Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2014, 5:40 PM EDT for Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 2014, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2014, 6:03 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 360 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
935
WUUS52 KFFC 052140
SVRFFC
GAC083-295-052230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0075.140605T2140Z-140605T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
540 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DADE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
WESTERN WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 536 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 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TRENTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN...CHICKAMAUGA AND LAFAYETTE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3499 8546 3499 8530 3491 8526 3486 8526
3485 8524 3466 8520 3464 8554 3491 8559
3499 8548
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 269DEG 26KT 3478 8558
$$1 follow-up statement
268
WWUS52 KFFC 052203
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
603 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014
GAC083-295-052212-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-140605T2230Z/
WALKER GA-DADE GA-
603 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DADE AND WESTERN WALKER
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING IS NO LONGER LIKELY TO PRODUCE
DAMAGING WIND OR LARGE HAIL. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE IN THE AREA THROUGH 630 PM.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3499 8546 3499 8530 3491 8526 3486 8526
3485 8524 3466 8520 3464 8554 3491 8559
3499 8548
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 269DEG 26KT 3478 8539
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 4:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 5:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 54 min |
| Jun 5, 5:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 5:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 58 min |
| Jun 5, 6:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding, Polk | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones, Wilkinson | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 24 min |
| Jun 5, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 65 min |
| Jun 5, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 26 min |
| Jun 5, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 59 min |
| Jun 5, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Haralson, Polk | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon | 36 min |
| Jun 5, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 7:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 37 min |
| Jun 5, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Hall | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.