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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 518, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2008, 5:45 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 60 min. 4 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
- Aug 2, 2008, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2008, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cherokee County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 5:47 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Sw Waleska, GA | |
| Aug 2, 6:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Nw Waleska, GA | RELAYED BY WSBTV METEOROLOGIST. |
| Aug 2, 6:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Canton, GA | *** 1 INJ *** TENS OF TREES DOWN. SEVERAL CAMPERS DAMAGED AT SWEETWATER CAMPGROUND ON LAKE ALLATOONA. 1 PERSON RECEIVED NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES WHEN A LARGE TREE FELL ON THEIR TENT. |
| Aug 2, 6:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Sw Canton, GA | NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWN AROUND THE NORTHERN END OF LAKE ALLATOONA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 4 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 2 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 1040 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 999 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 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 022145
SVRFFC
GAC057-022245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0518.080802T2145Z-080802T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
545 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 539 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WALESKA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST OUT OF PICKENS AND GORDON COUNTY.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CANTON...CHEROKEE...BALL GROUND...HOLLY SPRINGS...BUFFINGTON AND
WOODSTOCK.
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. ALTHOUGH
CURRENT DATA DOES NOT INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF A TORNADO...A TORNADO
MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 3438 8457 3438 8426 3419 8426 3418 8435
3413 8437 3411 8442 3408 8442 3409 8459
3410 8459 3411 8461 3411 8463 3409 8462
3409 8466 3441 8465 3441 8457
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 310DEG 13KT 3429 8460
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 022227
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
623 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
GAC057-022245-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0518.000000T0000Z-080802T2245Z/
CHEROKEE GA-
623 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY...
AT 618 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF
CHEROKEE COUNTY...INCLUDING WALESKA...CANTON...HOLLY
SPRINGS...WOODSTOCK...AND CHEROKEE. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL
THE SIZE OF QUARTERS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC FROM THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.
VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS PERSISTED OVER MUCH OF CHEROKEE COUNTY DURING
THE PAST HOUR WITH DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES IN EXCESS OF
2 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
THIS MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW-LYING...FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AND
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. REMAIN
INDOORS. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3438 8457 3438 8426 3419 8426 3418 8435
3413 8437 3411 8442 3408 8442 3409 8459
3410 8459 3411 8461 3411 8463 3409 8462
3409 8466 3441 8465 3441 8457
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 310DEG 13KT 3420 8447
$$
19What 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 Aug 2, 3:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 3:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 342 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... SHORT TERM MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THIS MODEL RUN. THE UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE LOCATED OVER NEW YORK SLOWLY ROTATES ACROSS NEW ENGLAND THROUGH MONDAY ALLOWING THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO BUILD EASTWARD. WEAK IMPULSES MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER FLOW...AS WELL AS A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH SLOWLY SINKING SOUTHWARD WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. COVERAGE OF CONVECTION WILL BE ISOLATED AT BEST. LOW LEVEL THICKNESS VALUES AND H85 TEMPERATURES ARE INDICATING THAT AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL REMAIN IN THE 90S. WITH GOOD GULF MOISTURE AVAILABLE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...HEAT INDICES WILL CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 90S NORTH TO NEAR 102 ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA TOMORROW AND MONDAY. .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... THE UPPER RIDGE PREVAILS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST UNTIL FRIDAY WHEN THE NEXT LOW MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AREA. A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL AGAIN TRAVERSE THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEK PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION. OTHERWISE MAINLY ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE MID 90S EARLY IN THE EXTENDED PERIODS WITH HEAT INDICES AT OR ABOVE 100. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 71 97 71 95 70 / 20 20 5 20 10 ATLANTA 74 93 73 95 74 / 20 20 10 20 10 BLAIRSVILLE 66 91 62 92 64 / 20 20 5 20 10 CARTERSVILLE 69 95 66 95 68 / 20 20 5 20 10 COLUMBUS 75 96 77 96 75 / 20 20 20 20 10 GAINESVILLE 73 92 71 94 72 / 20 20 5 20 10 MACON 74 97 73 95 74 / 20 20 20 20 10 ROME 69 96 69 98 68 / 20 20 5 20 10 PEACHTREE CITY 70 94 69 94 70 / 20 20 10 20 10 VIDALIA 73 95 73 95 73 / 20 20 20 20 10 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 12
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 6:22 AM EDT, 11 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 622 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-031030- 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- 622 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH WILL REMAIN ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE STATE. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DISCUSSION... AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE FROM THE OHIO VALLEY REGION SOUTHWARD INTO GEORGIA TODAY. WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LIFTED INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM MINUS TWO TO MINUS FOUR...AND CAPES RANGING FROM 1500 TO 2000. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY CENTRAL GEORGIA SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THEN THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTH AND CENTRAL SECTIONS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:45 PM EDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 445 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 GAZ011-019-022115- 445 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN FLOYD AND CHATTOOGA COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT... AT 440 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ONE 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF TIDINGS IN EASTERN CHATTOOGA COUNTY AND ANOTHER 9 MILES WEST OF COOSA...BOTH MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH BOTH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS UP TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF PENNIES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. 19
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:50 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 450 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 GAZ016-022145- 450 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN WHITE COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM EDT... AT 449 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN WHITE COUNTY...NORTH OF UNICOI STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THESE THUNDERSTORM MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS WHITE COUNTY...INCLUDING UNICOI STATE PARK...ROBERTSTOWN...AND HELEN. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS UP TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF PENNIES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. 19
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:57 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 457 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 GAZ021-022200- 457 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM EDT... AT 453 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER CANTON AND ANOTHER DEVELOPING JUST NORTH OF FREE HOME...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS UP TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF PENNIES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. 19
Local storm report, Aug 2, 5:06 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
506 PM EDT SAT AUG 02 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 PM HAIL 9 NW ELLIJAY 34.78N 84.60W
08/02/2008 E0.88 INCH GILMER GA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
MGRIESINLocal storm report, Aug 2, 5:30 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
530 PM EDT SAT AUG 02 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0522 PM HAIL 2 SE CARTERS 34.59N 84.67W
08/02/2008 E0.88 INCH MURRAY GA PUBLIC
BOATER ON CARTERS LAKE REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
&&
MGRIESINSpecial weather statement, Aug 2, 5:36 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 536 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 GAZ024-022215- 536 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IN BANKS COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM EDT... AT 531 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ALTO...MOVING SOUTH AT 21 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS BANKS COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ALTO...HOLLINGSWORTH AND HOMER. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Union | 63 min |
| Aug 2, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pickens | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Hall, Jackson | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Murray | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 67 min |
| Aug 2, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 63 min |
| Aug 2, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison, Oglethorpe | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Henry, Rockdale | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 49 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.