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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 2016, 9:01 PM EST for Newton County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min. 3 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
- Mar 1, 2016, 9:01 PM EST (02:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2016, 9:30 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Newton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 9:04 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Hidden Shoals, GA | A TREE AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF CHRISTIAN CIRCLE AND CHRISTIAN DRIVE. |
| Mar 1, 9:07 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Forest Mill, GA | A TREE WAS DOWNED ON MILLS DRIVE. |
| Mar 1, 9:07 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Knights Landing, GA | A TREE AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED AT BRADEN RD AND SALEM RD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 6:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 57 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1253 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
282
WUUS52 KFFC 020201
SVRFFC
GAC217-020230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0009.160302T0201Z-160302T0230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
901 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 930 PM EST
* AT 900 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PORTERDALE...
OR NEAR CONYERS...MOVING EAST AT 55 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
COVINGTON...SOCIAL CIRCLE...OXFORD...PORTERDALE...STARRSVILLE...BRICK
STORE...OAK HILL...ALMON AND 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 3365 8393 3370 8392 3369 8383 3365 8376
3364 8373 3347 8375 3348 8396 3350 8402
3349 8403 3350 8404 3352 8404 3351 8405
3352 8405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 276DEG 46KT 3360 8396
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
873
WWUS52 KFFC 020217
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
917 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2016
GAC217-020230-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160302T0230Z/
NEWTON GA-
917 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EST
FOR EAST CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY...
AT 917 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MANSFIELD...OR
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COVINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BRICK STORE AND STARRSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3348 8392 3349 8391 3363 8376 3364 8375
3363 8373 3347 8375
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 275DEG 44KT 3352 8375
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$523
WWUS52 KFFC 020224
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
924 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2016
GAC217-020234-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160302T0230Z/
NEWTON GA-
924 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM EST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST FOR
NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
PEACHTREE CITY.
LAT...LON 3348 8392 3349 8391 3363 8376 3364 8375
3363 8373 3347 8375
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 276DEG 46KT 3352 8375
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 7:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding | 28 min |
| Mar 1, 7:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Heard | 46 min |
| Mar 1, 8:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard | 37 min |
| Mar 1, 8:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Fayette, Harris, Henry, Lamar, Meriwether and 4 more | 29 min |
| Mar 1, 8:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale | 24 min |
| Mar 1, 9:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Harris, Henry, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe and 5 more | 43 min |
| Mar 1, 9:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe and 1 more | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 10:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Butts, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe and 1 more | 43 min |
| Mar 1, 10:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Twiggs | 48 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.