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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2018, 2:59 PM EDT for Sumter County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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 9, 2018, 2:59 PM EDT (18:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2018, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Sumter County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1197 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
075
WUUS52 KFFC 091859
SVRFFC
GAC261-091945-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0113.180609T1859Z-180609T1945Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
259 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Sumter County in west central Georgia...
* Until 345 PM EDT.
* At 259 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Maddox, or
over Americus, moving south at 5 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...
Americus, Leslie, Sumter, Huntington, Maddox and Croxton
Crossroads.
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 3192 8433 3209 8438 3209 8421 3191 8404
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 346DEG 5KT 3203 8423
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
920
WWUS52 KFFC 091927
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
327 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 2018
GAC261-091945-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-180609T1945Z/
Sumter GA-
327 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN SUMTER COUNTY...
At 326 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Maddox, or near
Americus, moving south at 5 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Americus, Leslie, Huntington and Maddox.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3209 8438 3209 8421 3191 8404 3192 8421
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 346DEG 5KT 3199 8422
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 24 min |
| Jun 9, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 52 min |
| Jun 9, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Webster | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 39 min |
| Jun 9, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Muscogee | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Jun 9, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 29 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.