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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 273, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 14, 2014, 6:28 AM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 47 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, 6:28 AM EDT (10:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2014, 7:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Hall County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:32 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, 6:40 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Dawsonville, GA | MULTIPLE TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN...SOME ON POWER LINES. THE ROADS AFFECTED WERE SR53 AND SR136. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 12 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 139 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.
753
WUUS52 KFFC 141028
SVRFFC
GAC085-111-117-139-187-291-311-141115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0273.141014T1028Z-141014T1115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
628 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHERN FORSYTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
HALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
LUMPKIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 715 AM EDT
* AT 624 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 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF DAWSONVILLE TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF FLOWERY
BRANCH TO FLOWERY BRANCH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
OAKWOOD...GAINESVILLE...DAHLONEGA...LULA...CLERMONT...SUCHES...
CLEVELAND...HELEN AND UNICOI STATE PARK.
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.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WITH MULTIPLE
REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE
AND STAY AWAY FROM 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3468 8363 3465 8365 3454 8361 3450 8365
3443 8361 3439 8366 3437 8366 3410 8388
3413 8398 3432 8426 3447 8426 3460 8422
3463 8419 3465 8421 3479 8417 3480 8373
TIME...MOT...LOC 1027Z 209DEG 41KT 3440 8422 3430 8401
3415 8387
$$1 follow-up statement
293
WWUS52 KFFC 141048
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
648 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014
GAC085-117-141058-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0273.000000T0000Z-141014T1115Z/
DAWSON GA-FORSYTH GA-
648 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN FORSYTH AND DAWSON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3480 8373 3468 8363 3465 8365 3454 8361
3451 8365 3443 8361 3439 8366 3434 8368
3435 8392 3439 8398 3442 8399 3444 8405
3454 8418 3463 8419 3465 8421 3479 8417
TIME...MOT...LOC 1048Z 209DEG 41KT 3461 8407 3451 8386
3436 8372
$$
GAC111-139-187-291-311-141115-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0273.000000T0000Z-141014T1115Z/
WHITE GA-UNION GA-LUMPKIN GA-FANNIN GA-HALL GA-
648 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM EDT
FOR NORTHERN HALL...SOUTHEASTERN FANNIN...LUMPKIN...SOUTHERN UNION
AND WHITE COUNTIES...
AT 647 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 CAMP MERRILL TO GARLAND TO LULA..MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAWK
MOUNTAIN SHELTER...CLERMONT...GOOCH MOUNTAIN SHELTER...PORTER
SPRINGS...GADDISTOWN...SUCHES...TURNERS CORNER...MARGRET...
CLEVELAND...CAMP COLEMAN LAKE...WOODS HOLE SHELTER...MOSSY CREEK...
QUALATCHEE LAKE...BLOOD MOUNTAIN SHELTER...WHITLEY GAP SHELTER...
LEAF...VOGEL STATE PARK...SMITHGALL WOODS CONSERVATION AREA...
ROBERTSTOWN...HELEN...SAUTEE...LOW GAP SHELTER...UNICOI STATE PARK
AND ANNA RUBY FALLS
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 3480 8373 3468 8363 3465 8365 3454 8361
3451 8365 3443 8361 3439 8366 3434 8368
3435 8392 3439 8398 3442 8399 3444 8405
3454 8418 3463 8419 3465 8421 3479 8417
TIME...MOT...LOC 1048Z 209DEG 41KT 3461 8407 3451 8386
3436 8372
$$What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 14, 4:36 AM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 14, 4:36 AM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 436 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS ADVERTISED... A SQUALL LINE IS CURRENTLY PUSHING ACROSS WEST GA THIS MORNING... AND PROGGD TO PUSH TO NEAR AN ATLANTA TO MACON LINE BETWEEN 6 AND 9 AM... THEN ACROSS EAST GA DURING THE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH A WEAKENING TREND IS EXPECTED AS THE LINE OF STORMS PUSHES EAST THIS MORNING... AN ISOLATED BURST OF POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND ALONG THE LEADING EDGE THROUGH IS THE MAIN CONCERN THROUGH MID MORNING. THIS THREAT WILL GREATLY DIMINISH FOR EAST GA DURING THE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS... AN ISOLATED WEAK TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR AND WEAK INSTABILITY NOTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE LINE OF STORMS. THIS CONCERN HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GA THROUGH 11 AM THIS MORNING. ALL THESE THREATS WILL GREATLY DIMINISH ONCE THE LINE OF STORMS PUSHES EAST OF YOUR AREA. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF FLASH FLOODING ALONG LOW LYING...FLOOD PRONE AREAS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. MODELS DO SHOW A SECOND LINE OF STORMS POSSIBLY DEVELOPING LATER THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT... AND THIS WOULD PUSH ACROSS THE ATLANTA METRO AREA SOMETIME BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON IF DEVELOPS. AT THIS TIME... THE ONLY THREAT EXPECTED WITH THIS SECOND DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE ISOLATED BURST OF STRONG WINDS. WILL KEEP A WIND ADVISORY UP THROUGH 8 AM FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET DUE TO STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS POSSIBLY MIXING DOWN WITH ANY CONVECTION. OTHERWISE... THE EXPECT THE FRONT TO PUSH EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE CUT OFF UPPER LOW MEANDERING OVER THE OHIO AND TN VALLEYS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL SPREAD CLOUDS AND POSSIBLY SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS MAINLY NORTH GA THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD. TEMPERATURES... WILL COOL DOWN BEHIND THE FRONT... WITH LOWS GENERALLY IN THE 50S TONIGHT... ALTHO THIS MAY BE TRICKY WITH WRAP AROUND CLOUDS POSSIBLY HOLDING TEMPS SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN EXPECTED. CLOUDS AND COOL WESTERLY WINDS SHOULD HELP HOLD HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY IN THE 60S AND 70S FOR ALL AREAS. 39 .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... LONG TERM MODELS ARE IN GOOD GENERAL AGREEMENT LIFTING UPPER LOW SLOWLY NORTHWARD THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY...WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE SOUTHEAST WITH NEAR ZONAL FLOW ALOFT BY THE WEEKEND. THE UPPER LOW IS STILL CLOSE ENOUGH TO FORECAST AREA TO KEEP CLOUDS ACROSS FAR NORTH GEORGIA FOR THURSDAY...AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF RIPPLES IN THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN OVER THE WEEKEND... BUT WITH LITTLE MOISTURE TO WORK WITH MAIN IMPACT WILL BE AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS. GENERALLY DRY FORECAST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. EXPECT TEMPERATURES GENERALLY NEAR OR JUST BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIODS. ATWELL && .HYDROLOGY... EARLY TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... EXPECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS CONTINUE TO BE ABOVE 2 INCHES ACROSS NORTH AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA... WITH 1-1.5 FROM THE SE ATL METRO AREA THROUGH MACON... AND BELOW 1 INCH FURTHER SE. THIS RAINFALL OVER AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL MAKE THE AREA PRIME FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING ISSUES TODAY. THEREFORE... WILL CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTH GA THROUGH 2 AM TONIGHT. SITE SPECIFIC MODELS INDICATE THAT WITH THE FORECAST AMOUNT OF PRECIP...SEVERAL RIVERS COULD SEE BANKFULL OR MINOR FLOODING CONDITIONS... PARTICULARLY IN THE CONASAUGA RIVER AND LOOKOUT CREEK BASINS. 31/39 && .AVIATION... 06Z UPDATE... MVFR CIGS WILL PREVAIL THIS MORNING IN ADVANCE OF SQUALL LINE THAT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH ACROSS THE ATLANTA TAF SITES BETWEEN 09-12Z THIS MORNING. HIRES MODELS SHOW A SECOND LINE OF STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT... AND THIS LINE MAY PUSH ACROSS THE ATLANTA TAF SITES BETWEEN 16-19Z TODAY... BUT STILL MUCH UNCERTAINTY ON THIS SECOND LINE AT THIS TIME. EXPECT CIGS TO OCCASIONALLY LOWER TO IFR LEVELS WITH THE STRONGER CONVECTION... BUT MVFR CIGS SHOULD PREVAIL UNTIL IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED TO VFR AFTER THE COLD FRONT LATER THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT WRAP AROUND CLOUDS TO SPREAD MVFR CIGS BACK INTO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT... MAYBE AROUND 07-10Z WED. OTHERWISE... WINDS WILL BE SSE AROUND 10G20KTS THROUGH MID TO LATE MORNING... THEN VEER SSW BY EARLY AFTERNOON... THEN WESTERLY BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING BEHIND THE FRONT. //ATL CONFIDENCE...06Z UPDATE... MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON ALL ELEMENTS. 39 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 74 53 69 51 / 100 80 20 10 ATLANTA 73 55 67 53 / 100 30 20 10 BLAIRSVILLE 70 50 62 48 / 100 60 40 20 CARTERSVILLE 73 52 67 50 / 100 20 30 10 COLUMBUS 75 52 74 54 / 100 20 10 0 GAINESVILLE 73 52 66 51 / 100 50 30 10 MACON 77 53 75 51 / 100 60 10 5 ROME 72 52 67 51 / 100 30 40 20 PEACHTREE CITY 73 51 69 50 / 100 20 20 5 VIDALIA 78 62 77 54 / 100 80 10 0 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BALDWIN...BANKS...BARROW...BARTOW...BIBB...BLECKLEY... BUTTS...CARROLL...CHEROKEE...CLARKE...CLAYTON...COBB...COWETA... CRAWFORD...CRISP...DAWSON...DEKALB...DODGE...DOOLY...DOUGLAS... FAYETTE...FLOYD...FORSYTH...GORDON...GREENE...GWINNETT...HALL... HARALSON...HEARD...HENRY...HOUSTON...JACKSON...JASPER...JONES... LAMAR...LUMPKIN...MACON...MARION...MONROE...MORGAN...NEWTON... NORTH FULTON...OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...PAULDING...PEACH... PICKENS...PIKE...POLK...PULASKI...PUTNAM...ROCKDALE...SCHLEY... SOUTH FULTON...SPALDING...SUMTER...TALBOT...TAYLOR...TELFAIR... TWIGGS...UPSON...WALTON...WEBSTER...WHITE...WILCOX...WILKINSON. TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CHATTAHOOCHEE...HARRIS...MERIWETHER...MUSCOGEE... STEWART...TROUP. FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BARTOW...CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...CHEROKEE...DADE...DAWSON... FANNIN...FLOYD...GILMER...GORDON...LUMPKIN...MURRAY...PICKENS... TOWNS...UNION...WALKER...WHITE...WHITFIELD. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BARTOW...CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...CHEROKEE...DADE...DAWSON... FANNIN...FLOYD...GILMER...GORDON...LUMPKIN...MURRAY...PICKENS... POLK...TOWNS...UNION...WALKER...WHITE...WHITFIELD. && SHORT TERM...39 LONG TERM....ATWELL AVIATION...39
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 14, 5:46 AM EDT, 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 546 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-151000- BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA- CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA- CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL- FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE- GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON- JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON- MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY- MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH- PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON- SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS- TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN- WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES- WILKINSON- 546 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY... WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT THROUGH THIS MORNING. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE STORMS TODAY IS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE MOVING THROUGH NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. DISCUSSION... THE SQUALL LINE FROM ATLANTA TO MACON IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO EAST GEORGIA THROUGH LATE MORNING. ALTHOUGH A WEAKENING TREND IS EXPECTED...AND LIMITED INSTABILITY IS NOTED...THE VERTICAL WIND SHEAR SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR A FEW OF THE STORMS IN THE LINE TO BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS. A FEW BRIEF...GENERALLY WEAK TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE LINE OR IN CELLS JUST AHEAD OF THE LINE. A SECOND LINE OF STORMS MAY REDEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT...AND THIS WOULD PUSH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA BETWEEN 2 PM AND 9 PM. AT THIS TIME... THE ONLY THREAT EXPECTED WITH THIS SECOND DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE ISOLATED STRONG WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED THROUGH NOON ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 14, 4:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
438 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014
GAZ079-080-089>093-102>105-140930-
438 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN WEBSTER...
TALBOT...SUMTER...STEWART...SCHLEY...MUSCOGEE...MARION...MACON...
TAYLOR...CHATTAHOOCHEE AND DOOLY COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM EDT...
AT 435 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM BOX SPRINGS TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LEVERETTS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS
WEBSTER...TALBOT...SUMTER...STEWART...SCHLEY...MUSCOGEE...MARION...
MACON...TAYLOR...CHATTAHOOCHEE AND DOOLY COUNTIES THROUGH 530 AM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE KIMBROUGH...
WESTON...CHURCH HILL...LEVERETTS...SEMINOLE...ZELLOBEE...BOX
SPRINGS...DUMAS...CENTERPOINT...PRESTON...MARION ESTATES...
DRANEVILLE...BRANTLEY...JUNIPER AND BUENA VISTA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.
&&
LAT...LON 3195 8444 3191 8446 3192 8465 3216 8465
3218 8463 3224 8466 3249 8466 3253 8464
3252 8469 3256 8467 3258 8469 3268 8416
3229 8403 3191 8403 3191 8433 3188 8433
3188 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 0838Z 266DEG 39KT 3256 8470 3221 8460
3190 8460Special weather statement, Oct 14, 4:48 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
448 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014
GAZ031>033-043>045-053>057-067>070-079-080-140930-
448 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN TALBOT...
SPALDING...PIKE...PAULDING...MERIWETHER...LAMAR...UPSON...TAYLOR...
COBB...COWETA...DEKALB...DOUGLAS...FAYETTE...HENRY...CLAYTON AND
FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM EDT...
AT 446 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM HIRAM TO BAUGHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS TALBOT...
SPALDING...PIKE...PAULDING...MERIWETHER...LAMAR...UPSON...TAYLOR...
COBB...COWETA...DEKALB...DOUGLAS...FAYETTE...HENRY...CLAYTON AND
FULTON COUNTIES THROUGH 530 AM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF
THESE STORMS INCLUDE BAUGHVILLE...FLINT HILL...ROCKY MOUNT...WARM
SPRINGS...CHATTAHOOCHEE HILL COUNTRY...THOMAS CROSSROADS...
DOUGLASVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HIRAM...OLIVE BRANCH...RALEIGH...
WOOSTER...MANCHESTER...PALMETTO AND CANNONGATE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.
&&
LAT...LON 3413 8434 3356 8423 3276 8417 3273 8419
3260 8469 3334 8472 3388 8482
TIME...MOT...LOC 0848Z 239DEG 32KT 3387 8475 3337 8466
3263 8462Special weather statement, Oct 14, 5:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
520 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014
GAZ005-012-140945-
520 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN MURRAY AND GORDON
COUNTIES UNTIL 545 AM EDT...
AT 518 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER REDBUD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS MURRAY AND
GORDON COUNTIES THROUGH 545 AM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE
STORM INCLUDE REDBUD...AUDUBON...NICKELSVILLE...CARTERS...NORTH
GEORGIA SPEEDWAY...RAMHURST...FORT MOUNTAIN STATE PARK AND
CHATSWORTH.
THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 3477 8463 3475 8464 3474 8465 3467 8465
3446 8480 3450 8494 3482 8478
TIME...MOT...LOC 0920Z 203DEG 33KT 3455 8482Special weather statement, Oct 14, 5:29 AM EDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
529 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014
GAZ080-081-093>095-104>106-141015-
529 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN SUMTER...PEACH...
MACON...TAYLOR...CRAWFORD...CRISP...DOOLY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES UNTIL
615 AM EDT...
AT 528 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESLEY CHURCH TO LESLIE...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS SUMTER...
PEACH...MACON...TAYLOR...CRAWFORD...CRISP...DOOLY AND HOUSTON
COUNTIES THROUGH 615 AM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS INCLUDE HUNTINGTON...NEW ERA...ANDERSONVILLE...ANDERSONVILLE
NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE...FOUNTAINVILLE...IDEAL...WESLEY CHURCH...
PENNINGTON...LAMAR...METHVINS...LESLIE...DESOTO...CLEARVIEW...
BARTLETT AND GARDEN VALLEY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.
&&
LAT...LON 3187 8394 3191 8394 3191 8416 3216 8420
3218 8418 3223 8418 3223 8422 3237 8424
3266 8436 3280 8386 3272 8380 3269 8371
3254 8362 3230 8360 3225 8362 3180 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 0930Z 253DEG 35KT 3266 8427 3240 8412
3194 8407Special weather statement, Oct 14, 5:43 AM EDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
543 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014
GAZ005>007-141015-
543 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN MURRAY...FANNIN
AND GILMER COUNTIES UNTIL 615 AM EDT...
AT 541 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CRANDALL TO CARTERS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS MURRAY...
FANNIN AND GILMER COUNTIES THROUGH 615 AM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE
PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE CARTERS...RAMHURST...FORT MOUNTAIN STATE
PARK...ETON...CRANDALL...SUMAC...CISCO...TAILS CREEK...CONASAUGA
LAKE...MOUNTAINTOWN...COHUTTA WILDERNESS...JONES MILL AND COLWELL.
&&
LAT...LON 3486 8446 3459 8470 3460 8472 3472 8474
3489 8482 3500 8471 3500 8446
TIME...MOT...LOC 0944Z 218DEG 33KT 3491 8473 3477 8468
3466 8469Special weather statement, Oct 14, 6:15 AM EDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
615 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014
GAZ072-073-081>084-094>097-105-107-109-141100-
615 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN TWIGGS...
PULASKI...PEACH...LAURENS...JONES...WILKINSON...BALDWIN...BIBB...
BLECKLEY...CRAWFORD...DODGE...DOOLY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM
EDT...
AT 612 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM PAYNE CITY TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BROWNDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS TWIGGS...
PULASKI...PEACH...LAURENS...JONES...WILKINSON...BALDWIN...BIBB...
BLECKLEY...CRAWFORD...DODGE...DOOLY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES THROUGH 700
AM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
CLINCHFIELD...HAYNEVILLE...SAND BED...KATHLEEN...WARNER ROBINS...
WESLEYAN...MIDDLE GEORGIA REGIONAL AIRPORT...SKIPPERTON...
CENTERVILLE...BROWNDALE...ELBERTA...ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE...
BONAIRE...RUTLAND AND PAYNE CITY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.
&&
LAT...LON 3249 8364 3282 8379 3317 8334 3317 8332
3318 8331 3319 8329 3318 8320 3317 8319
3291 8310 3246 8312 3219 8366
TIME...MOT...LOC 1015Z 225DEG 47KT 3285 8365 3255 8356
3228 8361The 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, 5:46 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, 6:29 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.