Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 266, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 9, 2014, 7:00 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 60 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, 7:00 PM EDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Barrow County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Madison County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 7:35 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Athens, GA | RECIEVED A CALL FROM THE PUBLIC REPORTING QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON PEEKS POINT IN ATHENS. |
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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.
291 WUUS52 KFFC 092300 SVRFFC GAC013-059-157-195-219-221-100000- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0266.141009T2300Z-141010T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 700 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL BARROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA NORTHWESTERN OCONEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA NORTHWESTERN OGLETHORPE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * AT 658 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 ARCADE... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NICHOLSON...ATHENS...WHITEHALL...HULL...WINTERVILLE...CRAWFORD... ARNOLDSVILLE...COLBERT AND COMER. 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 3411 8310 3382 8317 3395 8364 3413 8360 TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 281DEG 12KT 3402 8351 $$
3 follow-up statements
385 WWUS52 KFFC 092321 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 721 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014 GAC013-092331- /O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0266.000000T0000Z-141010T0000Z/ BARROW GA- 721 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN BARROW COUNTY IS CANCELLED... IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA. LAT...LON 3393 8355 3412 8348 3411 8310 3382 8317 TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 281DEG 12KT 3401 8343 $$ GAC059-157-195-219-221-100000- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0266.000000T0000Z-141010T0000Z/ OGLETHORPE GA-OCONEE GA-MADISON GA-CLARKE GA-JACKSON GA- 721 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...CLARKE...SOUTHERN MADISON...NORTH CENTRAL OCONEE AND NORTHWESTERN OGLETHORPE COUNTIES... AT 720 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WESTGATE PARK..MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JAMES HOLLAND YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX...BEECHWOOD HILLS...SANDY CREEK RECREATION AREA...SANFORD...ATHENS...BARRETTS MILL...STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA...NEESE...WHITEHALL...HULL...DIAMOND HILL... WINTERVILLE...DUNLAP...SMITHONIA...HUTCHINGS...ARNOLDSVILLE...COLBERT AND COMER 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 3393 8355 3412 8348 3411 8310 3382 8317 TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 281DEG 12KT 3401 8343 $$
555
WWUS52 KFFC 092347
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
747 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014
GAC157-219-092358-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0266.000000T0000Z-141010T0000Z/
OCONEE GA-JACKSON GA-
747 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND NORTH
CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
LAT...LON 3390 8336 3396 8348 3400 8343 3404 8336
3409 8336 3411 8310 3382 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 281DEG 12KT 3399 8332
$$
GAC059-195-221-100000-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0266.000000T0000Z-141010T0000Z/
OGLETHORPE GA-MADISON GA-CLARKE GA-
747 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR CLARKE...SOUTHERN MADISON AND NORTHWESTERN OGLETHORPE COUNTIES...
AT 746 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 BARRETTS MILL..MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HULL...
DIAMOND HILL...DUNLAP...SMITHONIA...HUTCHINGS...ARNOLDSVILLE...
WINTERVILLE...COLBERT AND COMER
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 3390 8336 3396 8348 3400 8343 3404 8336
3409 8336 3411 8310 3382 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 281DEG 12KT 3399 8332
$$413
WWUS52 KFFC 092358
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
758 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014
GAC059-195-221-100008-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0266.000000T0000Z-141010T0000Z/
OGLETHORPE GA-MADISON GA-CLARKE GA-
758 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLARKE...SOUTHERN MADISON AND
NORTHWESTERN OGLETHORPE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM EDT...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
LAT...LON 3390 8336 3396 8348 3400 8343 3404 8336
3409 8336 3411 8310 3382 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 281DEG 12KT 3398 8328
$$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, 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 |
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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.