Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 14, 2014, 5:46 AM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 29 min. 3 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
- Oct 14, 2014, 5:46 AM EDT (09:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2014, 6:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties DeKalb County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 5:56 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Alpharetta, GA | OVER A DOZEN TREES REPORTED DOWN IN THE ALPHARETTA AREA. STREET LOCATIONS INCLUDE MAYFIELD ROAD...BETHANY ROAD...BETHANY BEND ROAD...AND CRABAPPLE ROAD. POWER LINES WERE ALSO REPORTED DOWN IN THE AREA. |
| Oct 14, 6:05 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Buford, GA | EMA RECEIVED REPORT OF ONE TREE DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF HAMILTON MILL ROAD AND THRASHER ROAD. ANOTHER TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HAMILTON MILL ROAD AND I-985. |
| Oct 14, 6:05 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Duluth, GA | EMA RECEIVED REPORT OF ONE TREE DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH OLD PEACHTREE ROAD AND SOUTH BERKLEY LAKE ROAD. |
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 14, 4:06 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 82 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.
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WUUS52 KFFC 140946
SVRFFC
GAC089-117-121-135-141015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0271.141014T0946Z-141014T1015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
546 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHWESTERN FORSYTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 615 AM EDT
* AT 543 AM 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
DUNWOODY TO TUCKER TO PINE LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STONE
MOUNTAIN...LILBURN...BERKELEY LAKE...ALPHARETTA...DULUTH...JOHNS
CREEK...SNELLVILLE...SUWANEE...GRAYSON...LAWRENCEVILLE...SUGAR
HILL...BUFORD...REST HAVEN AND DACULA.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3419 8406 3416 8406 3410 8388 3392 8387
3370 8424 3386 8429 3398 8436 3422 8420
TIME...MOT...LOC 0946Z 227DEG 42KT 3399 8429 3391 8421
3377 8417
$$1 follow-up statement
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WWUS52 KFFC 141006
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
606 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014
GAC089-141016-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0271.000000T0000Z-141014T1015Z/
DEKALB GA-
606 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DEKALB COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3419 8406 3416 8406 3410 8388 3392 8387
3382 8404 3395 8419 3401 8434 3422 8420
TIME...MOT...LOC 1006Z 227DEG 42KT 3415 8408 3407 8400
3393 8396
$$
GAC117-121-135-141015-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0271.000000T0000Z-141014T1015Z/
FORSYTH GA-GWINNETT GA-FULTON GA-
606 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN FULTON...GWINNETT AND SOUTHWESTERN FORSYTH
COUNTIES...
AT 605 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM BUFORD DAM-LAKE LANIER PARKS TO SUWANEE TO
GRAYSON..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUGAR
HILL...BUFORD...HOG MOUNTAIN AND DACULA
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WEAK...SHORT LIVED TORNADOES CAN SOMETIMES DEVELOP ALONG THE LEADING
EDGE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LINES LIKE THIS ONE. HOWEVER...THE MAIN
THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND
STAY AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS.
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 1100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3419 8406 3416 8406 3410 8388 3392 8387
3382 8404 3395 8419 3401 8434 3422 8420
TIME...MOT...LOC 1006Z 227DEG 42KT 3415 8408 3407 8400
3393 8396
$$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, 3:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens | 49 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, 5:50 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.