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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 12, 2023Dodge County, Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2023, 3:05 PM EDT for Dodge County, Telfair County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 22 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 12, 2023, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2023, 3:27 PM EDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Dodge County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Wheeler County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 211 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: 454 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.9

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 12, 1:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 1:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 12:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1256 PM EDT Mon Jun 12 2023

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-131700-
Baldwin-Banks-Barrow-Bartow-Bibb-Bleckley-Butts-Carroll-Catoosa-
Chattahoochee-Chattooga-Cherokee-Clarke-Clayton-Cobb-Coweta-
Crawford-Crisp-Dade-Dawson-DeKalb-Dodge-Dooly-Douglas-Emanuel-
Fannin-Fayette-Floyd-Forsyth-Gilmer-Glascock-Gordon-Greene-
Gwinnett-Hall-Hancock-Haralson-Harris-Heard-Henry-Houston-Jackson-
Jasper-Jefferson-Johnson-Jones-Lamar-Laurens-Lumpkin-Macon-
Madison-Marion-Meriwether-Monroe-Montgomery-Morgan-Murray-
Muscogee-Newton-North Fulton-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Paulding-Peach-
Pickens-Pike-Polk-Pulaski-Putnam-Rockdale-Schley-South Fulton-
Spalding-Stewart-Sumter-Talbot-Taliaferro-Taylor-Telfair-Toombs-
Towns-Treutlen-Troup-Twiggs-Union-Upson-Walker-Walton-Warren-
Washington-Webster-Wheeler-White-Whitfield-Wilcox-Wilkes-
Wilkinson-
1256 PM EDT Mon Jun 12 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and
Central Georgia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight...

Scattered thunderstorms are likely this afternoon and evening
across central Georgia and portions of north Georgia. A few storms
may become strong to severe, capable of producing damaging wind
gusts, hail, and frequent lightning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday...

Numerous thunderstorms are expected each day Tuesday through
Thursday. Currently, the primary risk associated with these
storms will be heavy rainfall which could produce localized
flooding concerns. These storms will also be capable of producing
frequent lightning, strong winds, and hail.

Scattered thunderstorms will be possible across the area Friday
through Sunday, with the highest chances in the afternoon and
evening each day.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not requested but spotters are encouraged
to submit reports of severe weather through the web by going to
weather.gov/atlanta. Please relay any information about observed
severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state, and
CDC guidelines.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 12, 11:37 AM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 12, 11:52 AM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 12, 11:54 AM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 12, 2:22 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 12, 2:53 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
253 PM EDT Mon Jun 12 2023

GAZ109-110-121930-
Telfair GA-Dodge GA-
253 PM EDT Mon Jun 12 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southern Dodge and
northwestern Telfair Counties through 330 PM EDT...

At 253 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was centered near Rhine, or
near Abbeville, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind, nickel sized hail and frequent cloud to
         ground lightning.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
         light, unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
McRae, Milan, Rhine, Chauncey, Jay Bird Springs, Five Points, Achord
and Workmore.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3192 8322 3194 8323 3194 8324 3195 8324
      3195 8326 3199 8329 3200 8328 3201 8330
      3202 8329 3204 8330 3216 8301 3204 8290
      3191 8295
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 260DEG 29KT 3200 8324

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 8:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pickens	24 min
Jun 11, 8:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks	18 min
Jun 11, 8:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pickens	15 min
Jun 11, 8:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks	13 min
Jun 11, 8:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks	20 min
Jun 11, 8:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery	28 min
Jun 11, 8:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson, Lumpkin, Union	25 min
Jun 11, 8:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Lumpkin, Pickens, Union	41 min
Jun 11, 9:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson, Lumpkin	23 min
Jun 11, 9:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson, Lumpkin	27 min
Jun 11, 9:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin	38 min
Jun 11, 9:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery	36 min
Jun 11, 10:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lumpkin	25 min
Jun 11, 10:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gilmer	29 min
Jun 11, 10:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	34 min
Jun 11, 10:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Dade	38 min
Jun 11, 10:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	25 min
Jun 11, 11:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Whitfield	25 min
Jun 11, 11:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin	35 min
Jun 11, 11:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd	33 min
Jun 12, 12:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Floyd, Gordon, Polk	26 min
Jun 12, 12:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Polk	33 min
Jun 12, 12:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Haralson	45 min
Jun 12, 1:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth, Hall	35 min
Jun 12, 1:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Jackson	32 min
Jun 12, 2:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Hancock	27 min
Jun 12, 3:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Warren	36 min
Jun 12, 3:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock	28 min
Jun 12, 3:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	28 min
Jun 12, 3:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart, Webster	28 min
Jun 12, 4:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Schley, Sumter	34 min
Jun 12, 4:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly, Pulaski, Sumter	32 min
Jun 12, 4:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Houston, Twiggs, Wilkinson	31 min
Jun 12, 5:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	27 min
Jun 12, 5:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp, Pulaski, Wilcox	30 min
Jun 12, 5:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen	30 min
Jun 12, 5:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler, Wilcox	49 min
Jun 12, 5:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Laurens, Treutlen	49 min
Jun 12, 6:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler	50 min
Jun 12, 6:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	18 min
Jun 12, 6:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	31 min
Jun 12, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	38 min
Jun 12, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	37 min
Jun 12, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston, Pulaski	37 min
Jun 12, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens, Treutlen	36 min
Jun 12, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Wheeler	46 min
Jun 12, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Treutlen	28 min
Jun 12, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler	23 min
Jun 12, 6:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler	39 min
Jun 12, 6:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	28 min
Jun 12, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	37 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.