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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 2, 2016Morgan County, Oconee County, Walton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2016, 7:49 PM EDT for Morgan County, Oconee County, Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 11 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2016, 7:49 PM EDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
11 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Morgan County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Walton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.

640 
WUUS52 KFFC 022349
SVRFFC
GAC211-219-297-030030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0075.160602T2349Z-160603T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 749 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  BOSTWICK...OR 10 MILES EAST OF MONROE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WATKINSVILLE...NORTH HIGH SHOALS...BOSTWICK...GOOD HOPE...BISHOP...
  FARMINGTON AND EASTVILLE.

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 3383 8330 3384 8328 3365 8352 3375 8366
      3393 8352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 223DEG 28KT 3374 8354 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
151 
WWUS52 KFFC 030000
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
800 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016

GAC211-219-297-030009-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-160603T0030Z/
WALTON GA-MORGAN GA-OCONEE GA-
800 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WALTON...
NORTHWESTERN MORGAN AND CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3383 8330 3384 8328 3365 8352 3375 8366
      3393 8352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 223DEG 28KT 3367 8388 

$$

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, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth41 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, 7:52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.