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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 2, 2014Carroll County, Paulding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2014, 3:26 PM EDT for Carroll County, Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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
Sep 2, 2014, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2014, 3:49 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Carroll County, GA, Paulding County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 66 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2014-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1065 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2014-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -62 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1065 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

609 
WUUS52 KFFC 021926
SVRFFC
GAC045-223-022015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0236.140902T1926Z-140902T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
326 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  SOUTHWESTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 325 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 14 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF DALLAS...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNION
  AND NEW GEORGIA.

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 3390 8503 3391 8505 3396 8484 3378 8480
      3377 8482 3378 8490 3374 8491 3375 8505
      3379 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 258DEG 6KT 3381 8503

$$
1 follow-up statement
541 
WWUS52 KFFC 021949
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
349 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014

GAC045-223-021959-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0236.000000T0000Z-140902T2015Z/
PAULDING GA-CARROLL GA-
349 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CARROLL AND
SOUTHWESTERN PAULDING COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF NORTHEASTERN CARROLL  AND
SOUTHWESTERN PAULDING  COUNTIES AND SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER
EXPECTED.

LAT...LON 3390 8503 3391 8505 3396 8484 3378 8480
      3378 8482 3378 8490 3374 8491 3375 8505
      3379 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 258DEG 6KT 3382 8498

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 8:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach50 min
Sep 1, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Twiggs49 min
Sep 1, 8:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington47 min
Sep 1, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs44 min
Sep 1, 8:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Washington51 min
Sep 2, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb34 min
Sep 2, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding33 min
Sep 2, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb31 min
Sep 2, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton35 min
Sep 2, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb29 min
Sep 2, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton37 min
Sep 2, 2:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Jasper35 min
Sep 2, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas30 min
Sep 2, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Douglas, Fulton35 min
Sep 2, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson40 min
Sep 2, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson24 min
Sep 2, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel30 min
Sep 2, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson36 min
Sep 2, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson29 min
Sep 2, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel39 min
Sep 2, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe34 min
Sep 2, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones32 min
Sep 2, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson, Washington45 min
Sep 2, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs30 min
Sep 2, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston42 min
Sep 2, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery27 min
Sep 2, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge26 min
Sep 2, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley33 min
Sep 2, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson27 min
Sep 2, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge37 min
Sep 2, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson49 min
Sep 2, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene29 min
Sep 2, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford20 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.