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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 240, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2017, 7:41 PM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 49 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 22, 2017, 7:41 PM EDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2017, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Butts County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Walton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:47 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hardys Crossroads, GA | 1 TREE DOWN ON JACKSON LAKE RD NEAR HWY 212 |
| Jun 22, 8:12 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sse Pennington, GA | TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON LITTLE RIVER RD AND HWY 83 S |
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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
117 WUUS52 KFFC 222341 SVRFFC GAC035-151-159-211-217-237-297-230030- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0240.170622T2341Z-170623T0030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 741 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2017 The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Morgan County in north central Georgia... Western Putnam County in central Georgia... East central Henry County in north central Georgia... South central Walton County in north central Georgia... Northeastern Butts County in central Georgia... Jasper County in central Georgia... Newton County in north central Georgia... * Until 830 PM EDT * At 741 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Oak Hill to near McElheneys Crossroads, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Monroe, Covington, Eatonton, Monticello, Social Circle, Oxford, Porterdale, Rutledge, Newborn, Mansfield, Shady Dale, Stewart, Turtle Cove, Worthville, Central Georgia Experiment Stn, Eudora, North Alcovy, McElheneys Crossroads, Fincherville and Godfrey. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Intense thunderstorm lines can produce brief tornadoes and widespread significant wind damage. Although a tornado is not immediately likely, it is best to move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. These storms may cause serious injury and significant property damage. 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 3379 8370 3326 8331 3314 8376 3350 8405 TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 218DEG 40KT 3355 8400 3319 8374 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$
1 follow-up statement
503 WWUS52 KFFC 230021 SVSFFC Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 821 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2017 GAC035-151-230031- /O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0240.000000T0000Z-170623T0030Z/ Henry GA-Butts GA- 821 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2017 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HENRY AND NORTHEASTERN BUTTS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. LAT...LON 3329 8333 3320 8362 3359 8394 3379 8370 TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 218DEG 40KT 3390 8368 3354 8342 $$ GAC159-211-217-237-297-230030- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0240.000000T0000Z-170623T0030Z/ Morgan GA-Putnam GA-Walton GA-Jasper GA-Newton GA- 821 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2017 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN...NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM...SOUTH CENTRAL WALTON...NORTHEASTERN JASPER AND EASTERN NEWTON COUNTIES... At 821 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Gratis to near Buckhead, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Monroe, Covington, Eatonton, Monticello, Social Circle, Oxford, Porterdale, Rutledge, Newborn, Mansfield, Shady Dale, Godfrey, Starrsville, Warfield, Brick Store, Willard, Central Georgia Experiment Stn, Herndonville, Calvin and Farrar. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Intense thunderstorm lines can produce brief tornadoes and widespread significant wind damage. Although a tornado is not immediately likely, it is best to move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. These storms may cause serious injury and significant property damage. 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 3329 8333 3320 8362 3359 8394 3379 8370 TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 218DEG 40KT 3390 8368 3354 8342 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 3:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 3:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 4:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 4:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Gwinnett | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Crawford, Fayette, Lamar, Pike, Spalding and 1 more | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly, Macon, Peach | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Butts, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Monroe and 3 more | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 7:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hall | 25 min |
| Jun 22, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 68 min |
| Jun 22, 7:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hall | 38 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.