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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 2, 2016Jasper County, Newton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2016, 8:57 PM EDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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, 8:57 PM EDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2016, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Jasper County, GA, Newton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 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
Jun 2, 9:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mansfield, GA	POWER LINES WERE DOWNED ON PINE STREET IN MANSFIELD.
Jun 2, 9:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ene Anderson Acres, GA	A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF CR 213 AND ALCOVY RESERVE WAY.

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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 71 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 587 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

354 
WUUS52 KFFC 030057
SVRFFC
GAC159-217-030130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0076.160603T0057Z-160603T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 857 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  MANSFIELD...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF COVINGTON...AND IS NEARLY
  STATIONARY.

  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
  COVINGTON...NEWBORN...MANSFIELD...STEWART...STARRSVILLE...BRICK
  STORE... EUDORA...ROCKY PLAINS...FARRAR...NORTH ALCOVY AND CALVIN.

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 3336 8383 3351 8393 3365 8375 3364 8375
      3354 8368 3353 8368 3352 8367 3341 8360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 241DEG 3KT 3348 8381 

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

1 follow-up statement

848 
WWUS52 KFFC 030128
SVSFFC

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

GAC159-217-030138-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-160603T0130Z/
JASPER GA-NEWTON GA-
928 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN JASPER AND
SOUTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM EDT...
                
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 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3336 8383 3351 8393 3365 8375 3364 8375
      3354 8368 3353 8368 3352 8367 3341 8360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 241DEG 3KT 3348 8381 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 8:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper	25 min
Jun 2, 8:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley	34 min
Jun 2, 8:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	24 min
Jun 2, 8:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Newton	38 min
Jun 2, 8:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper	26 min
Jun 2, 9:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Rockdale	24 min
Jun 2, 9:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	38 min
Jun 2, 9:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Morgan	33 min
Jun 2, 9:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Twiggs, Wilkinson	33 min
Jun 2, 9:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	27 min
Jun 2, 10:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Hancock	27 min
Jun 2, 10:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock	28 min
Jun 2, 11:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	59 min
Jun 3, 1:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	52 min
Jun 3, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Whitfield	34 min
Jun 3, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	37 min
Jun 3, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	26 min
Jun 3, 7:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	24 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.