Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2014, 8:36 PM EDT for Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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
- May 30, 2014, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2014, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Upson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sse Lincoln Park, GA | THE PUBLIC REPORTED A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 19 3 JUST SOUTH OF THOMASTON. |
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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 1030 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1184 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
246
WUUS52 KFFC 310036
SVRFFC
GAC293-310115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0072.140531T0036Z-140531T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
836 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT
* AT 834 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 10 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF THOMASTON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LOGTOWN...REDBONE CROSSROADS...ROWLAND...HANNAHS MILL...ATWATER...
CREST...SUNNYSIDE AND SPREWELL BLUFF STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3300 8444 3299 8426 3281 8414 3270 8420
3274 8424 3273 8424 3276 8433 3279 8435
3278 8438 3284 8442 3282 8445 3286 8449
3287 8447 3292 8453 3297 8453
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 144DEG 10KT 3277 8425
$$1 follow-up statement
834
WWUS52 KFFC 310051
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
851 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2014
GAC293-310115-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-140531T0115Z/
UPSON GA-
851 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR UPSON COUNTY...
AT 847 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
THOMASTON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM HAS SHOWN SOME
SIGNS OF GRADUAL WEAKENING...BUT DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN POSSIBLE.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ROWLAND...HANNAHS MILL...ATWATER...CREST...SUNNYSIDE...SPREWELL BLUFF
STATE PARK AND REDBONE CROSSROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3300 8444 3299 8426 3281 8414 3270 8420
3274 8424 3273 8424 3276 8433 3279 8435
3278 8438 3284 8442 3282 8445 3286 8449
3287 8447 3292 8453 3297 8453
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 144DEG 10KT 3280 8428
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 9:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 28 min |
| May 30, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 30 min |
| May 30, 10:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 31 min |
| May 31, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 28 min |
| May 31, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 26 min |
| May 31, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 49 min |
| May 31, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 24 min |
| May 31, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 42 min |
| May 31, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 33 min |
| May 31, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 35 min |
| May 31, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 47 min |
| May 31, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 28 min |
| May 31, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 30 min |
| May 31, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton | 27 min |
| May 31, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 25 min |
| May 31, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 29 min |
| May 31, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 23 min |
| May 31, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 34 min |
| May 31, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 32 min |
| May 31, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 24 min |
| May 31, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 28 min |
| May 31, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 30 min |
| May 31, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 27 min |
| May 31, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 29 min |
| May 31, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 34 min |
| May 31, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 47 min |
| May 31, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 26 min |
| May 31, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 30 min |
| May 31, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 38 min |
| May 31, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 50 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.