Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 269, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 14, 2014, 3:26 AM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 49 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 14, 2014, 3:26 AM EDT (07:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2014, 4:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Pickens County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:25 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 14, 4:00 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Se Blue Ridge, GA | MULTIPLE TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN SOUTH EAST OF BLUE RIDGE. DOZENS OF TREES WERE DOWN COUNTY WIDE AS WELL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 11:44 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1475 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
915
WUUS52 KFFC 140726
SVRFFC
GAC085-111-123-227-140815-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0269.141014T0726Z-141014T0815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
326 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 415 AM EDT
* AT 322 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NELSON...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
TREES CAN COME DOWN MORE EASILY WITH ALREADY WET SOIL. THIS STORM
HAS ALSO INDICATED SOME ROTATION SO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
A TORNADO. PLEASE SEEK SHELTER AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR THREATS!
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SEQUOYAH LAKE...FAUSETT LAKE...AMICALOLA FALLS STATE PARK...LEN
FOOTE HIKE INN...BLACK GAP SHELTER...ROY...MARION...SPRINGER
MOUNTAIN SHELTER...STOVER CREEK SHELTER AND PISGAH.
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 3491 8416 3486 8414 3481 8414 3480 8411
3476 8409 3465 8415 3460 8419 3457 8419
3438 8429 3438 8439 3483 8433
TIME...MOT...LOC 0725Z 195DEG 36KT 3444 8432
$$1 follow-up statement
772
WWUS52 KFFC 140752
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
352 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014
GAC085-227-140802-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0269.000000T0000Z-141014T0815Z/
PICKENS GA-DAWSON GA-
352 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DAWSON AND
EASTERN PICKENS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3486 8414 3481 8414 3476 8409 3465 8415
3461 8419 3462 8420 3459 8427 3458 8436
3483 8433 3491 8416
TIME...MOT...LOC 0752Z 195DEG 36KT 3470 8423
$$
GAC111-123-140815-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0269.000000T0000Z-141014T0815Z/
FANNIN GA-GILMER GA-
352 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EDT
FOR EASTERN GILMER AND SOUTHEASTERN FANNIN COUNTIES...
AT 351 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PISGAH..MOVING NORTH
AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DIAL...
MARGRET...HURST AND HEMP
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. ALTHOUGH
CURRENT DATA DOES NOT INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF A TORNADO...A TORNADO
MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3486 8414 3481 8414 3476 8409 3465 8415
3461 8419 3462 8420 3459 8427 3458 8436
3483 8433 3491 8416
TIME...MOT...LOC 0752Z 195DEG 36KT 3470 8423
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 12:17 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson and 13 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 14, 3:23 AM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin, White | 23 min |
| Oct 14, 3:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Douglas, Harris, Heard, Troup | 60 min |
| Oct 14, 4:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Stewart | 55 min |
| Oct 14, 4:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 7 hr |
| Oct 14, 4:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor, Webster | 52 min |
| Oct 14, 4:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Meriwether and 4 more | 42 min |
| Oct 14, 5:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton | 29 min |
| Oct 14, 5:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon, Murray | 25 min |
| Oct 14, 5:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach and 1 more | 46 min |
| Oct 14, 5:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 28 min |
| Oct 14, 5:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 32 min |
| Oct 14, 5:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 29 min |
| Oct 14, 5:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach and 1 more | 25 min |
| Oct 14, 6:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 45 min |
| Oct 14, 6:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin, Union and 1 more | 47 min |
| Oct 14, 6:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Newton | 31 min |
| Oct 14, 6:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens | 48 min |
| Oct 14, 6:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Jasper, Jones, Morgan, Newton, Oconee and 3 more | 46 min |
| Oct 14, 7:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Wilkinson | 30 min |
| Oct 14, 7:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee | 35 min |
| Oct 14, 7:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington and 1 more | 48 min |
| Oct 14, 8:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox | 23 min |
| Oct 14, 9:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Warren, Washington | 44 min |
| Oct 14, 10:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 6 hr |
| Oct 14, 1:18 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 7 days |
| Oct 14, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb | 32 min |
| Oct 14, 2:58 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 17 hr |
| Oct 14, 5:24 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 39 hr |
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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.