Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2016, 7:04 PM EDT for Gordon County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 12 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 30, 2016, 7:04 PM EDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2016, 7:16 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Gordon County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Echota, GA | 911 CALL CENTER RECEIVED REPORT OF MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN SUGAR VALLEY...PARTICULARLY ON OLD ROME DALTON ROAD. |
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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.
102
WUUS52 KFFC 302304
SVRFFC
GAC129-313-302330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0031.160430T2304Z-160430T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
704 PM EDT SAT APR 30 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL WHITFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT
* AT 704 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CALHOUN...
MOVING NORTHEAST 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
CALHOUN...RESACA...REDBUD...NICKELSVILLE...SUGAR VALLEY...TILTON AND
AUDUBON.
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 3471 8497 3468 8493 3468 8494 3463 8491
3462 8491 3462 8486 3454 8478 3447 8507
3449 8509 3454 8509 3454 8506 3458 8507
3459 8506 3461 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 229DEG 23KT 3451 8506
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
009
WWUS52 KFFC 302316
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
716 PM EDT SAT APR 30 2016
GAC129-313-302326-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-160430T2330Z/
GORDON GA-WHITFIELD GA-
716 PM EDT SAT APR 30 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GORDON AND SOUTH
CENTRAL WHITFIELD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND
GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3471 8497 3468 8493 3468 8494 3463 8491
3462 8491 3462 8486 3454 8478 3447 8507
3449 8509 3454 8509 3454 8506 3458 8507
3459 8506 3461 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 229DEG 23KT 3456 8499
$$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, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 29 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, 7:23 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.