Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2013, 4:40 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 50 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
- Mar 18, 2013, 4:40 PM EDT (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2013, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carroll County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Paulding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 4:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 4 Se Bremen, GA | QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL COVERED THE GROUND. |
| Mar 18, 4:50 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 7 Ne Carrollton, GA | ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR SAND HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. |
| Mar 18, 5:15 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 4 Sse Bremen, GA | QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR HAIL REPORTED BY PUBLIC ON BELL ROAD IN BREMEN. |
| Mar 18, 5:28 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Douglasville, GA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 18, 4:16 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
161
WUUS52 KFFC 182040
SVRFFC
GAC045-097-143-223-182130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0039.130318T2040Z-130318T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
440 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 437 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT
ZION...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TEMPLE...VILLA RICA...DOUGLASVILLE AND LITHIA SPRINGS.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3386 8473 3380 8472 3380 8463 3375 8458
3367 8466 3360 8523 3367 8526
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 254DEG 37KT 3366 8516
$$1 follow-up statement
774
WWUS52 KFFC 182109
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
509 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013
GAC045-143-223-182119-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-130318T2130Z/
PAULDING GA-CARROLL GA-HARALSON GA-
509 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARALSON...
NORTHERN CARROLL AND SOUTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3375 8490 3378 8481 3379 8473 3380 8472
3379 8463 3375 8458 3367 8466 3364 8486
3365 8490 3373 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 255DEG 35KT 3371 8484
$$
GAC097-182130-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-130318T2130Z/
DOUGLAS GA-
509 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY...
AT 507 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WINSTON OR 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOUGLASVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BILL
ARP...DOUGLASVILLE...CHAPEL HILL AND SWEETWATER CREEK STATE PARK.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3375 8490 3378 8481 3379 8473 3380 8472
3379 8463 3375 8458 3367 8466 3364 8486
3365 8490 3373 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 255DEG 35KT 3371 8484
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 11:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Pickens | 48 min |
| Mar 18, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade | 46 min |
| Mar 18, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 29 min |
| Mar 18, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 39 min |
| Mar 18, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Murray and 2 more | 56 min |
| Mar 18, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 24 min |
| Mar 18, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Polk | 65 min |
| Mar 18, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 43 min |
| Mar 18, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton | 39 min |
| Mar 18, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Fulton | 51 min |
| Mar 18, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 65 min |
| Mar 18, 5:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 44 min |
| Mar 18, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 41 min |
| Mar 18, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas and 5 more | 60 min |
| Mar 18, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup | 51 min |
| Mar 18, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster | 65 min |
| Mar 18, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 45 min |
| Mar 18, 6:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton and 3 more | 45 min |
| Mar 18, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Gilmer and 5 more | 52 min |
| Mar 18, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 52 min |
| Mar 18, 6:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 42 min |
| Mar 18, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Henry | 39 min |
| Mar 18, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 54 min |
| Mar 18, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 49 min |
| Mar 18, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley, Sumter | 39 min |
| Mar 18, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 64 min |
| Mar 18, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Pike, Upson | 47 min |
| Mar 18, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Newton | 41 min |
| Mar 18, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam, Spalding | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones, Lamar, Monroe | 51 min |
| Mar 18, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam | 64 min |
| Mar 18, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Schley, Sumter | 54 min |
| Mar 18, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Hancock, Houston, Jefferson and 6 more | 57 min |
| Mar 18, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 50 min |
| Mar 18, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Crawford, Dodge, Houston, Macon, Peach and 3 more | 60 min |
| Mar 18, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Warren, Washington | 59 min |
| Mar 18, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Sumter, Wilcox | 56 min |
| Mar 18, 7:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Wilcox | 49 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.