Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 268, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 30, 2016, 1:14 AM EST for Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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
- Nov 30, 2016, 1:14 AM EST (06:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2016, 1:45 AM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 1:21 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Gass, GA | 911 CENTER REPORTED MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ALONG GASS ROAD AND HWY 136. ROAD CREWS WERE CALLED OUT TO CLEAR ROADWAY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 11:11 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1648 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 90 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 321 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
233
WUUS52 KFFC 300614
SVRFFC
GAC083-295-300700-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0268.161130T0614Z-161130T0700Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
114 AM EST WED NOV 30 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
DADE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 200 AM EST
* AT 114 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FLAT ROCK...
OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TRENTON...LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN...RISING FAWN...CLOUDLAND CANYON STATE
PARK...COOPER HEIGHTS...CHATTANOOGA VALLEY...NEW ENGLAND...
MORGANVILLE...WILDWOOD...HOOKER AND STEPHENSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
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.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST FOR NORTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3498 8536 3477 8527 3472 8556 3491 8559
3498 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 0614Z 238DEG 44KT 3477 8564
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
143
WWUS52 KFFC 300645
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
145 AM EST WED NOV 30 2016
GAC083-295-300654-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0268.000000T0000Z-161130T0700Z/
WALKER GA-DADE GA-
145 AM EST WED NOV 30 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WALKER AND DADE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST FOR NORTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT.
LAT...LON 3498 8536 3477 8527 3472 8556 3491 8559
3498 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 0642Z 238DEG 44KT 3497 8525
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 11:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 33 min |
| Nov 30, 12:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade | 40 min |
| Nov 30, 1:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 26 min |
| Nov 30, 1:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 23 min |
| Nov 30, 1:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 18 min |
| Nov 30, 2:05 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 25 min |
| Nov 30, 2:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 24 min |
| Nov 30, 3:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 24 min |
| Nov 30, 3:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 43 min |
| Nov 30, 4:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 26 min |
| Nov 30, 5:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 30 min |
| Nov 30, 5:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 27 min |
| Nov 30, 7:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade | 33 min |
| Nov 30, 7:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 31 min |
| Nov 30, 8:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 39 min |
| Nov 30, 9:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 42 min |
| Nov 30, 10:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 27 min |
| Nov 30, 10:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 38 min |
| Nov 30, 10:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 25 min |
| Nov 30, 11:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 45 min |
| Nov 30, 12:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 15 min |
| Nov 30, 12:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 43 min |
| Nov 30, 12:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 34 min |
| Nov 30, 12:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 25 min |
| Nov 30, 1:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 26 min |
| Nov 30, 1:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding | 45 min |
| Nov 30, 1:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 37 min |
| Nov 30, 1:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall | 47 min |
| Nov 30, 2:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 28 min |
| Nov 30, 2:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 40 min |
| Nov 30, 2:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 37 min |
| Nov 30, 2:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall | 34 min |
| Nov 30, 2:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall | 18 min |
| Nov 30, 2:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 37 min |
| Nov 30, 2:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson | 47 min |
| Nov 30, 2:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 14 min |
| Nov 30, 2:40 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 35 min |
| Nov 30, 2:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson | 32 min |
| Nov 30, 2:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike, Upson | 25 min |
| Nov 30, 3:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 28 min |
| Nov 30, 3:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 26 min |
| Nov 30, 3:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Spalding | 20 min |
| Nov 30, 3:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson, Madison | 49 min |
| Nov 30, 3:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton, Walton | 29 min |
| Nov 30, 3:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton | 24 min |
| Nov 30, 3:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Taylor | 46 min |
| Nov 30, 3:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 27 min |
| Nov 30, 3:34 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 26 min |
| Nov 30, 3:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Putnam | 44 min |
| Nov 30, 3:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison, Oglethorpe | 38 min |
| Nov 30, 3:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Jones | 47 min |
| Nov 30, 4:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro | 36 min |
| Nov 30, 4:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Houston | 33 min |
| Nov 30, 4:34 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 26 min |
| Nov 30, 4:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley, Webster | 36 min |
| Nov 30, 4:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Warren | 27 min |
| Nov 30, 5:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 45 min |
| Nov 30, 5:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs | 28 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.