Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 240, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2016, 5:50 PM EDT for Morgan County, Newton County, Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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 21, 2016, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2016, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Walton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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, 6:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Monroe, GA | A TREE AND A POWER LINE WERE DOWNED ON MCDANIEL 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 83 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.
259
WUUS52 KFFC 212150
SVRFFC
GAC211-217-297-212230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0240.160721T2150Z-160721T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
550 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 549 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MONROE...
MOVING SOUTH AT 10 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
MONROE...MADISON...SOCIAL CIRCLE...RUTLEDGE...NEWBORN...MANSFIELD...
BETWEEN...GOOD HOPE...JERSEY...EBENEZER...STARRSVILLE...HARD LABOR CREEK
STATE PARK...BRICK STORE...PANNELL AND HERNDONVILLE.
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 3354 8347 3351 8366 3353 8368 3351 8369
3349 8380 3384 8382 3386 8363
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 346DEG 10KT 3373 8370
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 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, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth, Pickens | 51 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, 5:58 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.