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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2017, 10:14 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2017, 10:14 PM EDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2017, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Carroll County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 5, 9:58 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 723 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 356 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 9.8
The text
As transmitted.
158 WUUS52 KFFC 060214 SVRFFC GAC045-077-097-113-121-060300- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0154.170406T0214Z-170406T0300Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 1014 PM EDT WED APR 5 2017 The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Fayette County in north central Georgia... Southeastern Carroll County in northwestern Georgia... Southern Douglas County in north central Georgia... Northern Coweta County in west central Georgia... Southwestern Fulton County in north central Georgia... * Until 1100 PM EDT * At 1013 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Byers Crossroads to near Plant Yates, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Newnan, Peachtree City, Union City, Fairburn, Tyrone, Palmetto, Whitesburg, Chattahoochee Hill Country, Plant Yates, Byers Crossroads, Hannah, Arnco-Sargent, Dunaway Gardens, Cannongate, Sandy Creek, Roscoe, Thomas Crossroads and Madras. 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. && A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for north central Georgia. A tornado watch also remains in effect until 200 AM EDT for north central and west central Georgia. LAT...LON 3363 8450 3335 8454 3337 8494 3360 8487 TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 263DEG 29KT 3354 8482 3344 8492 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 8:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 9:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Polk | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 9:03 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 5, 9:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 9:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 9:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 9:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 25 min |
| Apr 5, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Troup | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 10:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 10:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 10:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Henry, Rockdale | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 10:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 10:48 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 24 hr |
| Apr 5, 10:52 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 24 hr |
| Apr 5, 10:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot | 52 min |
| Apr 5, 11:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Hall, Jackson, Madison and 1 more | 39 min |
| Apr 5, 11:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Henry, Newton, Rockdale, Spalding, Walton | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 11:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Macon, Marion, Schley, Talbot, Taylor and 1 more | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 11:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Walton | 20 min |
| Apr 6, 12:03 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 50 min |
| Apr 6, 12:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Jones, Twiggs | 52 min |
| Apr 6, 12:24 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Madison, Oglethorpe | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Macon, Peach | 46 min |
| Apr 6, 1:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Houston, Twiggs, Warren and 2 more | 45 min |
| Apr 6, 1:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 6, 3:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 31 min |
| Apr 6, 4:13 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 30 hr |
| Apr 6, 11:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:48 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 41 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:48 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette, Spalding | 38 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Newton | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 5:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 24 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.