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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 2, 2016Twiggs County, Wilkinson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2016, 9:29 PM EDT for Twiggs County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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, 9:29 PM EDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2016, 10:02 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Twiggs County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.

117 
WUUS52 KFFC 030129
SVRFFC
GAC289-319-030215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0077.160603T0129Z-160603T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL WILKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 929 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR IRWINTON...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 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
  IRWINTON...MCINTYRE AND MYRICKS MILL. 

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 3265 8330 3281 8340 3295 8321 3272 8306
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 245DEG 7KT 3278 8328 

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

2 follow-up statements

763 
WWUS52 KFFC 030147
SVSFFC

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

GAC289-030157-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-160603T0215Z/
TWIGGS GA-
947 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TWIGGS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3266 8326 3284 8335 3295 8321 3272 8306
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 241DEG 9KT 3285 8321 

$$

GAC319-030215-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-160603T0215Z/
WILKINSON GA-
947 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL WILKINSON COUNTY...

AT 947 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MCINTYRE...OR
NEAR IRWINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 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
IRWINTON AND MCINTYRE. 

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 3266 8326 3284 8335 3295 8321 3272 8306
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 241DEG 9KT 3285 8321 

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

551 
WWUS52 KFFC 030202
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1002 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016

GAC319-030212-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-160603T0215Z/
WILKINSON GA-
1002 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL WILKINSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3266 8326 3284 8335 3295 8321 3272 8306
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 245DEG 7KT 3286 8318 

$$

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, 8:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Newton	33 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, 9:48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.