Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2010
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 302, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 25, 2010, 5:26 AM EDT for Chattooga County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min. 2 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
- Oct 25, 2010, 5:26 AM EDT (09:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 25, 2010, 6:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Chattooga County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 5:45 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Summerville, GA | CHATTOOGA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN DUE TO WINDS. SEVERAL BUILDINGS SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE DUE TO WINDS AND DOWNED TREES. SOME HAIL WAS OBSERVED. |
| Oct 25, 5:45 AM EDT | HAIL 1 | Summerville, GA | CHATTOOGA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE. |
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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 19 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2:33 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
406
WUUS52 KFFC 250926
SVRFFC
GAC055-251015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0302.101025T0926Z-101025T1015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
526 AM EDT MON OCT 25 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 615 AM EDT
* AT 525 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF SUMMERVILLE TO
24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUMMERVILLE... AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TRION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3458 8552 3459 8521 3458 8510 3443 8519
3439 8526 3436 8534 3429 8538 3429 8547
3456 8553 3458 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 0926Z 258DEG 37KT 3456 8552 3444 8552
3425 8566
$$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 Oct 25, 4:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 25, 4:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 403 AM EDT MON OCT 25 2010 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... SHORT WAVE MOVING INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS MORNING SHOULD PUSH ACROSS GEORGIA TODAY. STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE HAS PUSHED DEW POINTS INTO THE 60S OVER MUCH OF THE CWA. LOOKS LIKE OUR BEST INSTABILITY SHOULD BE NOW TROUGH AROUND 18Z...THEN TAPERING OFF AFTER THAT. CURRENTLY HAVE A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN COUNTIES THIS MORNING. SHORT WAVE MOVING EAST OF THE CWA THIS EVENING...BUT WE REMAIN IN A MOIST AIR MASS WITH CONTINUED SOUTHWEST FLOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HAVE LEFT POPS IN THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...WITH BEST POPS ACROSS THE NORTH. MAIN COLD FRONT STILL TO OUR WEST WEDNESDAY MORNING. HAVE STAYED ON WARM SIDE OF MAV/MET BUT RAIN AND CLOUDS WILL CAUSE SOME DIFFERENCES ESPECIALLY ON THE MAX TEMPERATURES. .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... STRONG UPPER CLOSED LOW MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA SHOULD PULL THE COLD FRONT THROUGH THE CWA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. AFTER THAT LOOKS LIKE A DRY PATTERN WITH NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT GRADUALLY BECOMING ZONAL BY THE WEEKEND. SOME MOISTURE RETURN INDICATED ON THE LAST DAY...BUT AT THIS TIME WILL NOT ADD MENTION OF SHOWERS. && .AVIATION... 06Z UPDATE... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NW GA THIS MORNING. LOOKS LIKE SHRA/TSRA WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE TAF SITES WITHIN THE NEXT 2-3 HOURS. LOW CEILINGS (BKN010-OVC020) SHOULD ALSO MOVE IN BY 09Z-10Z. ONCE THE PRECIP MOVES IN SHOULD SEE SHRA/TSRA ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 18Z-20Z. THE MAIN WAVE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH NE INTO THE CAROLINAS BY 18Z TAKING THE MAIN AREA OF PRECIP WITH IT. WINDS ARE OUT OF THE SE FOR NOW BUT WILL TURN TO THE SW BY 12Z-14Z. WINDS SPEEDS WILL BE IN THE 6-12KT RANGE WITH HIGHER GUST IN AND AROUND TSRA DEVELOPMENT. VSBYS WILL IN THE MVFR-VFR RANGE EXCEPT IN A THUNDERSTORMS WHERE YOU WILL SEE SOME IFR VSBYS TEMPORARILY //ATL CONFIDENCE...06Z UPDATE... MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON ALL ELEMENTS. 20 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 78 65 79 65 81 / 90 30 30 40 30 ATLANTA 78 66 79 68 80 / 90 20 30 40 30 BLAIRSVILLE 72 61 74 62 76 / 90 30 40 60 40 CARTERSVILLE 77 65 79 64 81 / 90 20 40 50 30 COLUMBUS 85 69 84 70 84 / 90 20 20 20 20 GAINESVILLE 72 65 75 64 77 / 90 30 40 50 30 MACON 85 66 85 68 85 / 80 20 20 20 20 ROME 79 65 81 64 82 / 90 20 40 60 40 PEACHTREE CITY 78 65 80 65 81 / 90 20 30 40 20 VIDALIA 85 67 87 69 87 / 70 30 20 10 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CARROLL...CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...DADE...FLOYD...HARALSON... HARRIS...HEARD...POLK...TROUP...WALKER...WHITFIELD. && 41
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 24, 1:35 PM EDT, 15 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 135 PM EDT SUN OCT 24 2010 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-250945- 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- 135 PM EDT SUN OCT 24 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST GEORGIA LATE TONIGHT. .SYNOPSIS... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE TO THE AREA MONDAY MORNING. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM ATLANTA AND WEST LATE TONIGHT. .DISCUSSION... ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL BE INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE TO THE AREA WITH GOOD VERTICAL WIND SHEAR ASSOCIATED. HOWEVER THE LIMITING FACTOR WILL BE INSTABILITY AS MOST UNSTABLE CAPES WILL BE LESS THAN 1000. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. .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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 5:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 43 min |
| Oct 25, 5:20 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 25 min |
| Oct 25, 5:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 23 min |
| Oct 25, 5:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon | 41 min |
| Oct 25, 6:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield | 31 min |
| Oct 25, 6:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 38 min |
| Oct 25, 6:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens | 44 min |
| Oct 25, 6:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding | 48 min |
| Oct 25, 6:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 23 min |
| Oct 25, 6:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Heard | 50 min |
| Oct 25, 6:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 43 min |
| Oct 25, 7:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton | 49 min |
| Oct 25, 7:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Henry and 2 more | 51 min |
| Oct 25, 10:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 39 min |
| Oct 25, 10:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington | 49 min |
| Oct 25, 11:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Treutlen | 42 min |
| Oct 25, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski | 49 min |
| Oct 25, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Wilkinson | 53 min |
| Oct 25, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Twiggs | 52 min |
| Oct 25, 2:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston, Twiggs | 26 min |
| Oct 25, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens | 47 min |
| Oct 25, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington | 38 min |
| Oct 25, 3:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 25 min |
| Oct 25, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens | 36 min |
| Oct 25, 3:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 39 min |
| Oct 25, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen | 45 min |
| Oct 25, 4:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 51 min |
| Oct 25, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen | 46 min |
| Oct 25, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 45 min |
| Oct 25, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 24 min |
| Oct 25, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 50 min |
| Oct 25, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston | 28 min |
| Oct 25, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson | 39 min |
| Oct 25, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 21 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.