Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2014, 7:10 PM EDT for Carroll County, Douglas County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2014, 7:10 PM EDT (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carroll County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
440
WUUS52 KFFC 282310
SVRFFC
GAC045-097-121-290000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0023.140428T2310Z-140429T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
710 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014
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
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 708 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ROOPVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNT
ZION...CARROLLTON...WHITESBURG...TEMPLE...VILLA RICA...
CHATTAHOOCHEE HILLS AND DOUGLASVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3366 8527 3369 8519 3369 8511 3373 8505
3378 8489 3379 8472 3357 8468 3351 8481
3351 8485 3349 8486 3345 8497 3346 8498
3342 8502 3342 8518 3363 8527
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 231DEG 25KT 3350 8510
$$2 follow-up statements
312
WWUS52 KFFC 282347
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
747 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014
GAC045-097-121-290000-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140429T0000Z/
CARROLL GA-DOUGLAS GA-FULTON GA-
747 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FULTON...DOUGLAS AND NORTHEASTERN CARROLL
COUNTIES...
AT 745 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED FROM NEAR ABILENE TO VILLA RICA...WINSTON AND CHATTAHOOCHEE
HILLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BILL
ARP...LAKE VAL-DO-MAR...DOUGLASVILLE AND CHAPEL HILL
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3373 8504 3378 8489 3377 8489 3377 8482
3379 8472 3357 8468 3351 8482 3355 8502
3360 8508 3364 8509
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 205DEG 21KT 3365 8501 3370 8496
3370 8487 3360 8479
$$273
WWUS52 KFFC 282356
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
756 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014
GAC045-097-121-290004-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140429T0000Z/
CARROLL GA-DOUGLAS GA-FULTON GA-
756 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FULTON...DOUGLAS
AND NORTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM EDT...
ALTHOUGH THIS STORM IS WEAKENING...IT MAY STILL BE PRODUCING NICKEL
SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE INDOORS. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED TO PERSIST BEYOND THE EXPIRATION TIME OF THIS WARNING...A
NEW WARNING WILL BE ISSUED.
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 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3373 8504 3378 8489 3377 8489 3377 8482
3379 8472 3357 8468 3351 8482 3355 8502
3360 8508 3364 8509
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 205DEG 21KT 3372 8500 3374 8493
3374 8484 3368 8475
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Heard, Troup | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 7:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Paulding | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.