Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2016, 5:46 PM EDT for Heard County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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
- Jun 16, 2016, 5:46 PM EDT (21:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2016, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Heard County, GA, Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 6:07 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Centralhatchee, GA | 3 OR MORE TREES DOWN ON NOTNOMIS RD AND 1 TREE DOWN ON WELCOME RD IN CENTRALHATCHEE. |
| Jun 16, 6:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Texas, GA | 1 TREE DOWN ON GIMTMICKLE RD IN TEXAS... GA |
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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1051 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
370
WUUS52 KFFC 162146
SVRFFC
GAC149-285-162230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0092.160616T2146Z-160616T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
546 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
HEARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 546 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CENTRALHATCHEE...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRANKLIN...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 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
LAGRANGE...FRANKLIN...EPHESUS...CENTRALHATCHEE...CORINTH...
HARRISONVILLE...FROLONA...PLANT WANSLEY...TEXAS...ROOSTERVILLE...
HILLCREST...WARES CROSSROADS...GLENN...WARESVILLE AND PARAN.
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 3343 8504 3327 8495 3326 8495 3323 8494
3322 8493 3308 8500 3310 8523 3333 8528
3335 8528 3343 8529
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 337DEG 23KT 3339 8516
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
707
WWUS52 KFFC 162223
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
623 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2016
GAC149-285-162230-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-160616T2230Z/
TROUP GA-HEARD GA-
623 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN TROUP AND SOUTHERN HEARD COUNTIES...
AT 622 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF CORINTH...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF FRANKLIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAGRANGE...FRANKLIN...CORINTH...HILLCREST...HARRISONVILLE...WARES
CROSSROADS...GLENN...TEXAS AND WARESVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
WIND DAMAGE ACROSS HEARD COUNTY. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3327 8495 3326 8495 3323 8494 3322 8493
3308 8500 3310 8523 3327 8526 3329 8513
3333 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 337DEG 23KT 3317 8505
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 8:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon, Polk | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 9:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 10:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 26 min |
| Jun 16, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether, Troup | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 46 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.