Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2016, 7:40 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Gwinnett County, Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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 19, 2016, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2016, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties DeKalb County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Rockdale County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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 19, 7:47 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Stone Mountain, GA |
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 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 1145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1195 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
277
WUUS52 KFFC 192340
SVRFFC
GAC089-135-247-200030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0222.160719T2340Z-160720T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
740 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
CENTRAL ROCKDALE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 739 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER STONE
MOUNTAIN...OR 8 MILES EAST OF DECATUR...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. MINOR FLASH
FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
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
DECATUR...CONYERS...LILBURN...CHAMBLEE...DORAVILLE...CLARKSTON...ST
ONE MOUNTAIN...AVONDALE ESTATES...LITHONIA...PINE
LAKE...TUCKER...NORTH DECATUR...CANDLER-MCAFEE...BELVEDERE
PARK...LAKEVIEW ESTATES...MOUNTAIN PARK...SNAPFINGER...ARABIA
MOUNTAIN...BELMONT AND PANOLA MOUNTAIN STATE PARK.
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 3394 8411 3370 8397 3363 8418 3364 8419
3365 8422 3363 8423 3363 8424 3365 8425
3365 8427 3388 8431
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 356DEG 19KT 3378 8415
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KOVACIK1 follow-up statement
874
WWUS52 KFFC 200011
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
811 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016
GAC135-200020-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0222.000000T0000Z-160720T0030Z/
GWINNETT GA-
811 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN GWINNETT COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3383 8413 3378 8408 3375 8403 3376 8401
3370 8397 3363 8418 3364 8419 3365 8422
3363 8423 3363 8424 3365 8425 3365 8427
3367 8428 3379 8429
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 356DEG 19KT 3362 8414
$$
GAC089-247-200030-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0222.000000T0000Z-160720T0030Z/
ROCKDALE GA-DEKALB GA-
811 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL ROCKDALE AND SOUTHERN DEKALB COUNTIES...
AT 810 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LITHONIA...OR
7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONYERS...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 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
DECATUR...CONYERS...CLARKSTON...STONE MOUNTAIN...AVONDALE ESTATES...
LITHONIA...PINE LAKE...CANDLER-MCAFEE...BELVEDERE PARK...LAKEVIEW
ESTATES...NORTH DECATUR...MOUNTAIN PARK...SNAPFINGER...ARABIA
MOUNTAIN... BELMONT...PANOLA MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...REDAN...SCOTTDALE
AND PANTHERSVILLE.
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 3383 8413 3378 8408 3375 8403 3376 8401
3370 8397 3363 8418 3364 8419 3365 8422
3363 8423 3363 8424 3365 8425 3365 8427
3367 8428 3379 8429
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 356DEG 19KT 3362 8414
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, 9:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 33 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, 7:44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.