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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 22, 2018Chattahoochee County, Harris County, Muscogee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2018, 8:01 PM EDT for Chattahoochee County, Harris County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min. 4 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, 2018, 8:01 PM EDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2018, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Harris County, GA, Muscogee County, GA

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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 22, 8:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Vista Terrace, GA	A TREE AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED AT DUPREE DRIVE AND LANEY DRIVE.
Jun 22, 8:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 W Highland Park, GA	A TREE WAS DOWNED AT THE INTERSECTION OF HILTON AVENUE AND 17TH STREET.
Jun 22, 8:12 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Columbus, GA	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.
Jun 22, 8:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 N Kenwood, GA	SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF A LARGE TREE BLOWN OVER IN THE HEARTHSTONE SUBDIVISION OF NORTH COLUMBUS. THE TREE FELL ON A CARPORT WITH A VEHICLE UNDERNEITH AND CAUSE MODERATE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE HOME.

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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 402 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1128 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

921 
WUUS52 KFFC 230001
SVRFFC
GAC053-145-215-230030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0151.180623T0001Z-180623T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
801 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2018

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Muscogee County in west central Georgia...
  Northeastern Chattahoochee County in west central Georgia...
  Southeastern Harris County in west central Georgia...

* Until 830 PM EDT.

* At 800 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Monterey
  Heights, or over Smiths, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Columbus, North Fort Benning, Bibb City, Upatoi, Saint Marys Hills,
  Edgewood, Flat Rock, Highland Park, Laurel Hills, Green Island
  Hills, Vista Terrace, Columbus Metropolitan Airport, Rose Hill,
  Kenwood, Midland, Eelbeck/West Fort Benning and Avondale.

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 3262 8471 3239 8470 3244 8499 3246 8500
      3252 8500 3256 8504 3258 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 269DEG 32KT 3252 8505 

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, 8:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan, Newton	52 min
Jun 22, 8:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	52 min
Jun 22, 8:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Walker	53 min
Jun 22, 8:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Jones, Monroe	50 min
Jun 22, 8:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	51 min
Jun 22, 9:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Houston, Macon, Peach, Taylor	39 min
Jun 22, 9:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Floyd, Gordon	52 min
Jun 22, 9:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Wilkinson	47 min
Jun 22, 9:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs	30 min
Jun 22, 9:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Floyd	22 min
Jun 22, 10:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson	40 min
Jun 22, 10:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson, Johnson	50 min
Jun 22, 11:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson	45 min
Jun 23, 1:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	29 min
Jun 23, 2:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Meriwether, Pike	33 min
Jun 23, 3:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	24 min
Jun 23, 1:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade, Walker	49 min
Jun 23, 1:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Walker	43 min
Jun 23, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	27 min
Jun 23, 2:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield	43 min
Jun 23, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	29 min
Jun 23, 2:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Murray	38 min
Jun 23, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb	51 min
Jun 23, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	45 min
Jun 23, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White	46 min
Jun 23, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	38 min
Jun 23, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	51 min
Jun 23, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Treutlen	47 min
Jun 23, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	36 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.