Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 9, 2014, 3:53 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 52 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, 3:53 PM EDT (19:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2014, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Murray County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 3:55 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Beaverdale, GA | EMERGENCY MANAGER AND EMPLOYEE OF BEAVERDALE SUPERETTE REPORT DIME AND PENNY SIZE HAIL NEAR THE WHITFIELD AND MURRAY COUNTY BORDER IN THE VICINITY OF WHERE PRATER MILL RD...COHUTTA BEAVERDALE RD... AND BEAVERDALE ROAD NE MEET. |
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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.
367 WUUS52 KFFC 091953 SVRFFC GAC111-123-213-313-092045- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0262.141009T1953Z-141009T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 353 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA EXTREME NORTHWESTERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTHERN MURRAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA NORTHEASTERN WHITFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 352 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 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF ETON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BEAVERDALE...SUMAC...GREGORY...TENNGA...CISCO...CRANDALL...COHUTTA WILDERNESS AND CONASAUGA LAKE. 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 3479 8455 3485 8491 3499 8492 3500 8454 TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 278DEG 12KT 3492 8485 $$
3 follow-up statements
368 WWUS52 KFFC 092005 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 405 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014 GAC111-123-213-313-092045- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0262.000000T0000Z-141009T2045Z/ WHITFIELD GA-MURRAY GA-FANNIN GA-GILMER GA- 405 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN GILMER...NORTHWESTERN FANNIN...NORTHERN MURRAY AND NORTHEASTERN WHITFIELD COUNTIES... AT 402 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEAVERDALE..MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUMAC...GREGORY...TENNGA...CISCO...CRANDALL...CONASAUGA LAKE AND COHUTTA WILDERNESS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA. && LAT...LON 3485 8487 3499 8487 3500 8454 3479 8455 TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 278DEG 12KT 3491 8480 $$
369 WWUS52 KFFC 092023 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 423 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014 GAC313-092033- /O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0262.000000T0000Z-141009T2045Z/ WHITFIELD GA- 423 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WHITFIELD 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 3483 8476 3499 8477 3500 8454 3479 8455 TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 278DEG 12KT 3490 8473 $$ GAC111-123-213-092045- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0262.000000T0000Z-141009T2045Z/ MURRAY GA-FANNIN GA-GILMER GA- 423 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN GILMER...NORTHWESTERN FANNIN AND NORTHEASTERN MURRAY COUNTIES... AT 420 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CRANDALL..MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CONASAUGA LAKE AND COHUTTA WILDERNESS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA. && LAT...LON 3483 8476 3499 8477 3500 8454 3479 8455 TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 278DEG 12KT 3490 8473 $$
283 WWUS52 KFFC 092037 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 437 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014 GAC111-123-213-092047- /O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0262.000000T0000Z-141009T2045Z/ MURRAY GA-FANNIN GA-GILMER GA- 437 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN GILMER... NORTHWESTERN FANNIN AND NORTHEASTERN MURRAY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM EDT... 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 3483 8476 3499 8477 3500 8454 3479 8455 TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 278DEG 12KT 3489 8467 $$
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, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding | 39 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, 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 |
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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.