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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 14, 2016Wilkes County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT for Wilkes County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2016, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Wilkes County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 177 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.

288 
WUUS52 KFFC 142115
SVRFFC
GAC317-142145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0088.160614T2115Z-160614T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WILKES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 515 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR RAYLE TO SHARON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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
  WASHINGTON...TIGNALL...HOLLIDAY PARK...LUNDBERG...JACKSONS
  CROSSROADS... DELHI...NEWTOWN...METASVILLE...AONIA...FLORAL
  HILL...MALLORYSVILLE... ROCKY CREEK FIRE DEPT....NORMAN...DANBURG
  AND FICKLIN.

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 THESE STORMS. 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 3366 8251 3364 8256 3365 8258 3363 8258
      3363 8262 3362 8262 3361 8264 3360 8265
      3360 8269 3362 8269 3361 8275 3365 8282
      3390 8285 3398 8275 3398 8265 3386 8261
      3387 8257 3383 8260 3380 8258 3364 8248
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 214DEG 24KT 3383 8285 3356 8279 

HAIL...1.00IN
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, 2:35 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, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow19 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.