Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 30, 2013, 12:12 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 48 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
- Jan 30, 2013, 12:12 PM EST (17:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2013, 1:00 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carroll County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 12:45 PM EST | HAIL 0.25 | Braswell, GA | |
| Jan 30, 12:50 PM EST | FUNNEL CLOUD | Yorkville, GA | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED ON HWY 278 IN YORKVILLE |
| Jan 30, 12:51 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Dallas, GA | MULTIPLE TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN DALLAS ON WEST MEMORIAL DRIVE. |
| Jan 30, 12:51 PM EST | TORNADO | Dallas, GA | MULTIPLE TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN DALLAS ON WEST MEMORIAL DRIVE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 5:51 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jan 30, 8:11 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 343 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 420 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
729
WUUS52 KFFC 301712
SVRFFC
GAC045-143-223-233-301800-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0004.130130T1712Z-130130T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1212 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 100 PM EST
* AT 1206 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60
MPH AND HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TREE DAMAGE. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF BOWDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNT
ZION...TALLAPOOSA...WACO...BREMEN...BUCHANAN...TEMPLE...VILLA
RICA...BRASWELL...DALLAS AND HIRAM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
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 400 PM EST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3408 8490 3397 8474 3395 8474 3394 8472
3384 8473 3377 8483 3378 8490 3373 8490
3347 8531 3371 8535
TIME...MOT...LOC 1712Z 227DEG 56KT 3357 8536
$$1 follow-up statement
964
WWUS52 KFFC 301743
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1243 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
GAC045-143-223-233-301800-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130130T1800Z/
POLK GA-PAULDING GA-CARROLL GA-HARALSON GA-
1243 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EST
FOR NORTHEASTERN HARALSON...NORTHEASTERN CARROLL...PAULDING AND
SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTIES...
AT 1241 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP
TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR UNION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BRASWELL...DALLAS...HIRAM...NEW HOPE AND BURNT HICKORY RIDGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3408 8490 3397 8474 3384 8474 3377 8483
3378 8490 3374 8490 3373 8491 3373 8504
3382 8515
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 227DEG 56KT 3387 8495
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 7:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard | 40 min |
| Jan 30, 8:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard and 1 more | 52 min |
| Jan 30, 8:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 39 min |
| Jan 30, 9:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 61 min |
| Jan 30, 10:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Haralson, Polk | 39 min |
| Jan 30, 10:59 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Floyd, Gordon, Pickens | 46 min |
| Jan 30, 11:30 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray | 45 min |
| Jan 30, 12:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton, Paulding | 45 min |
| Jan 30, 12:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard, Paulding | 40 min |
| Jan 30, 12:54 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 24 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Lumpkin, Pickens | 45 min |
| Jan 30, 1:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton and 2 more | 44 min |
| Jan 30, 1:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Fulton, Heard | 41 min |
| Jan 30, 1:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 40 min |
| Jan 30, 1:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot and 1 more | 39 min |
| Jan 30, 2:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth and 2 more | 44 min |
| Jan 30, 2:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Lumpkin, Towns and 2 more | 51 min |
| Jan 30, 2:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Troup, Upson | 45 min |
| Jan 30, 2:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Harris, Henry and 3 more | 41 min |
| Jan 30, 2:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton | 39 min |
| Jan 30, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett and 6 more | 45 min |
| Jan 30, 3:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Harris, Meriwether, Pike and 3 more | 46 min |
| Jan 30, 3:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 52 min |
| Jan 30, 3:27 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Union | 6 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 29 min |
| Jan 30, 3:46 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Towns | 5 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster | 43 min |
| Jan 30, 3:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Crawford, Jasper, Lamar, Marion, Monroe and 2 more | 32 min |
| Jan 30, 4:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 29 min |
| Jan 30, 4:20 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton, Gwinnett | 3 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Crisp, Macon, Marion, Peach and 6 more | 66 min |
| Jan 30, 4:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe | 48 min |
| Jan 30, 4:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Sumter | 31 min |
| Jan 30, 5:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam | 57 min |
| Jan 30, 5:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Dooly, Houston, Jones and 7 more | 52 min |
| Jan 30, 5:32 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 14 hr |
| Jan 30, 5:32 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 13 hr |
| Jan 30, 5:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 42 min |
| Jan 30, 5:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 62 min |
| Jan 30, 6:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dooly, Glascock, Houston, Pulaski and 4 more | 61 min |
| Jan 30, 6:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington, Wilkinson | 45 min |
| Jan 30, 6:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Jefferson, Johnson and 7 more | 41 min |
| Jan 30, 6:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Warren, Washington | 51 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.