Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2016, 9:42 PM EDT for Haralson County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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
- Jul 18, 2016, 9:42 PM EDT (01:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2016, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Haralson County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 1130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
604
WUUS52 KFFC 190142
SVRFFC
GAC143-233-190215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0211.160719T0142Z-160719T0215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
942 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 941 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FELTON...
MOVING SOUTH AT 5 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
BUCHANAN...TALLAPOOSA AND FELTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 3392 8536 3396 8521 3382 8509 3373 8520
3374 8535
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 340DEG 6KT 3388 8526
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 18, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 24 min |
| Jul 18, 8:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 37 min |
| Jul 18, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 9:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 27 min |
| Jul 18, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 11:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 12:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 52 min |
| Jul 19, 12:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 12:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 40 min |
| Jul 19, 12:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike, Talbot, Upson | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee, Talbot | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 1:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 38 min |
| Jul 19, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 23 min |
| Jul 19, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Sumter, Wilcox | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Twiggs | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 23 min |
| Jul 19, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Putnam | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 38 min |
| Jul 19, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 23 min |
| Jul 19, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Fulton | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 6:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.