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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 20, 2018Coweta County, Meriwether County, Troup County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2018, 7:41 PM EDT for Coweta County, Meriwether County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 20 min. 1 report 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
May 20, 2018, 7:41 PM EDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 2018, 8:01 PM EDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Coweta County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Troup County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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
May 20, 7:44 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Sw Turin, GALARGE TREE REPORTED DOWN AND BLOCKING THE ROAD AT THE 2500 BLOCK OF GORDON RD.

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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 30 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 2018-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 529 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2018-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
529 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
944 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

812 
WUUS52 KFFC 202341
SVRFFC
GAC077-199-285-210015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0047.180520T2341Z-180521T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
741 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2018

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Meriwether County in west central Georgia...
  Northeastern Troup County in west central Georgia...
  South central Coweta County in west central Georgia...

* Until 815 PM EDT.

* At 741 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Moreland, or
  8 miles south of Newnan, moving southwest at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Hogansville, Grantville, Luthersville, Moreland, Lone Oak and Saint
  Marks.

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 3334 8475 3329 8464 3306 8479 3315 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 034DEG 22KT 3325 8476 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
777 
WWUS52 KFFC 202354
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
754 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2018

GAC077-199-285-210015-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-180521T0015Z/
Meriwether GA-Troup GA-Coweta GA-
754 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MERIWETHER...NORTHEASTERN TROUP AND SOUTH CENTRAL
COWETA COUNTIES...

At 754 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lone Oak, or 12
miles northwest of Greenville, moving southwest at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Hogansville, Grantville, Luthersville, Moreland, Lone Oak and Saint
Marks.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3330 8480 3325 8467 3306 8479 3315 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 034DEG 22KT 3318 8481 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
864 
WWUS52 KFFC 210001
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
801 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2018

GAC077-199-285-210011-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-180521T0015Z/
Meriwether GA-Troup GA-Coweta GA-
801 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MERIWETHER...
NORTHEASTERN TROUP AND SOUTH CENTRAL COWETA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3330 8480 3325 8467 3306 8479 3315 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 034DEG 22KT 3314 8484 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 8:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Montgomery23 min
May 19, 9:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Jackson, Madison29 min
May 19, 9:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Jackson, Madison29 min
May 19, 10:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLee26 min
May 19, 11:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLee24 min
May 20, 1:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer40 min
May 20, 2:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer28 min
May 20, 2:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley38 min
May 20, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens31 min
May 20, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin, White32 min
May 20, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson36 min
May 20, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite30 min
May 20, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall25 min
May 20, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington23 min
May 20, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe33 min
May 20, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett26 min
May 20, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Butts, Clarke, DeKalb, Greene, Gwinnett and 7 more24 min
May 20, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Douglas, Fulton23 min
May 20, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett30 min
May 20, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta29 min
May 20, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb32 min
May 20, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding30 min
May 20, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga38 min
May 20, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton31 min
May 20, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton27 min
May 20, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton34 min
May 20, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Fayette30 min
May 20, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll27 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.