Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2016, 7:59 PM EDT for Harris County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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, 7:59 PM EDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2016, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Harris County, GA, Muscogee County, GA
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 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, 8:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Columbus, GA | NUMEROUS TREES...OVER 25...REPORTED DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Jun 16, 8:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Columbus, GA | THE MUSCOGEE COUNTY 911 CENTER REPORTED 14 TREES BLOWN DOWN IN THE DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS AREA. |
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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 99 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.
444
WUUS52 KFFC 162359
SVRFFC
GAC145-215-170045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0095.160616T2359Z-160617T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
759 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 759 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF HAMILTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 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
COLUMBUS...HAMILTON...UPATOI...BIBB CITY...NORTH FORT BENNING...
EDGEWOOD...KENWOOD...MOUNTAIN HILL...BARTLETTS FERRY DAM...FORTSON...
ROSE HILL...LAKE HARDING...AVONDALE...BENNING PARK...COLUMBUS
METROPOLITAN AIRPORT...SAINT MARYS HILLS...GOAT ROCK LAKE...VISTA
TERRACE...GREEN ISLAND HILLS AND MULBERRY GROVE.
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 3278 8513 3278 8486 3261 8469 3256 8469
3256 8467 3242 8477 3241 8488 3237 8496
3238 8499 3239 8497 3241 8498 3244 8497
3245 8500 3252 8500 3258 8507 3264 8511
3266 8509 3269 8512 3274 8511 3276 8514
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 343DEG 19KT 3270 8500
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
989
WWUS52 KFFC 170034
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
834 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2016
GAC145-170043-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-160617T0045Z/
HARRIS GA-
834 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HARRIS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3261 8491 3258 8491 3258 8470 3256 8469
3256 8467 3252 8470 3251 8473 3242 8477
3241 8488 3237 8496 3238 8499 3239 8497
3241 8498 3243 8496 3246 8500 3252 8500
3258 8507 3261 8508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 343DEG 19KT 3252 8494
$$
GAC215-170045-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-160617T0045Z/
MUSCOGEE GA-
834 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR MUSCOGEE COUNTY...
AT 833 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BIBB CITY...OR
NEAR COLUMBUS...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 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
COLUMBUS...BIBB CITY...UPATOI...NORTH FORT BENNING...EDGEWOOD...KENWOOD...
VISTA TERRACE...GREEN ISLAND HILLS...BENNING HILLS...FLAT ROCK...ROSE
HILL...AVONDALE...SAND HILL...CARTER ACRES...BENNING PARK...COLUMBUS
METROPOLITAN AIRPORT...HIGHLAND PARK...BATTLE PARK...CUSTER ROAD TERRACE
AND MIDLAND.
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 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 3261 8491 3258 8491 3258 8470 3256 8469
3256 8467 3252 8470 3251 8473 3242 8477
3241 8488 3237 8496 3238 8499 3239 8497
3241 8498 3243 8496 3246 8500 3252 8500
3258 8507 3261 8508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 343DEG 19KT 3252 8494
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, 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 |
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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.