Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2016, 3:39 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Forsyth County, Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 min. 4 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 21, 2016, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2016, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 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, Pickens County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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 21, 3:43 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ssw Nelson, GA | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON FAIRVIEW RD OFF BALL GROUND HWY. |
| Jul 21, 3:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Ball Ground, GA | A TREE FELL ONTO POWER LINES ON OLD DAWSONVILLE RD NEAR ROY HAYNES DRIVE. |
| Jul 21, 3:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Ball Ground, GA | A TREE WAS DOWNED AT BALL GROUND HIGHWAY AND HOWELL BRIDGE RD. |
| Jul 21, 3:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ball Ground, GA | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON GILMER FERRY RD AT VALLEY STREET. |
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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 1259 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1185 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted.
898
WUUS52 KFFC 211939
SVRFFC
GAC057-117-227-212030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0229.160721T1939Z-160721T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
339 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN FORSYTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 339 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BALL GROUND...
OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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...BALL GROUND...NELSON...BUFFINGTON...FREE HOME...LATHEMTOWN...
HOLBROOK...UNION HILL...TATE...DREW...MARBLEHILL...HIGHTOWER...DUCKTOWN
AND REAVIS MOUNTAIN.
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 3447 8434 3437 8426 3434 8426 3434 8422
3424 8414 3419 8424 3418 8449 3440 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 319DEG 12KT 3435 8443
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
817
WWUS52 KFFC 212012
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
412 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2016
GAC227-212022-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0229.000000T0000Z-160721T2030Z/
PICKENS GA-
412 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3438 8442 3438 8440 3437 8440 3438 8439
3438 8427 3434 8426 3434 8422 3424 8414
3419 8424 3418 8449 3438 8451 3438 8444
3439 8444 3439 8443
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 319DEG 12KT 3427 8434
$$
GAC057-117-212030-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0229.000000T0000Z-160721T2030Z/
CHEROKEE GA-FORSYTH GA-
412 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE AND NORTHWESTERN FORSYTH COUNTIES...
AT 412 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FREE HOME...OR 8
MILES EAST OF CANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CANTON...BALL GROUND...NELSON...FREE HOME...BUFFINGTON...DREW...LATHEMTOWN...
HOLBROOK...HIGHTOWER...UNION HILL...DUCKTOWN AND REAVIS MOUNTAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
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 3438 8442 3438 8440 3437 8440 3438 8439
3438 8427 3434 8426 3434 8422 3424 8414
3419 8424 3418 8449 3438 8451 3438 8444
3439 8444 3439 8443
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 319DEG 12KT 3427 8434
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 9:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 10:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 10:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 56 min |
| Jul 20, 10:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Wilkes | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 11:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 23 min |
| Jul 20, 11:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 32 min |
| Jul 21, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Union | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Fulton | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 54 min |
| Jul 21, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 35 min |
| Jul 21, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 24 min |
| Jul 21, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Paulding, Polk | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry, Spalding | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs | 35 min |
| Jul 21, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 33 min |
| Jul 21, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 27 min |
| Jul 21, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 24 min |
| Jul 21, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 58 min |
| Jul 21, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 24 min |
| Jul 21, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 25 min |
| Jul 21, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton, Walton | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson, Oconee, Walton | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley, Taylor | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 27 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.