Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2016, 12:43 AM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 47 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
- Apr 7, 2016, 12:43 AM EDT (04:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2016, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Butts County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Upson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 1:12 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Flovilla, GA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE FLOVILLA COMMUNITY. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. |
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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 50 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.
904
WUUS52 KFFC 070443
SVRFFC
GAC035-151-159-171-207-255-293-070530-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0025.160407T0443Z-160407T0530Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1243 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHEASTERN UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
BUTTS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
EASTERN SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT
* AT 1243 AM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR HAMPTON TO NEAR HARALSON...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GRIFFIN...BARNESVILLE...JACKSON...FORSYTH...LOCUST GROVE...FLOVILLA...
MILNER...JENKINSBURG...YATESVILLE...ORCHARD HILL...ALDORA...EAST
GRIFFIN...THE ROCK...COLLIER...CHAPPEL MILL...JOHNSTONVILLE...MCELHENEYS
CROSSROADS...WALKER MILL...GOGGINS AND INDIAN SPRINGS 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 3300 8430 3299 8427 3303 8427 3304 8425
3335 8424 3335 8376 3314 8374 3313 8382
3307 8377 3290 8400 3293 8438
TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 280DEG 40KT 3339 8424 3316 8454
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
789
WWUS52 KFFC 070508
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
108 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016
GAC151-255-070517-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160407T0530Z/
SPALDING GA-HENRY GA-
108 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN SPALDING AND SOUTH
CENTRAL HENRY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3335 8396 3335 8376 3314 8374 3313 8382
3307 8377 3290 8400 3292 8425 3314 8407
TIME...MOT...LOC 0507Z 272DEG 30KT 3331 8382 3308 8412
$$
GAC035-159-171-207-293-070530-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160407T0530Z/
MONROE GA-UPSON GA-LAMAR GA-BUTTS GA-JASPER GA-
108 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT
FOR CENTRAL MONROE...NORTHEASTERN UPSON...SOUTHEASTERN LAMAR...
SOUTHEASTERN BUTTS AND SOUTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTIES...
AT 107 AM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR FLOVILLA TO NEAR BARNESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BARNESVILLE...JACKSON...FORSYTH...FLOVILLA...YATESVILLE...COLLIER...BLOUNT...
REDBONE...BERNER...BRENT...JOHNSTONVILLE...MCELHENEYS CROSSROADS...
GOGGINS...STARK...INDIAN SPRINGS STATE PARK...PLANT SCHERER...HIGH FALLS
STATE PARK AND JULIETTE.
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 3335 8396 3335 8376 3314 8374 3313 8382
3307 8377 3290 8400 3292 8425 3314 8407
TIME...MOT...LOC 0507Z 272DEG 30KT 3331 8382 3308 8412
HAIL...0.75IN
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, 11:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton | 46 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, 12:55 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.