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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 1, 201811 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2018, 5:21 PM EDT for 11 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 39 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 1, 2018, 5:21 PM EDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2018, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bibb County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Harris County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Pike County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Upson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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 1, 5:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ene Hannahs Mill, GA	3 LARGE TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ALONG FRANKLINDALE RD NORTH OF THOMASTON
Jun 1, 5:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Thomaston, GA	MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREES DOWN IN THOMASTON INCLUDING ON E LEE ST, S BETHEL ST, BEALL ST, AND DALLAS DR.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 1, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 35 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: 521 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 809 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

648 
WUUS52 KFFC 012121
SVRFFC
GAC021-079-145-169-171-199-207-231-255-263-293-012200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0084.180601T2121Z-180601T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
521 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Spalding County in west central Georgia...
  Meriwether County in west central Georgia...
  Northern Bibb County in central Georgia...
  Pike County in west central Georgia...
  Monroe County in central Georgia...
  Upson County in west central Georgia...
  North central Crawford County in central Georgia...
  Southwestern Jones County in central Georgia...
  Northwestern Talbot County in west central Georgia...
  Lamar County in west central Georgia...
  Northeastern Harris County in west central Georgia...

* Until 600 PM EDT.

* At 521 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Birdie to Hilltop to near Saint Marks, moving south
  at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Macon, Griffin, Thomaston, Barnesville, Forsyth, Zebulon,
  Greenville, Manchester, Pine Mountain, Woodbury, Luthersville,
  Milner, Warm Springs, Molena, Yatesville, Williamson, Payne,
  Orchard Hill, Meansville and Culloden.

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 3322 8485 3322 8451 3324 8437 3315 8382
      3286 8353 3282 8425 3282 8485
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 346DEG 44KT 3329 8436 3311 8444 3309 8483 

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 8:52 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	60 min
May 31, 9:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Putnam	29 min
May 31, 9:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa	26 min
May 31, 9:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Whitfield	39 min
May 31, 9:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Washington	23 min
May 31, 10:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa	26 min
May 31, 11:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa	34 min
May 31, 11:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Walker	45 min
May 31, 11:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Walker	44 min
May 31, 11:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jackson	43 min
May 31, 11:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	White	5 hr
Jun 1, 12:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pickens	33 min
Jun 1, 12:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	44 min
Jun 1, 12:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	39 min
Jun 1, 12:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Hall	46 min
Jun 1, 1:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, Oconee	35 min
Jun 1, 1:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	49 min
Jun 1, 1:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oconee	42 min
Jun 1, 2:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper, Newton	44 min
Jun 1, 3:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Jasper, Jones	42 min
Jun 1, 5:29 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Whitfield	52 hr
Jun 1, 8:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	36 min
Jun 1, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Walker	24 min
Jun 1, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Douglas, Fulton	35 min
Jun 1, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon	29 min
Jun 1, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield	41 min
Jun 1, 2:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett	36 min
Jun 1, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd	49 min
Jun 1, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	27 min
Jun 1, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Floyd, Gordon	28 min
Jun 1, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton	35 min
Jun 1, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Floyd, Haralson, Paulding, Polk	30 min
Jun 1, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens	28 min
Jun 1, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb	27 min
Jun 1, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk	28 min
Jun 1, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Newton, Walton	36 min
Jun 1, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	33 min
Jun 1, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton	45 min
Jun 1, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Newton, Rockdale	28 min
Jun 1, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson	31 min
Jun 1, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton	28 min
Jun 1, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette and 2 more	39 min
Jun 1, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton	34 min
Jun 1, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	33 min
Jun 1, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall	43 min
Jun 1, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	27 min
Jun 1, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Heard	38 min
Jun 1, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin	46 min
Jun 1, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton, Spalding	35 min
Jun 1, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro and 1 more	30 min
Jun 1, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Henry, Meriwether and 3 more	52 min
Jun 1, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam	28 min
Jun 1, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Newton and 1 more	52 min
Jun 1, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes	29 min
Jun 1, 5:04 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb, Paulding	5 hr
Jun 1, 5:06 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb	24 hr
Jun 1, 5:09 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb	17 min
Jun 1, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Putnam	26 min
Jun 1, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe	62 min
Jun 1, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes	25 min
Jun 1, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Monroe and 2 more	48 min
Jun 1, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs, Washington, Wilkinson	33 min
Jun 1, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon	27 min
Jun 1, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee	24 min
Jun 1, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart	49 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.