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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2018, 5:55 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2018, 5:55 PM EDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2018, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Laurens County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 2, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 186 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
654
WUUS52 KFFC 022155
SVRFFC
GAC175-022245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0089.180602T2155Z-180602T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
555 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Laurens County in central Georgia...
* Until 645 PM EDT.
* At 555 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Dexter, or 9
miles southwest of Dublin, moving southeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Dublin, Dexter, Cadwell, Rentz, Harlow and Lowery.
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 3225 8302 3246 8311 3253 8299 3247 8283
3237 8272 3236 8273 3235 8273
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 323DEG 10KT 3245 8302
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley, Sumter | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 11:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 11:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 12:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 12:34 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 21 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 9:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Marion, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 11:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 12:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 27 min |
| Jun 2, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wilcox | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 25 min |
| Jun 2, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 28 min |
| Jun 2, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 36 min |
| Jun 2, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 36 min |
| Jun 2, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 32 min |
| Jun 2, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 25 min |
| Jun 2, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 23 min |
| Jun 2, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Twiggs | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Houston, Peach, Pulaski | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Houston, Pulaski | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Pulaski | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 32 min |
| Jun 2, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.