Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Feb 18, 2009, 5:36 PM EST (22:36 UTC)

Expired

Feb 18, 2009, 6:30 PM EST

In force

54 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Cobb County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 182236
SVRFFC
GAC067-089-121-135-182330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0021.090218T2236Z-090218T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
536 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHWESTERN GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 630 PM EST

* AT 535 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BUCKHEAD...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SANDY
  SPRINGS...DUNWOODY...DRUID HILLS...CHAMBLEE...DECATUR...
  DORAVILLE...AVONDALE ESTATES...CLARKSTON...TUCKER...NORCROSS...PINE
  LAKE...STONE MOUNTAIN...LILBURN AND SNELLVILLE.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR 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 3393 8394 3372 8406 3375 8427 3379 8452
      3397 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 271DEG 37KT 3388 8440

$$

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 182325
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
625 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

GAC067-089-121-135-182335-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090218T2330Z/
DEKALB GA-COBB GA-GWINNETT GA-FULTON GA-
625 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL FULTON...SOUTHWESTERN
GWINNETT...SOUTHEASTERN COBB AND NORTHERN DEKALB COUNTIES EXPIRES AT
630 PM EST...

AT 620 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THE STORMS THAT EARLIER PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR DEKALB AND 
FULTON COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO BE 
PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST WEDNESDAY 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 3393 8394 3372 8406 3375 8427 3379 8452
      3397 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 271DEG 37KT 3387 8379

$$

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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.