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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 5, 20145 counties in Georgia

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 5, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2014-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 884 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2014-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 4:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade55 min
Jun 5, 4:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Walker51 min
Jun 5, 5:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga54 min
Jun 5, 5:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield49 min
Jun 5, 5:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd58 min
Jun 5, 6:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding, Polk38 min
Jun 5, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin29 min
Jun 5, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones, Wilkinson35 min
Jun 5, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson24 min
Jun 5, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson30 min
Jun 5, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga65 min
Jun 5, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker23 min
Jun 5, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd30 min
Jun 5, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon49 min
Jun 5, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray26 min
Jun 5, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Haralson, Polk52 min
Jun 5, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Pickens32 min
Jun 5, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Gordon36 min
Jun 5, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding31 min
Jun 5, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Gilmer, Murray37 min
Jun 5, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Douglas51 min
Jun 5, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Hall32 min
Jun 5, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall42 min
Jun 5, 7:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton35 min

Nearby

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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.