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson30 min
Jun 1, 8:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison26 min
Jun 2, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Floyd, Polk34 min
Jun 2, 2:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett38 min
Jun 2, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta33 min
Jun 2, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Polk28 min
Jun 2, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett29 min
Jun 2, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Haralson, Paulding, Polk24 min
Jun 2, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Toombs, Wheeler33 min
Jun 2, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs41 min
Jun 2, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa31 min
Jun 2, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett24 min
Jun 2, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow37 min
Jun 2, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth31 min
Jun 2, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton35 min
Jun 2, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens27 min
Jun 2, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield24 min
Jun 2, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb35 min
Jun 2, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel33 min
Jun 2, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Treutlen42 min
Jun 2, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson31 min
Jun 2, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Murray26 min
Jun 2, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield52 min
Jun 2, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb35 min
Jun 2, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel45 min
Jun 2, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa26 min
Jun 2, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel49 min
Jun 2, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion30 min
Jun 2, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike25 min
Jun 2, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike37 min
Jun 2, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe32 min
Jun 2, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam34 min
Jun 2, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones, Monroe37 min
Jun 2, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam28 min
Jun 2, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta31 min
Jun 2, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Jones43 min
Jun 2, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Oconee, Walton11 min
Jun 2, 7:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes23 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.