Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2016, 8:11 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 34 min. 9 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
- Jul 8, 2016, 8:11 PM EDT (00:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2016, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Ivylog, GA | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON IVYLOG CREEK ROAD. |
| Jul 8, 8:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ivylog, GA | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN AT IVYLOG RD AND MOCCASIN RD. |
| Jul 8, 8:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Blairsville, GA | LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN IN FRONT OF HOME DEPOT ON HIGHWAY 515. |
| Jul 8, 8:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Brasstown Bald, GA | TREE DOWN ALONG GA 180 AT BRASSTOWN BALD NEAR THE TOWNS AND UNION COUNTY LINE. |
| Jul 8, 8:43 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Ivylog, GA | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON A TRANSFORMER ALONG CHAPMAN FORD ROAD. |
| Jul 8, 8:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Canal Lake, GA | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON CALDWELL RD NEAR MURPHY HIGHWAY. |
| Jul 8, 8:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Jones Creek, GA | TREE DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF JONES CREEK ROAD AND DAKOTA LANE. |
| Jul 8, 8:53 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Notalee Orchards, GA | TREE DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HAYFIELD ROAD AND HIGHWAY 515. |
| Jul 8, 8:53 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Youngstown, GA | TREE DOWN ON OLD BLUE RIDGE HIGHWAY NEAR THE ACE HARDWARE STORE. |
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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 1818 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
898
WUUS52 KFFC 090011
SVRFFC
GAC111-123-281-291-090045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0181.160709T0011Z-160709T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
811 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
UNION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
TOWNS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 810 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR MURPHY TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
DUCKTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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 BLUE
RIDGE...HIAWASSEE...BLAIRSVILLE...YOUNG HARRIS...MORGANTON...
SUCHES...JONES CREEK...BRASSTOWN BALD...PISGAH...EPWORTH...STOVER
CREEK SHELTER...TRACK ROCK...MACEDONIA...ALEXANDERS
MILL...MOUNTAIN SCENE... BLACK GAP SHELTER...MARGRET...HURST...LOW
GAP SHELTER AND GUMLOG.
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 3499 8368 3491 8360 3491 8363 3488 8366
3482 8365 3481 8367 3479 8370 3480 8375
3478 8382 3474 8382 3472 8384 3474 8394
3472 8398 3468 8399 3467 8403 3464 8404
3466 8413 3461 8418 3460 8432 3499 8447
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 322DEG 22KT 3509 8397 3511 8431
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 30 min |
| Jul 8, 8:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 9:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 11:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 11:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren | 46 min |
| Jul 9, 12:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 12:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade | 53 min |
| Jul 9, 12:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 12:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield | 46 min |
| Jul 9, 1:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Union | 25 min |
| Jul 9, 2:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, White | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 3:42 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 39 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 9, 12:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 1:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 36 min |
| Jul 9, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington, Wilkinson | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 36 min |
| Jul 9, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Talbot | 28 min |
| Jul 9, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 29 min |
| Jul 9, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 24 min |
| Jul 9, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Talbot | 29 min |
| Jul 9, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 26 min |
| Jul 9, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Talbot, Upson | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 26 min |
| Jul 9, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 28 min |
| Jul 9, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 24 min |
| Jul 9, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Lamar, Monroe | 26 min |
| Jul 9, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Marion, Schley, Taylor | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Monroe | 31 min |
| Jul 9, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 24 min |
| Jul 9, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 25 min |
| Jul 9, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 38 min |
| Jul 9, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 23 min |
| Jul 9, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 47 min |
| Jul 9, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 24 min |
| Jul 9, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 12 min |
| Jul 9, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 43 min |
| Jul 9, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 26 min |
| Jul 9, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 31 min |
| Jul 9, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 3 min |
| Jul 9, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 40 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.