Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2016, 6:31 PM EDT for Cobb County, DeKalb County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min. 2 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
- Apr 30, 2016, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cobb County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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 30, 6:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Battle Hill Haven, GA | A TREE WAS BLOWN ONTO A HOUSE AT 125 LAUREL AVENUE SW. |
| Apr 30, 6:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Westover Plantatio, GA | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES REPORTED DOWN BY ATLANTA FIRE AT INTERSECTION OF W. WESLEY RD AND MOORES MILL RD. |
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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 1788 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
691
WUUS52 KFFC 302231
SVRFFC
GAC067-089-121-302300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0029.160430T2231Z-160430T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
631 PM EDT SAT APR 30 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 631 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ATLANTA...
MOVING NORTH AT 25 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
ATLANTA...MARIETTA...SANDY SPRINGS...SMYRNA...CHAMBLEE...NORTH ATLANTA...
MIDTOWN...FAIR OAKS...GRANT PARK-ZOO ATLANTA...NORTH DRUID HILLS...
DRUID HILLS...VININGS...TURNER FIELD...DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE...SWEET
AUBURN...BROOKHAVEN...LA VISTA...ATLANTIC STATION...WEST END AND
CASCADE HEIGHTS.
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 3371 8436 3371 8449 3392 8455 3391 8430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 185DEG 22KT 3375 8445
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 11:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 36 min |
| Apr 30, 1:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 1:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 1:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 29 min |
| Apr 30, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 25 min |
| Apr 30, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike, Upson | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 24 min |
| Apr 30, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski | 27 min |
| Apr 30, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 27 min |
| Apr 30, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 25 min |
| Apr 30, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 27 min |
| Apr 30, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon, Whitfield | 12 min |
| Apr 30, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 24 min |
| Apr 30, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 29 min |
| Apr 30, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 37 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.