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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 3, 2018Chattahoochee County, Stewart County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2018, 8:02 PM EDT for Chattahoochee County, Stewart County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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 3, 2018, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2018, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Stewart County, GA

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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 3, 8:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Cusseta, GA	4 TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ALONG BROAD STREET.
Jun 3, 8:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Se Cusseta, GA	A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ALONG BROAD STREET.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 205 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1169 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

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The text

As transmitted.

079 
WUUS52 KFFC 040002
SVRFFC
GAC053-259-040045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0102.180604T0002Z-180604T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
802 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Chattahoochee County in west central Georgia...
  Stewart County in west central Georgia...

* Until 845 PM EDT.

* At 801 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Fort Mitchell
  Activity Center, or 10 miles south of Phenix City, 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Lumpkin, Cusseta, Fort Benning/lawson Army Air Fld, Charles,
  Christopher, Westville, Jamestown/south Fort Benning, Brooklyn,
  Renfroe, Manta, Omaha, Louvale and Providence Canyon State Park.

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 3205 8506 3209 8504 3213 8506 3218 8501
      3220 8496 3221 8498 3222 8493 3224 8491
      3225 8492 3226 8489 3230 8494 3233 8501
      3238 8498 3238 8494 3233 8466 3223 8466
      3222 8464 3197 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 304DEG 24KT 3231 8502 

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 3, 8:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Spalding	37 min
Jun 3, 8:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Butts, Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Spalding	30 min
Jun 3, 8:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Peach, Twiggs	25 min
Jun 3, 8:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe and 3 more	30 min
Jun 3, 8:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	35 min
Jun 3, 9:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	30 min
Jun 3, 9:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Pike, Spalding and 1 more	30 min
Jun 3, 9:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Taylor, Upson	45 min
Jun 3, 9:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon	27 min
Jun 3, 10:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	26 min
Jun 3, 10:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon	28 min
Jun 3, 10:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	44 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.