Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 30, 2013, 12:50 PM EST for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 40 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
- Jan 30, 2013, 12:50 PM EST (17:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2013, 1:30 PM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carroll County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Heard County, GA, Paulding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 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, 1:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nw Franklin, GA | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN. |
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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 47 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.
976
WUUS52 KFFC 301750
SVRFFC
GAC045-077-097-121-149-223-301830-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0005.130130T1750Z-130130T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1250 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
NORTHWESTERN COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHERN HEARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 130 PM EST
* AT 1245 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EPHESUS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CENTRALHATCHEE...ROOPVILLE...CARROLLTON...WHITESBURG...
CHATTAHOOCHEE HILL COUNTRY...VILLA RICA AND DOUGLASVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. ALTHOUGH
CURRENT DATA DOES NOT INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF A TORNADO...A TORNADO
MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
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 3388 8478 3382 8472 3381 8473 3380 8470
3363 8451 3321 8526 3322 8526 3343 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 1750Z 228DEG 55KT 3331 8529
$$1 follow-up statement
216
WWUS52 KFFC 301814
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
114 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
GAC077-149-301823-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130130T1830Z/
COWETA GA-HEARD GA-
114 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN HEARD AND
NORTHWESTERN COWETA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3388 8478 3382 8474 3379 8468 3363 8451
3345 8508 3346 8512 3355 8515
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 228DEG 55KT 3351 8504
$$
GAC045-097-121-223-301830-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130130T1830Z/
PAULDING GA-CARROLL GA-DOUGLAS GA-FULTON GA-
114 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EST
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FULTON...DOUGLAS...EASTERN CARROLL AND SOUTHEASTERN
PAULDING COUNTIES...
AT 109 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 LOWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
65 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CARROLLTON...CLEM...SEATON LAKE...BYERS CROSSROADS...HANNAH...
TREASURE LAKE...FAIRPLAY...CHATTAHOOCHEE HILL COUNTRY...VILLA RICA...
LAKE VAL-DO-MAR...BILL ARP...CAMPBELLTON...WINSTON...DOUGLASVILLE...
CHAPEL HILL AND BROWNSVILLE.
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 3388 8478 3382 8474 3379 8468 3363 8451
3345 8508 3346 8512 3355 8515
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 228DEG 55KT 3351 8504
$$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 Jan 30, 10:43 AM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 10:43 AM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1043 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 .UPDATE... HAVE MADE UPDATES TO THE WEATHER AND POP GRIDS...AND SLOWED DOWN THE CURRENT TIMING OF THE SQUALL LINE. WE ARE STARTING TO SEE ISOLATED SUPERCELLS OUT FRONT OF THE MAIN LINE. THERE IS AN ESPECIALLY STRONG TO SEVERE CELL IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. WE ARE STILL ON TRACK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH THE AREA. THE MAIN LINE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH THE STATE WITH STRONG WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. THERE IS ALSO A RISK OF TORNADOES WITH THESE STORMS...ESPECIALLY ANY SUPERCELLS OUT IN FRONT OF THE LINE. DID ADJUST THE TEMPERATURES DOWN A FEW DEGREES AS THEY WERE FORECAST WARMER THAN WHAT WAS GOING ON. NO OTHER UPDATES ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ARG && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 647 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013/ PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 621 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013/ UPDATE... SECOND UPDATE TO INCLUDE EXPANDED TORNADO WATCH 17 AREA IN THE FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES SECTION BELOW. BELANGER PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 410 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... PRIMARY CONCERN IS THREAT AND TIMING OF SEVERE CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. VERY IMPRESSIVE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING THE STATE THIS MORNING. WHILE FAVORABLE SIG TOR PARAMETER VALUES CURRENTLY CONFINED TO AREA CLOSER TO THE COAST BASED ON RAP ANALYSES...HAVE SEEN A FEW REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE FURTHER NORTH OVER WRN TN AND NRN MS IN LOW CAPE AREAS. IF MODELS ARE TO BE BELIEVED...PARAMETERS SHOULD BE MORE FAVORABLE HERE THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY SHOWN TO THE WEST. 00Z MODELS HAVE SLOWED TIMING OF MAIN LINE OF TSRA SOMEWHAT WITH NAM SLOWEST. 06Z NAM ALSO CONTINUING SLOWER TREND. LINE SHOULD MOVE INTO NW CORNER OF CWA AROUND 10AM... I-85 BY 3PM AND AHN-MCN-AMERICUS LINE BY 7PM AND EXITING SE CORNER OF CWA AROUND 10PM. INGREDIENTS STILL APPEAR SUFFICIENT FOR AT LEAST ISOLD AREAS OF WIND DMG OR BRIEF TORNADOES. AS OFTEN THE CASE...06Z NAM MLCAPE SHOWING MORE INSTABILITY THAN OTHER MODELS WITH VALUES AROUND 400-700 J/KG. 00Z GFS HAS 200-400 J/KG OVER ALL BUT NE GA. VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL BE VERY STRONG. 0-1KM BULK SHEAR 40-50KTS SEEN ON GFS AND NAM. FAVORABLE CIN...LCL AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR YIELDING DECENT SIG TOR PARAMETER VALUES... 1-2 WITH GFS AND 2-5 ON NAM. THIS VALUES ARE HIGHER THAN PREV SVR EVENT ON DEC 26 WHEN WE SAW 3 WEAK TORNADOES IN MIDDLE GA. WINDS STILL SHOULD KEEP MOST OF AREA IN ADV CRITERIA TODAY AND THIS EVENING. HAVE EXTENDED WIND ADV TIL MIDNIGHT. HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA NOT QUITE BEING MET IN LATEST MODEL GRIDS...BUT VERY CLOSE. WITH WET SOILS DEVELOPING QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON...HAVE CONTINUED WIND WARNING THRU 6PM...AFTER WHICH TIME LLJ WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE NE GA MOUNTAINS. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE SIGNIFICANT THREAT. AGREE WITH LATEST HPC GUIDANCE WHICH HAS BUMPED UP EVENT TOTAL PRECIP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH SOME AREAS OF NE GA APPROACHING 2.5 INCHES...DUE TO SLOWER TIMING AND PROGRESSION OF TSRA. SFC DEWPOINTS HAVE BEEN HIGHER THAN FCST LAST SEVERAL HOURS AS WELL. BASED ON LATEST GRIDDED FFG AND QPF...HAVE EXPANDED FLOOD WATCH SOUTH TO AREAS NORTH OF A FRANKLIN TO ROSWELL TO CLEVELAND LINE. FINALLY...ANOTHER LOW AMPLITUDE SHORT WAVE PROGGED TO MOVE ALONG LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER TN VALLEY THURS NIGHT. WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE...ESP ALOFT...COULD SEE SOME FLURRIES OR VERY LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS. NO IMPACTS EXPECTED. SNELSON LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... EXTENDED MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE LONG TERM...WITH LONG WAVE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH SITUATED OVER THE EASTERN U.S. THOUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. GENERALLY...NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE REGION...AND MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVES IMPACTING THE AREA AS A RESULT. THE FIRST DISTURBANCE OCCURS AT THE TAIL END OF THE SHORT TERM PERIODS...AND WHAT MOISTURE QUICKLY DISSIPATES INTO THE LONG TERM EARLY FRIDAY. THE SECOND DISTURBANCE LOOKS TO APPROACH THE AREA LATE SATURDAY AND REMAIN ACROSS FAR NORTH GEORGIA EARLY SUNDAY...WITH SLIGHTLY MORE MOISTURE AVAILABLE THAN THE PREVIOUS SHORTWAVE. FOR NOW...WITH THE LATEST MODEL TIMING FOR THIS SYSTEM...LOOKS LIKE IT WILL PRIMARILY BE RAIN...WITH SOME POSSIBILITY OF A RAIN-SNOW MIX INTO SUNDAY MORNING. HAVE GENERALLY GONE WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS...AND HAVE KEPT NO ACCUMULATIONS FOR NORTH GEORGIA. HAVE SCALED BACK POPS SLIGHTLY FOR THE THIRD SHORT WAVE EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. LATEST MODEL RUNS ARE LESS ENTHUSIASTIC WITH THE FRONTAL SUPPORT...AND THEREFORE LESS AGGRESSIVE WITH MOISTURE AND PRECIP POTENTIAL. HAVE CONTINUED WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND QUICKLY DROP POPS OFF INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. BELANGER FIRE WEATHER... AS DRY AIR PLUNGES IN BEHIND FRONT...HUMIDITY PROGGED TO DROP TO 22 TO 25 PCT FOR A FEW HOURS THURS AFTERNOON OVER MIDDLE GA. WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED TODAY...FUELS ARE EXPECTED TO BE TOO WET TO REQUIRE ANY FIRE DANGER STATEMENTS. SNELSON AVIATION... 12Z UPDATE... STILL MONITORING LINE OF STRONG TSRA THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. TIMING HAS SHIFTED SLIGHTLY AND NOW APPEARS TSRA WILL AFFECT ATL METRO 19Z-23Z. EXPECT STRONG CROSSWIND AT E-W RUNWAY AIRPORTS TODAY...GUSTS COULD APPROACH 32KTS AT KATL. CIGS SHOULD STAY RIGHT NEAR IFR THRESHOLD AT KATL AND REMAIN JUST ABOVE IFR ELSEWHERE. EXPECT END TO CIGS AND PRECIP AROUND 23-00Z. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND THURS. //ATL CONFIDENCE...12Z UPDATE... MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON IFR CIGS THIS MORNING. HIGH CONFIDENCE ON ALL OTHER ELEMENTS. SNELSON && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 71 38 50 33 / 100 100 5 5 ATLANTA 67 35 49 33 / 100 60 5 5 BLAIRSVILLE 61 32 43 27 / 100 60 5 20 CARTERSVILLE 67 34 47 31 / 100 40 5 10 COLUMBUS 72 38 56 39 / 100 70 5 5 GAINESVILLE 63 35 47 32 / 100 70 5 10 MACON 73 39 55 33 / 90 100 5 5 ROME 68 33 48 31 / 100 40 5 10 PEACHTREE CITY 68 36 51 32 / 100 60 5 5 VIDALIA 80 46 59 36 / 70 90 0 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BALDWIN...BANKS...BARROW...BARTOW...BIBB...BLECKLEY... BUTTS...CARROLL...CATOOSA...CHATTAHOOCHEE...CHATTOOGA... CHEROKEE...CLARKE...CLAYTON...COBB...COWETA...CRAWFORD...CRISP... DADE...DEKALB...DODGE...DOOLY...DOUGLAS...EMANUEL...FAYETTE... FLOYD...FORSYTH...GLASCOCK...GORDON...GREENE...GWINNETT...HALL... HANCOCK...HARALSON...HARRIS...HEARD...HENRY...HOUSTON... JACKSON...JASPER...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...JONES...LAMAR... LAURENS...MACON...MADISON...MARION...MERIWETHER...MONROE... MONTGOMERY...MORGAN...MUSCOGEE...NEWTON...NORTH FULTON... OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...PAULDING...PEACH...PIKE...POLK...PULASKI... PUTNAM...ROCKDALE...SCHLEY...SOUTH FULTON...SPALDING...STEWART... SUMTER...TALBOT...TALIAFERRO...TAYLOR...TELFAIR...TOOMBS... TREUTLEN...TROUP...TWIGGS...UPSON...WALKER...WALTON...WARREN... WASHINGTON...WEBSTER...WHEELER...WHITFIELD...WILCOX...WILKES... WILKINSON. TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BALDWIN...BANKS...BARROW...BARTOW...BIBB...BLECKLEY... BUTTS...CARROLL...CATOOSA...CHATTAHOOCHEE...CHATTOOGA... CHEROKEE...CLARKE...CLAYTON...COBB...COWETA...CRAWFORD...DADE... DAWSON...DEKALB...DOOLY...DOUGLAS...FANNIN...FAYETTE...FLOYD... FORSYTH...GILMER...GORDON...GREENE...GWINNETT...HALL...HANCOCK... HARALSON...HARRIS...HEARD...HENRY...HOUSTON...JACKSON...JASPER... JONES...LAMAR...LUMPKIN...MACON...MADISON...MARION... MERIWETHER...MONROE...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...TOWNS...TROUP...TWIGGS...UNION...UPSON... WALKER...WALTON...WEBSTER...WHITE...WHITFIELD...WILKES... WILKINSON. HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: DAWSON...FANNIN...GILMER...LUMPKIN...MURRAY...PICKENS... TOWNS...UNION...WHITE. FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BARTOW...CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...CHEROKEE...COBB...DADE...DAWSON... FANNIN...FLOYD...FORSYTH...GILMER...GORDON...HARALSON... LUMPKIN...MURRAY...NORTH FULTON...PAULDING...PICKENS...POLK... TOWNS...UNION...WALKER...WHITE...WHITFIELD. WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: DAWSON...FANNIN...GILMER...LUMPKIN... MURRAY...PICKENS...TOWNS...UNION...WHITE. && SHORT TERM...ARG LONG TERM....31 AVIATION...ARG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 4:58 AM EST, 7 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 458 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-311000- 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- 458 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A STRONG UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH AND ITS ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE STATE TODAY. THE SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE STRONG...DAMAGING WINDS...ISOLATED TORNADOES AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ANY TORNADOES WILL LIKELY BE BRIEF...WITH LITTLE NOTICE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO STAY AWARE TODAY. THE LINE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS MORNING...TRACK THROUGH THE ATL METRO AREA BY MID AFTERNOON...AND ALONG AN ATHENS TO MACON TO AMERICUS LINE BY EARLY EVENING. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OR MORE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL SATURATE THE SOILS AND PRODUCE RUNOFF THAT WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE LINE OF CONVECTION...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF IT OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. WITH SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. IN ADDITION...A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR THE REST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... .DISCUSSION... A SERIES OF WEAK DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY EARLY FRIDAY AND EARLY SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF MOISTURE AND COLD TEMPERATURES FOR BOTH THESE EVENTS WILL SUPPORT SNOW FLURRIES OR A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW. ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION TUESDAY...THOUGH ONLY SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED AND SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 30, 11:16 AM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1116 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1104 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 NE ROME 34.28N 85.16W
01/30/2013 FLOYD GA EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE ON HOUSE IN ROME ON DOGWOOD STREET. PERSON TRAPPED
IN HOME BUT IS OK
&&
30Local storm report, Jan 30, 11:32 AM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1132 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1119 AM TORNADO ADAIRSVILLE 34.37N 84.93W
01/30/2013 BARTOW GA EMERGENCY MNGR
MAJOR DAMAGE REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN ADAIRSVILLE. REPORTS OF
CARS OVERTURNED AND MAJOR STRUCTURE DAMAGE
&&
30Local storm report, Jan 30, 11:41 AM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1141 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1119 AM TORNADO ADAIRSVILLE 34.37N 84.93W
01/30/2013 BARTOW GA PUBLIC
SEVERAL CARS OVERTURNED AT A MCDONALDS RESTAURANT IN
ADAIRSVILLE
&&
30Local storm report, Jan 30, 11:57 AM EST, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1157 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1125 AM TORNADO 4 SE CALHOUN 34.45N 84.90W
01/30/2013 GORDON GA AMATEUR RADIO
MULTIPLE STRUCTURES DAMAGED ALONG HWY 53 NEAR CALHOUN.
TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR
&&
30Local storm report, Jan 30, 12:25 PM EST, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1225 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1115 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG MACON 32.83N 83.64W
01/30/2013 BIBB GA PUBLIC
TREES DOWN IN MACON GEORGIA AREA DUE TO GRADIENT WINDS
&&
30Local storm report, Jan 30, 12:50 PM EST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1250 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1245 PM HAIL BRASWELL 33.99N 84.96W
01/30/2013 E0.25 INCH PAULDING GA EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
30The 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, 12:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 48 min |
| Jan 30, 12:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton, Paulding | 45 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.