Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 9, 2014, 2:36 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report 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
- Oct 9, 2014, 2:36 PM EDT (18:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2014, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cobb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Paulding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2:56 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Austell, GA | SHELL GAS STATION EMPLOYEE REPORTS QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT THE SHELL GAS STATION ON AUSTELL ROAD. |
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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 1417 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 879 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
650 WUUS52 KFFC 091836 SVRFFC GAC067-097-121-223-091915- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0261.141009T1836Z-141009T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 236 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 315 PM EDT * AT 236 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 LITHIA SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POWDER SPRINGS...AUSTELL...SMYRNA AND MARIETTA. 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 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA. && LAT...LON 3398 8450 3376 8440 3371 8473 3387 8476 TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 253DEG 9KT 3381 8469 $$
2 follow-up statements
021 WWUS52 KFFC 091847 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 247 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014 GAC223-091858- /O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-141009T1915Z/ PAULDING GA- 247 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTY IS CANCELLED... IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA. LAT...LON 3373 8471 3387 8472 3398 8450 3376 8440 TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 253DEG 9KT 3382 8466 $$ GAC067-097-121-091915- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-141009T1915Z/ COBB GA-DOUGLAS GA-FULTON GA- 247 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL FULTON...NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS AND SOUTHERN COBB COUNTIES... AT 246 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 NEAR LITHIA SPRINGS..MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SWEETWATER CREEK STATE PARK...AUSTELL...MABLETON...BOLTON... BANKHEAD...JIM R MILLER PARK...SIX FLAGS OVER GEORGIA...WHITE WATER PARK...DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE...VININGS...SMYRNA AND MARIETTA 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 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA. && LAT...LON 3373 8471 3387 8472 3398 8450 3376 8440 TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 253DEG 9KT 3382 8466 $$
444 WWUS52 KFFC 091913 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 313 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014 GAC067-097-121-091923- /O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-141009T1915Z/ COBB GA-DOUGLAS GA-FULTON GA- 313 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL FULTON...NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS AND SOUTHERN COBB COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM EDT... THIS IS STILL A STRONG STORM...WITH SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST BEYOND THE EXPIRATION TIME OF THIS WARNING...A NEW WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA. LAT...LON 3373 8471 3387 8472 3398 8450 3376 8440 TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 253DEG 9KT 3384 8459 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 31 min |
| Oct 9, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 47 min |
| Oct 9, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Jackson | 38 min |
| Oct 9, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 33 min |
| Oct 9, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 26 min |
| Oct 9, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 28 min |
| Oct 9, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 52 min |
| Oct 9, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 33 min |
| Oct 9, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 42 min |
| Oct 9, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 38 min |
| Oct 9, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 51 min |
| Oct 9, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 64 min |
| Oct 9, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield | 52 min |
| Oct 9, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 50 min |
| Oct 9, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 49 min |
| Oct 9, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 47 min |
| Oct 9, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Hall | 44 min |
| Oct 9, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson, Madison | 40 min |
| Oct 9, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 45 min |
| Oct 9, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 58 min |
| Oct 9, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 60 min |
Nearby
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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.