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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 14, 2016Butts County, Henry County, Newton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2016, 2:35 PM EDT for Butts County, Henry County, Newton County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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 14, 2016, 2:35 PM EDT (18:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2016, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Butts County, GA, Henry County, GA, Newton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 2:35 PM EDTHAIL 1Ola, GAQUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR OLA

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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 2016-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 793 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2016-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
793 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1416 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

904 
WUUS52 KFFC 141835
SVRFFC
GAC035-151-217-141915-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0083.160614T1835Z-160614T1915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
235 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BUTTS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 235 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  JENKINSBURG... OR 7 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  15 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
  JACKSON...JENKINSBURG...STEWART...WORTHVILLE...STARK...ROCKY
  PLAINS...OLA AND FINCHERVILLE.

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 3344 8412 3355 8392 3342 8384 3341 8385
      3341 8384 3340 8385 3339 8383 3337 8386
      3335 8386 3328 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 238DEG 12KT 3341 8399 

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

16
1 follow-up statement
354 
WWUS52 KFFC 141857
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
257 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016

GAC035-141907-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-160614T1915Z/
BUTTS GA-
257 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BUTTS 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 3354 8394 3355 8392 3354 8392 3347 8387
      3344 8395 3343 8402 3348 8405
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 219DEG 12KT 3348 8395 

$$

GAC151-217-141915-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-160614T1915Z/
HENRY GA-NEWTON GA-
257 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL HENRY AND SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTIES...

AT 257 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF PORTERDALE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COVINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 15 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
ROCKY PLAINS.

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 3354 8394 3355 8392 3354 8392 3347 8387
      3344 8395 3343 8402 3348 8405
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 219DEG 12KT 3348 8395 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 10:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield30 min
Jun 13, 10:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter35 min
Jun 13, 10:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa34 min
Jun 14, 12:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor32 min
Jun 14, 12:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe25 min
Jun 14, 12:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett30 min
Jun 14, 12:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor23 min
Jun 14, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike37 min
Jun 14, 1:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford33 min
Jun 14, 1:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade31 min
Jun 14, 1:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSpalding33 min
Jun 14, 1:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalker27 min
Jun 14, 1:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb26 min
Jun 14, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether26 min
Jun 14, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe37 min
Jun 14, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock35 min
Jun 14, 1:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb46 min
Jun 14, 2:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette27 min
Jun 14, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield36 min
Jun 14, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Jones, Monroe37 min
Jun 14, 2:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade28 min
Jun 14, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton33 min
Jun 14, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry31 min
Jun 14, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton26 min
Jun 14, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke30 min
Jun 14, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton24 min
Jun 14, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton32 min
Jun 14, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton45 min
Jun 14, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale32 min
Jun 14, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison28 min
Jun 14, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon23 min
Jun 14, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oconee36 min
Jun 14, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton29 min
Jun 14, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan38 min
Jun 14, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon28 min
Jun 14, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe25 min
Jun 14, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray36 min
Jun 14, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer24 min
Jun 14, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite33 min
Jun 14, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhite34 min
Jun 14, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro, Wilkes26 min
Jun 14, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow19 min
Jun 14, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes30 min
Jun 14, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel30 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.