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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 14, 2017Banks County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2017, 5:30 PM EDT for Banks 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, 2017, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2017, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Banks County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 2017-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2017-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1192 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

520 
WUUS52 KFFC 142130
SVRFFC
GAC011-142200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0211.170614T2130Z-170614T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
530 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2017

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Banks County in northeastern Georgia...

* Until 600 PM EDT

* At 530 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over
  Hollingsworth, or near Homer, and is nearly stationary.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Homer, Baldwin, Pinefield Crossroads and Hollingsworth. 

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 3448 8346 3445 8339 3443 8338 3442 8338
      3427 8352 3436 8367 3441 8365 3442 8362
      3444 8361 3445 8359 3449 8355 3449 8354
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 029DEG 3KT 3443 8351 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 9:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth23 min
Jun 13, 10:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb25 min
Jun 13, 10:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth29 min
Jun 13, 10:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton25 min
Jun 13, 10:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb28 min
Jun 14, 1:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens28 min
Jun 14, 2:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite28 min
Jun 14, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns31 min
Jun 14, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite29 min
Jun 14, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett26 min
Jun 14, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion31 min
Jun 14, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion35 min
Jun 14, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks25 min
Jun 14, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion23 min
Jun 14, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Hall, Jackson36 min
Jun 14, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray32 min
Jun 14, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin35 min
Jun 14, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks28 min
Jun 14, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray26 min
Jun 14, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Madison38 min
Jun 14, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin24 min
Jun 14, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison30 min
Jun 14, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens28 min
Jun 14, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer, Gordon, Pickens27 min
Jun 14, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer34 min
Jun 14, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer22 min
Jun 14, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb35 min
Jun 14, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee31 min
Jun 14, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson37 min
Jun 14, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb21 min
Jun 14, 7:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee24 min
Jun 14, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee26 min
Jun 14, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding34 min
Jun 14, 7:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding31 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.