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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 1, 20188 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2018, 5:42 PM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 48 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, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2018, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Baldwin County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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 1, 5:42 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sw Clinton, GAPOWER LINES REPORTED DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF GRAHAM RD AND HWY 11.
Jun 1, 6:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMilledgeville, GA5 TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN SPREAD THROUGH THE COUNTY.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2018-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 521 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 2018-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
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.

460 
WUUS52 KFFC 012142
SVRFFC
GAC009-133-141-159-169-207-237-265-012230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0086.180601T2142Z-180601T2230Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Baldwin County in central Georgia...
  Southern Putnam County in central Georgia...
  Hancock County in east central Georgia...
  Northeastern Monroe County in central Georgia...
  Southeastern Greene County in east central Georgia...
  Southwestern Taliaferro County in east central Georgia...
  Jones County in central Georgia...
  Southeastern Jasper County in central Georgia...

* Until 630 PM EDT.

* At 541 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Springfield to Oconee Springs Park to Blountsville
  to near Juliette, moving southeast at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Milledgeville, Gray, Sparta, White Plains, Midway-Hardwick,
  Liberty, Meriwether, Springfield, Postell, Bradley, Beulah,
  Wayside, Allenwood, Mountain Springs, Resseaus Crossroads, Round
  Oak, Plant Harlee Branch, Hardwick, Browns Crossing and
  Shoulderbone.

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 3310 8298 3294 8328 3287 8356 3316 8389
      3319 8354 3335 8325 3353 8301 3328 8280
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 321DEG 11KT 3344 8296 3326 8320 3312 8348 3309
8377

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
383 
WWUS52 KFFC 012213
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
613 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018

GAC133-159-207-237-265-012223-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-180601T2230Z/
Putnam GA-Monroe GA-Greene GA-Taliaferro GA-Jasper GA-
613 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN PUTNAM...NORTHEASTERN
MONROE...SOUTHEASTERN GREENE...SOUTHWESTERN TALIAFERRO AND
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area.Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
central and east central Georgia.

LAT...LON 3310 8298 3308 8305 3307 8304 3296 8326
      3294 8328 3295 8329 3287 8356 3301 8372
      3307 8375 3318 8339 3317 8333 3319 8328
      3322 8326 3327 8312 3341 8291 3328 8280
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 321DEG 11KT 3337 8289 3319 8313 3305 8341 3302
8370

$$

GAC009-141-169-012230-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-180601T2230Z/
Baldwin GA-Hancock GA-Jones GA-
613 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR BALDWIN...HANCOCK AND JONES COUNTIES...

At 613 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Culverton to near Underwood to Haddock to near
Dames Ferry, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Milledgeville, Gray, Sparta, Midway-Hardwick, Meriwether, Postell,
Bradley, Beulah, Wayside, Allenwood, Round Oak, Hardwick, Browns
Crossing, Ethridge, Devereux, James, Coopers, Underwood, Haddock and
Linton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3310 8298 3308 8305 3307 8304 3296 8326
      3294 8328 3295 8329 3287 8356 3301 8372
      3307 8375 3318 8339 3317 8333 3319 8328
      3322 8326 3327 8312 3341 8291 3328 8280
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 321DEG 11KT 3337 8289 3319 8313 3305 8341 3302
8370

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 8:52 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett60 min
May 31, 9:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Putnam29 min
May 31, 9:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa26 min
May 31, 9:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Whitfield39 min
May 31, 9:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Washington23 min
May 31, 10:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa26 min
May 31, 11:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa34 min
May 31, 11:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker45 min
May 31, 11:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker44 min
May 31, 11:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson43 min
May 31, 11:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCWhite5 hr
Jun 1, 12:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens33 min
Jun 1, 12:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee44 min
Jun 1, 12:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall39 min
Jun 1, 12:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Hall46 min
Jun 1, 1:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Clarke, Oconee35 min
Jun 1, 1:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding49 min
Jun 1, 1:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee42 min
Jun 1, 2:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Newton44 min
Jun 1, 3:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Jasper, Jones42 min
Jun 1, 5:29 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCWhitfield52 hr
Jun 1, 8:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade36 min
Jun 1, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Walker24 min
Jun 1, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Douglas, Fulton35 min
Jun 1, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Floyd, Gordon29 min
Jun 1, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield41 min
Jun 1, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett36 min
Jun 1, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd49 min
Jun 1, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas27 min
Jun 1, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Gordon28 min
Jun 1, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton35 min
Jun 1, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Floyd, Haralson, Paulding, Polk30 min
Jun 1, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens28 min
Jun 1, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, DeKalb27 min
Jun 1, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk28 min
Jun 1, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Walton36 min
Jun 1, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee33 min
Jun 1, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb, Fulton45 min
Jun 1, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Newton, Rockdale28 min
Jun 1, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson31 min
Jun 1, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton28 min
Jun 1, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette and 2 more39 min
Jun 1, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton34 min
Jun 1, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth33 min
Jun 1, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Gwinnett, Hall43 min
Jun 1, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard27 min
Jun 1, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Heard38 min
Jun 1, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin46 min
Jun 1, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Henry, Jasper, Newton, Spalding35 min
Jun 1, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro and 1 more30 min
Jun 1, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Henry, Meriwether and 3 more52 min
Jun 1, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam28 min
Jun 1, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Newton and 1 more52 min
Jun 1, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes29 min
Jun 1, 5:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCobb, Paulding5 hr
Jun 1, 5:06 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb24 hr
Jun 1, 5:09 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb17 min
Jun 1, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Putnam26 min
Jun 1, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Harris, Jones, Lamar, Meriwether and 5 more39 min
Jun 1, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe62 min
Jun 1, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes25 min
Jun 1, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs, Washington, Wilkinson33 min
Jun 1, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon27 min
Jun 1, 7:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee24 min
Jun 1, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Stewart49 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.