Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jul 3, 2012, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)

Expired

Jul 3, 2012, 7:45 PM EDT

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Cherokee County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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.

871 
WUUS52 KFFC 032256
SVRFFC
GAC057-117-121-032345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0207.120703T2256Z-120703T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
656 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WESTERN FORSYTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 652 PM 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 WALESKA TO FREE HOME...MOVING EAST AT
  10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  CUMMING AND BALL GROUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.

&&

LAT...LON 3437 8429 3434 8426 3433 8426 3433 8424
      3424 8410 3413 8411 3414 8443 3430 8466
      3435 8466 3435 8464 3436 8466
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 270DEG 8KT 3432 8454 3422 8430

$$

522 
WWUS52 KFFC 032310
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
710 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

GAC057-117-121-032345-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0207.000000T0000Z-120703T2345Z/
CHEROKEE GA-FORSYTH GA-FULTON GA-
710 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN FULTON...WESTERN FORSYTH AND CHEROKEE
COUNTIES...

AT 706 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE 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 WALESKA TO HOLBROOK...MOVING EAST
AT 10 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FREE
HOME...LATHEMTOWN...DREW...DUCKTOWN...HIGHTOWER...CUMMING AND BALL
GROUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.

&&

LAT...LON 3437 8429 3434 8426 3433 8426 3433 8424
      3424 8410 3413 8411 3414 8443 3426 8460
      3436 8460
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 270DEG 8KT 3432 8450 3422 8426

$$

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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.