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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 244, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 23, 2017Haralson County, Polk County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2017, 6:08 PM EDT for Haralson County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min. 5 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 23, 2017, 6:08 PM EDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2017, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Haralson County, GA, Polk County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 23, 6:18 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 S Esom Hill, GAA TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ON TREAT MOUNTAIN ROAD BETWEEN CULP LAKE ROAD AND DIAMOND ROAD.
Jun 23, 6:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nnw Felton, GAA TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 10 OAKS ROAD AND HIGHWAY 27.
Jun 23, 6:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Se Felton, GAA TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 27 AND HARPERS CREEK ROAD.
Jun 23, 6:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 S Abernathys Mill, GAA TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MORMON CHURCH ROAD AND HIGHWAY 27.
Jun 23, 6:36 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Cedartown, GAA TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ON JULE PEEK AVENUE.

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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 2017-06-23Temperature 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 2017-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1201 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

191 
WUUS52 KFFC 232208
SVRFFC
GAC143-233-232300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0244.170623T2208Z-170623T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
608 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Haralson County in northwestern Georgia...
  Polk County in northwestern Georgia...

* Until 700 PM EDT

* At 607 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Liberty Hill to near Oak Level to Heflin,
  moving northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Cedartown, Buchanan, Bremen, Rockmart, Tallapoosa, Aragon, Waco,
  Fish Creek, Etna, Eubank Lake, Esom Hill, Antioch, Van Wert,
  Draketown and Felton.

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.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for northwestern
Georgia.

LAT...LON 3408 8529 3408 8526 3410 8526 3410 8516
      3408 8515 3408 8512 3409 8512 3410 8511
      3403 8498 3395 8500 3395 8505 3391 8505
      3390 8504 3382 8504 3381 8505 3373 8506
      3368 8534 3401 8541
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 242DEG 36KT 3388 8558 3380 8549 3367 8558 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth, Gwinnett, Walton39 min
Jun 22, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Putnam, Walton47 min
Jun 22, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Greene, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe and 1 more43 min
Jun 22, 9:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock28 min
Jun 22, 9:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Madison, Oglethorpe31 min
Jun 22, 9:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Taliaferro, Wilkes31 min
Jun 22, 9:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Taliaferro, Wilkes30 min
Jun 23, 3:59 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchFFCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 38 more35 hr
Jun 23, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Dade, Walker39 min
Jun 23, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Polk, Walker, Whitfield47 min
Jun 23, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Polk48 min
Jun 23, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens34 min
Jun 23, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Haralson, Paulding, Polk45 min
Jun 23, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Pickens39 min
Jun 23, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Haralson45 min
Jun 23, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton49 min
Jun 23, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin, White51 min
Jun 23, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Heard50 min
Jun 23, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard50 min

Nearby

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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.