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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 4, 2008, 1:37 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 4, 2008, 1:37 PM EST (18:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2008, 2:15 PM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Pickens County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 S Ellijay, GA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. TWO BUILDINGS RECEIVED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE FROM THE WINDS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 12:04 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 967 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 451 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KFFC 041839
SVRFFC
GAC015-057-123-227-041915-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0049.080304T1837Z-080304T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
137 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 215 PM EST
* AT 135 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HINTON TO RED TOP MOUNTAIN STATE
PARK...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WHITESTONE...TALONA...CHEROKEE...WALESKA...HOLLY SPRINGS...
CANTON...JASPER...BUFFINGTON...TATE AND BALL GROUND.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT 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.
LAT...LON 3456 8430 3457 8433 3455 8434 3446 8432
3413 8438 3409 8472 3409 8478 3442 8469
3442 8465 3458 8464 3470 8427
TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 249DEG 53KT 3451 8464 3419 8471
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 041854
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
153 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
GAC015-041903-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080304T1915Z/
BARTOW GA-
153 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN BARTOW COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT TRIGGERED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3456 8430 3457 8433 3455 8434 3446 8432
3413 8438 3410 8466 3414 8467 3434 8466
3435 8464 3436 8465 3458 8464 3470 8427
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 233DEG 33KT 3461 8453 3429 8460
$$
GAC057-123-227-041915-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080304T1915Z/
CHEROKEE GA-PICKENS GA-GILMER GA-
153 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EST
FOR SOUTHERN GILMER...PICKENS AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
AT 149 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TALONA TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WALESKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WHITESTONE...CANTON...TALKING ROCK...BUFFINGTON...JASPER...
CARTECAY...BALL GROUND...ROY...NELSON...TATE AND MARBLEHILL.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER 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.
LAT...LON 3456 8430 3457 8433 3455 8434 3446 8432
3413 8438 3410 8466 3414 8467 3434 8466
3435 8464 3436 8465 3458 8464 3470 8427
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 233DEG 33KT 3461 8453 3429 8460
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 041904
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
204 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
GAC057-123-227-041915-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080304T1915Z/
CHEROKEE GA-PICKENS GA-GILMER GA-
204 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EST
FOR SOUTHERN GILMER...PICKENS AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
AT 202 PM EST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CARTECAY TO
TALKING ROCK TO WALESKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
JASPER...BALL GROUND...ROY...TATE...MARBLEHILL AND NELSON.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3456 8430 3457 8433 3455 8434 3446 8432
3413 8438 3410 8466 3414 8467 3434 8466
3435 8464 3436 8465 3458 8464 3470 8427
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 233DEG 33KT 3467 8443 3451 8446
3435 8451
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb | 36 min |
| Mar 4, 2:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 47 min |
| Mar 4, 3:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 26 min |
| Mar 4, 3:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | White | 16 min |
| Mar 4, 3:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 23 min |
| Mar 4, 4:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 26 min |
| Mar 4, 4:52 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 4 hr |
| Mar 4, 5:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 41 min |
| Mar 4, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 36 min |
| Mar 4, 5:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 38 min |
Nearby
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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.