Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2014, 6:12 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. 4 reports 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
- Sep 3, 2014, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2014, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 6:13 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Brookwood, GA | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE SOUTHERN END OF FORSYTH COUNTY. |
| Sep 3, 6:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nne Buford Dam-Lake L, GA | ESTIMATED 60-70 MPH WINDS. 2 LARGE PINE TREES BLOWN OVER AND 1 HARDWOOD SNAPPED ABOUT 25 FEET UP. |
| Sep 3, 6:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Buford Dam-Lake Lan, GA | 2 TREES BLOWN DOWN RESULTING IN DOWNED POWER LINES. |
| Sep 3, 6:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Flowery Branch, GA | SEVERAL TREES DOWNED ACROSS HALL COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 637 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 835 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS52 KFFC 032212
SVRFFC
GAC117-121-135-139-032245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0247.140903T2212Z-140903T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
612 PM EDT WED SEP 3 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN FORSYTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHERN GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHWESTERN HALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 608 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
REST HAVEN TO CUMMING TO JOHNS CREEK...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SUWANEE...SUGAR HILL...BUFORD AND FLOWERY BRANCH.
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 3419 8386 3404 8389 3402 8397 3402 8424
3422 8424 3427 8401
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 272DEG 5KT 3416 8401 3413 8412
3406 8416
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 11:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 38 min |
| Sep 2, 11:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 40 min |
| Sep 3, 3:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 11:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 27 more | 16 hr |
| Sep 3, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 24 min |
| Sep 3, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 29 min |
| Sep 3, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 33 min |
| Sep 3, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 31 min |
| Sep 3, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 27 min |
| Sep 3, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 37 min |
| Sep 3, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 39 min |
| Sep 3, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 25 min |
| Sep 3, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Webster | 26 min |
| Sep 3, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 32 min |
| Sep 3, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley | 31 min |
| Sep 3, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 32 min |
| Sep 3, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 23 min |
| Sep 3, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton | 34 min |
| Sep 3, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 30 min |
| Sep 3, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 54 min |
| Sep 3, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 24 min |
| Sep 3, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 37 min |
| Sep 3, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 39 min |
| Sep 3, 5:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 23 min |
| Sep 3, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 28 min |
| Sep 3, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 41 min |
| Sep 3, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 50 min |
| Sep 3, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett, Jackson, Madison | 46 min |
| Sep 3, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Monroe | 33 min |
| Sep 3, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Forsyth, Hall, Jackson | 38 min |
| Sep 3, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 50 min |
| Sep 3, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Jones | 31 min |
| Sep 3, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 45 min |
| Sep 3, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 51 min |
| Sep 3, 7:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 45 min |
| Sep 3, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Newton, Walton | 39 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.