Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2016, 6:31 PM EDT for Coweta County, Meriwether 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, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2016, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Coweta County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Odessadale, GA | 911 CALL CENTER RECEIVED REPORT OF A TREE DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF TINGER RD AND HARMAN RD. |
| Jun 16, 7:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Stovall, GA | 911 CALL CENTER RECEIVED REPORT OF A TREE DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF STOVALL RD AND JOHN WALLACE RD. |
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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 47 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.
018
WUUS52 KFFC 162231
SVRFFC
GAC077-199-285-162315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0093.160616T2231Z-160616T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
631 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 631 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM GRANTVILLE TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAGRANGE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST 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
LAGRANGE...GREENVILLE...HOGANSVILLE...GRANTVILLE...PINE MOUNTAIN...
WOODBURY...LUTHERSVILLE...MORELAND...LONE OAK...GAY...CORINTH...BAUGHS
CROSSROADS...HARRIS CITY...ROCKY MOUNT...ABBOTTSFORD...STATE LINE PARK...
CANNONVILLE...IMLAC...WOOSTER AND DURAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
WIND DAMAGE. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS!
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 3308 8501 3321 8498 3323 8494 3326 8495
3334 8492 3324 8463 3304 8453 3304 8454
3302 8453 3286 8474 3287 8475 3287 8488
3288 8519 3310 8523
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 332DEG 27KT 3324 8483 3312 8508
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
325
WWUS52 KFFC 162256
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
656 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2016
GAC077-162305-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-160616T2315Z/
COWETA GA-
656 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COWETA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3308 8501 3315 8494 3318 8485 3320 8461
3304 8453 3304 8454 3302 8453 3286 8474
3287 8475 3287 8488 3288 8519 3310 8523
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 332DEG 27KT 3309 8473 3297 8498
$$
GAC199-285-162315-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-160616T2315Z/
TROUP GA-MERIWETHER GA-
656 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR TROUP AND MERIWETHER COUNTIES...
AT 655 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GREENVILLE TO NEAR LAGRANGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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
LAGRANGE...GREENVILLE...HOGANSVILLE...PINE MOUNTAIN...WOODBURY...LONE OAK...
GAY...WOOSTER...BAUGHS CROSSROADS...DURAND...HARRIS CITY...BIG SPRINGS...
ROCKY MOUNT...MOUNTVILLE...SAINT MARKS...ABBOTTSFORD...STATE LINE PARK...
LOUISE...PIEDMONT HEIGHTS AND ODESSADALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
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 3308 8501 3315 8494 3318 8485 3320 8461
3304 8453 3304 8454 3302 8453 3286 8474
3287 8475 3287 8488 3288 8519 3310 8523
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 332DEG 27KT 3309 8473 3297 8498
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, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 25 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.