Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2016, 11:29 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Forsyth County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 min. 3 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, 11:29 PM EDT (03:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2016, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cherokee County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:32 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, 11:29 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Univeter, GA | TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AT HEMBREDGE DRIVE AND PINECREST RD. |
| Apr 7, 12:00 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ssw Coal Mountain, GA | A LARGE TREE WAS BLOWN ONTO SR-9 NEAR SPOT RD. |
| Apr 7, 12:01 AM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 W Cumming, GA | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF HAIL ON BRAMBLETT RD AND PLEASANT GROVE ROAD. |
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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
079
WUUS52 KFFC 070329
SVRFFC
GAC057-117-121-070415-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0020.160407T0329Z-160407T0415Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1129 PM EDT WED APR 6 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
FORSYTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTH CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
* AT 1129 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HOLLY
SPRINGS...OR NEAR CANTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 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...CUMMING...ROSWELL...ALPHARETTA...MILTON...WOODSTOCK...SUGAR
HILL...HOLLY SPRINGS...BUFFINGTON...FREE HOME...LATHEMTOWN...HOLBROOK...
LEBANON...UNION HILL...DREW...HICKORY FLAT...MATT...BIRMINGHAM...
HIGHTOWER AND DUCKTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
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 3414 8409 3413 8409 3411 8410 3410 8411
3409 8452 3425 8455 3434 8417 3434 8406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 250DEG 30KT 3418 8448
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
346
WWUS52 KFFC 070358
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1158 PM EDT WED APR 6 2016
GAC057-117-121-070415-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160407T0415Z/
CHEROKEE GA-FORSYTH GA-FULTON GA-
1158 PM EDT WED APR 6 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE...FORSYTH AND NORTH CENTRAL FULTON
COUNTIES...
AT 1158 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FREE HOME...OR
NEAR CUMMING...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CUMMING...ROSWELL...ALPHARETTA...MILTON...SUGAR HILL...FREE HOME...
LATHEMTOWN...HOLBROOK...DREW...MATT...BIRMINGHAM...HIGHTOWER...DUCKTOWN...
SILVER CITY AND COAL MOUNTAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3414 8409 3413 8409 3411 8410 3410 8411
3409 8443 3430 8432 3434 8417 3434 8406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 250DEG 30KT 3426 8420
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 48 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, 11:40 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.