Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 8, 2014, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)

Expired

Aug 8, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Gwinnett County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Walton County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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903 
WUUS52 KFFC 081928
SVRFFC
GAC135-247-297-082000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0155.140808T1928Z-140808T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
328 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHEASTERN ROCKDALE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 327 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP
  TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  BERKELEY LAKE TO SNELLVILLE TO GEORGIA INTERNATIONAL HORSE PARK...
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DULUTH...GRAYSON...LOGANVILLE...WALNUT GROVE...LAWRENCEVILLE...
  SUWANEE...SUGAR HILL...BETWEEN AND DACULA.

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 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.

&&

LAT...LON 3382 8371 3371 8386 3374 8391 3371 8391
      3371 8393 3366 8393 3363 8396 3376 8402
      3395 8423 3403 8415 3405 8410 3406 8411
      3414 8403
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 251DEG 21KT 3399 8418 3386 8402
          3366 8394

$$

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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.