Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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
- Jun 1, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2016, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties DeKalb County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 6:19 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rockbridge, GA | GWINNETT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RECEIVED REPORT OF 1 TREE DOWN ON HOUSE ON ROCK BRIDGE DRIVE. |
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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 378 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1425 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
533
WUUS52 KFFC 012200
SVRFFC
GAC089-135-012230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0059.160601T2200Z-160601T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
600 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
EAST CENTRAL DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 600 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SNELLVILLE... OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAWRENCEVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 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
SNELLVILLE...LOGANVILLE...GRAYSON...MOUNTAIN PARK 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 3390 8394 3383 8393 3380 8396 3374 8406
3383 8416 3391 8407
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 227DEG 7KT 3382 8406
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DJN2 follow-up statements
343
WWUS52 KFFC 012215
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
615 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2016
GAC089-135-012230-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-160601T2230Z/
GWINNETT GA-DEKALB GA-
615 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GWINNETT AND EAST CENTRAL DEKALB COUNTIES...
AT 614 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
SNELLVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SNELLVILLE...LOGANVILLE...GRAYSON...MOUNTAIN PARK AND ROSEBUD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3390 8394 3383 8393 3380 8396 3374 8406
3383 8416 3391 8407
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 227DEG 7KT 3384 8403
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$191
WWUS52 KFFC 012228
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
628 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2016
GAC089-135-012238-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-160601T2230Z/
GWINNETT GA-DEKALB GA-
628 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GWINNETT AND
EAST CENTRAL DEKALB COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM EDT...
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 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3390 8394 3383 8393 3380 8396 3374 8406
3383 8416 3391 8407
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 227DEG 7KT 3384 8403
$$
DJNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 1:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Taylor | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 23 min |
| Jun 1, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Macon, Schley, Sumter | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Macon, Schley, Sumter | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 23 min |
| Jun 1, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 23 min |
| Jun 1, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 23 min |
| Jun 1, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 23 min |
| Jun 1, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Wilcox | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 23 min |
| Jun 1, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren | 51 min |
| Jun 1, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pickens | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Hall | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Toombs | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan, Rockdale | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Washington | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 33 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.