Severe Thunderstorm Warning 250, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 2, 2016, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)

Expired

Aug 2, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT

In force

35 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Hail

0.75 in

Wind

60.0 mph

Counties DeKalb County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Newton County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Walton County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS52 KFFC 021910
SVRFFC
GAC089-135-217-247-297-021945-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0250.160802T1910Z-160802T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
310 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  ROCKDALE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 310 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  LITHONIA...OR NEAR CONYERS...MOVING EAST AT 25 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
  CONYERS...SNELLVILLE...LOGANVILLE...STONE
  MOUNTAIN...LITHONIA...GEORGIA INTERNATIONAL HORSE PARK...LAKEVIEW
  ESTATES...MOUNTAIN PARK... SNAPFINGER...ARABIA
  MOUNTAIN...BELMONT...MILSTEAD...BIG HAYNES CREEK PARK...REDAN AND
  ROSEBUD.

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 3384 8418 3386 8387 3358 8394 3364 8418
      3364 8419 3365 8423
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 285DEG 23KT 3374 8410 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
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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.