Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2013, 5:25 PM EDT for Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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
- Jun 18, 2013, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2013, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Walton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 5:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Monroe, GA | TREES DOWN ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 975 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS52 KFFC 182125
SVRFFC
GAC297-182215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0166.130618T2125Z-130618T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
525 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WALNUT GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
JERSEY...BETWEEN...MONROE AND GOOD HOPE.
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 3391 8364 3389 8362 3388 8359 3385 8357
3382 8351 3371 8358 3369 8383 3379 8398
3388 8386 3390 8377 3389 8376 3391 8368
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 255DEG 33KT 3378 8387
$$2 follow-up statements
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WWUS52 KFFC 182147
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
547 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013
GAC297-182215-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-130618T2215Z/
WALTON GA-
547 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN WALTON COUNTY...
AT 546 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GRATIS TO MOUNT VERNON TO
EBENEZER...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY
RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3389 8362 3388 8359 3385 8357 3382 8351
3371 8359 3370 8370 3370 8371 3389 8381
3390 8377 3389 8376 3391 8368 3391 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 255DEG 33KT 3388 8364 3383 8359
3373 8355
$$017
WWUS52 KFFC 182153
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
553 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013
GAC297-182203-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-130618T2215Z/
WALTON GA-
553 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WALTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
.
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
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 3389 8362 3388 8359 3385 8357 3382 8351
3371 8359 3370 8370 3370 8371 3389 8381
3390 8377 3389 8376 3391 8368 3391 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 255DEG 33KT 3388 8357 3383 8352
3373 8348
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 8:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 25 min |
| Jun 17, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 8:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 9:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Wilkinson | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 9:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 5:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 22 min |
| Jun 18, 7:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton, Oconee, Walton | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 7:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 12:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 36 min |
| Jun 18, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 27 min |
| Jun 18, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas and 3 more | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Butts, Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette and 7 more | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Oconee | 24 min |
| Jun 18, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 26 min |
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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.