Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT for Lumpkin County, Union County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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 29, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2017, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lumpkin County, GA, Union County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 725 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1658 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted.
149
WUUS52 KFFC 300000
SVRFFC
GAC187-291-300030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0175.170430T0000Z-170430T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
800 PM EDT SAT APR 29 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Lumpkin County in north central Georgia...
Southern Union County in north central Georgia...
* Until 830 PM EDT
* At 800 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dahlonega,
moving north at 20 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Dahlonega, Suches, Camp Merrill, Vogel State Park, Garland, Porter
Springs, Turners Corner, Woods Hole Shelter, Blood Mountain
Shelter, Gaddistown, Gooch Mountain Shelter and Low Gap Shelter.
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 3479 8381 3477 8383 3475 8382 3473 8383
3472 8386 3470 8386 3468 8387 3462 8388
3461 8386 3458 8386 3451 8389 3452 8410
3472 8411 3473 8409 3479 8409
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 188DEG 18KT 3458 8399
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 29, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 3:30 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin and 7 more | 41 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Walker | 27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.