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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 15, 2023Warren County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2023, 6:52 PM EDT for Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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: Jul 15, 2023, 6:52 PM EDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2023, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Warren County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 170 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: 1384 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

830 
WUUS52 KFFC 152252
SVRFFC
GAC301-152315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0310.230715T2252Z-230715T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
652 PM EDT Sat Jul 15 2023

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Warren County in east central Georgia...

* Until 715 PM EDT.

* At 651 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Camak, or
  near Warrenton, moving east at 20 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Warrenton, Norwood, Camak, Cadley and Mesena. 

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 3339 8273 3351 8275 3353 8274 3354 8273
      3357 8263 3346 8259 3342 8256 3341 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 268DEG 19KT 3346 8267 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 8:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton	28 min
Jul 14, 9:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walton	35 min
Jul 14, 9:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Walton	32 min
Jul 15, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks	21 min
Jul 15, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks	24 min
Jul 15, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	23 min
Jul 15, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taliaferro	37 min
Jul 15, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes	26 min
Jul 15, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	27 min
Jul 15, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Warren	30 min
Jul 15, 7:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson, Warren	48 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.