Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2014, 7:01 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 59 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, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 884 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 847 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
966
WUUS52 KFFC 052301
SVRFFC
GAC047-055-083-295-313-060000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0077.140605T2301Z-140606T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
701 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CATOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
DADE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
WESTERN WHITFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 656 PM 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
20 MILES WEST OF TRENTON TO 25 MILES WEST OF SUMMERVILLE TO 25
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUMMERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TRION...LAFAYETTE...LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN...CHICKAMAUGA...FORT
OGLETHORPE...RINGGOLD...TUNNEL HILL...DALTON AND VARNELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. MOVE INDOORS
TO A SAFE PLACE NOW.
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 8500 3474 8495 3462 8498 3462 8506
3459 8506 3458 8511 3443 8518 3438 8533
3435 8535 3432 8547 3498 8561
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 258DEG 44KT 3498 8578 3460 8565
3426 8567
$$1 follow-up statement
459
WWUS52 KFFC 060000
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
800 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014
GAC047-055-083-295-313-060010-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-140606T0000Z/
WHITFIELD GA-WALKER GA-CATOOSA GA-CHATTOOGA GA-DADE GA-
800 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DADE...CHATTOOGA...
CATOOSA...WALKER AND WESTERN WHITFIELD COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3499 8500 3474 8495 3462 8498 3462 8506
3459 8506 3458 8511 3443 8518 3438 8533
3435 8535 3432 8547 3498 8561
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 258DEG 44KT 3513 8490 3475 8478
3441 8480
$$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, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 23 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, 7:09 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.