Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2016, 12:59 AM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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 9, 2016, 12:59 AM EDT (04:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2016, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Murray County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 9, 1:15 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Chatsworth, GA | 911 CALL CENTER RECEIVED REPORT OF SEVERAL TREES DOWN...ONE ON OLD HIGHWAY 411 S...ONE ON FULLER CHAPEL ROAD...AND ONE ON CONNALY RD. |
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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.
452 WUUS52 KFFC 090459 SVRFFC GAC111-123-213-313-090545- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0185.160709T0459Z-160709T0545Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1259 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MURRAY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA... WESTERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... EASTERN WHITFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA... NORTHWESTERN FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... * UNTIL 145 AM EDT * AT 1258 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VARNELL...OR NEAR DALTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DALTON...CHATSWORTH...VARNELL...ETON...COHUTTA...DAWNVILLE...CRANDA LL... MOUNTAINTOWN...CISCO...TENNGA...FORT MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...CONASAUGA LAKE...NORTH GEORGIA SPEEDWAY...BEAVERDALE...GREGORY...ROUNDTOP...SUMAC... TAILS CREEK...JONES MILL AND RAMHURST. 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 3459 8456 3471 8504 3499 8493 3499 8451 TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 279DEG 25KT 3484 8494 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$
1 follow-up statement
923
WWUS52 KFFC 090517
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
117 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016
GAC313-090526-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0185.000000T0000Z-160709T0545Z/
WHITFIELD GA-
117 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WHITFIELD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3459 8456 3465 8480 3499 8478 3499 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 0516Z 279DEG 25KT 3482 8478
$$
GAC111-123-213-090545-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0185.000000T0000Z-160709T0545Z/
MURRAY GA-GILMER GA-FANNIN GA-
117 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EDT
FOR MURRAY...WESTERN GILMER AND NORTHWESTERN FANNIN COUNTIES...
AT 116 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ETON...OR NEAR
CHATSWORTH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CHATSWORTH...ETON...CRANDALL...MOUNTAINTOWN...CISCO...TENNGA...FORT
MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...CONASAUGA LAKE...GREGORY...ROUNDTOP...TAILS
CREEK... JONES MILL...RAMHURST AND COHUTTA WILDERNESS.
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 3459 8456 3465 8480 3499 8478 3499 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 0516Z 279DEG 25KT 3482 8478
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Towns, Union | 34 min |
| 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, 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.