Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2014, 5:15 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jefferson County, GA, Washington County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
557
WUUS52 KFFC 022115
SVRFFC
GAC163-303-022200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0239.140902T2115Z-140902T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
515 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 513 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 BARTOW
THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WADLEY.
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 3285 8230 3281 8237 3281 8241 3278 8240
3276 8243 3277 8246 3282 8252 3282 8256
3279 8262 3280 8264 3296 8254 3288 8229
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 296DEG 2KT 3284 8250
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 50 min |
| Sep 1, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Twiggs | 49 min |
| Sep 1, 8:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington | 51 min |
| Sep 2, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 33 min |
| Sep 2, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 31 min |
| Sep 2, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 29 min |
| Sep 2, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 37 min |
| Sep 2, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 30 min |
| Sep 2, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Paulding | 23 min |
| Sep 2, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson | 40 min |
| Sep 2, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 24 min |
| Sep 2, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 30 min |
| Sep 2, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 36 min |
| Sep 2, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Sep 2, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 39 min |
| Sep 2, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 32 min |
| Sep 2, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 30 min |
| Sep 2, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 42 min |
| Sep 2, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery | 27 min |
| Sep 2, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 26 min |
| Sep 2, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 33 min |
| Sep 2, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 27 min |
| Sep 2, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 37 min |
| Sep 2, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 49 min |
| Sep 2, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 29 min |
| Sep 2, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford | 20 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.