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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 22, 20185 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2018, 9:06 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. 3 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, 9:06 PM EDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2018, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Crawford County, GA, Houston County, GA, Macon County, GA, Peach County, GA, Taylor County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 9:12 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nne Reynolds, GAA TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON GOLF COURSE DRIVE.
Jun 22, 9:12 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 S Fickling Mill, GAA TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN AT ROBERT HIGHWAY AND WAINWRIGHT CEMETERY ROAD.
Jun 22, 9:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nnw Fort Valley, GAA TREE WAS DOWNED ONTO POWER LINES ON MAGNOLIA STREET.

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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 00:00Z on 2018-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 402 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2018-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 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
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.

214 
WUUS52 KFFC 230106
SVRFFC
GAC079-153-193-225-269-230145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0152.180623T0106Z-180623T0145Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Macon County in west central Georgia...
  Peach County in central Georgia...
  Southern Crawford County in central Georgia...
  Western Houston County in central Georgia...
  Taylor County in west central Georgia...

* Until 945 PM EDT.

* At 906 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Butler,
  moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Perry, Fort Valley, Butler, Warner Robins, Centerville, Byron,
  Marshallville, Reynolds, Nakomis, Meadowdale, Grove Park,
  Powerville, Moss Oak, Horns, Wesley Church, Fickling Mill, Miami
  Valley, Saint Louis, Jack Brown Estates and Garden Valley.

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 3246 8433 3267 8435 3271 8375 3269 8374
      3269 8369 3237 8370
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 274DEG 33KT 3256 8420 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee29 min
Jun 22, 8:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan, Newton52 min
Jun 22, 8:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor52 min
Jun 22, 8:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Walker53 min
Jun 22, 8:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Jones, Monroe50 min
Jun 22, 8:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene51 min
Jun 22, 9:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Floyd, Gordon52 min
Jun 22, 9:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Wilkinson47 min
Jun 22, 9:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs30 min
Jun 22, 9:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd22 min
Jun 22, 10:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Jefferson40 min
Jun 22, 10:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson, Johnson50 min
Jun 22, 11:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Johnson45 min
Jun 23, 1:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup29 min
Jun 23, 2:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Pike33 min
Jun 23, 3:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Fayette24 min
Jun 23, 1:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade, Walker49 min
Jun 23, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker43 min
Jun 23, 1:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington27 min
Jun 23, 2:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield43 min
Jun 23, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson29 min
Jun 23, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Murray38 min
Jun 23, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb51 min
Jun 23, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson45 min
Jun 23, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White46 min
Jun 23, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel38 min
Jun 23, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson51 min
Jun 23, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Treutlen47 min
Jun 23, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson36 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.