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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 6, 2016Bartow County, Cherokee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2016, 9:57 PM EDT for Bartow County, Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min. 6 reports 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: Apr 6, 2016, 9:57 PM EDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2016, 10:45 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 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
Apr 6, 9:59 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	1 E Cartersville, GA	TRUCK DRIVER ON I75 AT EXIT 288 REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL WITH SOME AS LARGE AS GOLF BALLS.
Apr 6, 10:05 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Cartersville, GA	SPOTTER REPORTS OF HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE THREE MILES NORTHEAST OF CARTERSVILLE AT GA 20 AND I-75.
Apr 6, 10:05 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Emerson, GA	REPORT OF 1 INCH HAIL IN EMERSON
Apr 6, 10:15 PM EDT	HAIL 1	2 Wsw Canton, GA	HAIL FELL AT THIS LOCATION FROM 1015 TO 1025 PM ON APRIL 6. THE LARGEST HAILSTONE WAS ONE INCH.
Apr 6, 10:16 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Red Top Mountain State, GA
Apr 6, 10:32 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Kellogg Creek, GA	QUARTER SIZED HAIL...STRONG WINDS.

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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 266 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 418 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

881 
WUUS52 KFFC 070157
SVRFFC
GAC015-057-070245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0015.160407T0157Z-160407T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
957 PM EDT WED APR 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 957 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EUHARLEE...OR
  NEAR CARTERSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  CANTON...CARTERSVILLE...WOODSTOCK...HOLLY SPRINGS...ADAIRSVILLE...
  EUHARLEE...EMERSON...WHITE...WALESKA...KINGSTON...TAYLORSVILLE...
  CASSVILLE...FUNKHOUSER...SALACOA VALLEY...LEBANON...RED TOP MOUNTAIN
  STATE PARK...BRIDGEMILL...KELLOGG CREEK...FOLSOM AND GEORGE WASHINGTON
  CARVER ST PK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

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 3431 8494 3440 8484 3440 8473 3441 8473
      3441 8466 3437 8454 3414 8445 3408 8470
      3408 8500 3415 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 230DEG 25KT 3415 8492 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
KOVACIK

1 follow-up statement

210 
WWUS52 KFFC 070214
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1014 PM EDT WED APR 6 2016

GAC015-057-070245-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160407T0245Z/
CHEROKEE GA-BARTOW GA-
1014 PM EDT WED APR 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN CHEROKEE AND EASTERN BARTOW COUNTIES...

AT 1013 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CASSVILLE...OR
NEAR CARTERSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...PUBLIC. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CANTON...CARTERSVILLE...WOODSTOCK...HOLLY SPRINGS...EMERSON...WHITE...
WALESKA...PINE LOG...FUNKHOUSER...SALACOA VALLEY...LEBANON...RED TOP
MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...BRIDGEMILL...LAKE ARROWHEAD...HOBGOOD PARK...
KELLOGG CREEK...SUTALLEE...LITTLE RIVER LANDING AND GEORGE WASHINGTON
CARVER ST PK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

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 3430 8485 3437 8478 3440 8474 3440 8473
      3441 8473 3441 8466 3437 8454 3414 8445
      3408 8470 3408 8478 3425 8485
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 230DEG 25KT 3422 8481 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$
KOVACIK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 8:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield	37 min
Apr 6, 8:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Polk	40 min
Apr 6, 9:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Floyd	50 min
Apr 6, 9:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Floyd, Haralson, Paulding, Polk	44 min
Apr 6, 9:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	39 min
Apr 6, 10:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson, Paulding, Polk	44 min
Apr 6, 10:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd, Walker	53 min
Apr 6, 10:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett	44 min
Apr 6, 10:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Paulding	45 min
Apr 6, 10:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson, Paulding, Polk	40 min
Apr 6, 10:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens	48 min
Apr 6, 11:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin, Pickens	43 min
Apr 6, 11:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton	46 min
Apr 6, 11:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	35 min
Apr 6, 11:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette and 4 more	49 min
Apr 6, 11:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot	39 min
Apr 7, 12:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup and 1 more	51 min
Apr 7, 12:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	45 min
Apr 7, 12:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow, Butts, Clarke, Gwinnett, Henry, Jackson and 6 more	48 min
Apr 7, 12:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Spalding and 1 more	47 min
Apr 7, 12:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	35 min
Apr 7, 1:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Oconee and 2 more	42 min
Apr 7, 1:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Schley, Talbot, Taylor	45 min
Apr 7, 1:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Jones	52 min
Apr 7, 1:49 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Marion, Stewart, Webster	27 min
Apr 7, 4:09 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 42 more	16 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.