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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 14, 2016Bartow County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2016, 5:07 PM EDT for Bartow County, Georgia. It was in force for 19 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 14, 2016, 5:07 PM EDT (21:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2016, 5:26 PM EDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Bartow County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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 12:00Z, 9.1 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 2016-06-14Temperature 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.

654 
WUUS52 KFFC 142107
SVRFFC
GAC015-142145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0087.160614T2107Z-160614T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 506 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  CARTERSVILLE... MOVING NORTH AT 10 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
  CARTERSVILLE...WHITE...CASSVILLE...FOLSOM...PINE LOG AND
  FUNKHOUSER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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 3440 8484 3440 8473 3441 8473 3441 8465
      3436 8465 3435 8464 3435 8465 3426 8465
      3416 8479 3417 8490
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 202DEG 10KT 3419 8484 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
606 
WWUS52 KFFC 142126
SVSFFC

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

GAC015-142135-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-160614T2145Z/
BARTOW GA-
526 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BARTOW COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
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 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
PEACHTREE CITY.

LAT...LON 3440 8484 3440 8473 3441 8473 3441 8465
      3436 8465 3435 8464 3435 8465 3426 8465
      3416 8479 3417 8490
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 202DEG 10KT 3424 8482 

$$

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, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Newton40 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, 5:15 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.