Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2017, 8:41 PM EDT for Cobb County, Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 14, 2017, 8:41 PM EDT (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2017, 9:17 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cobb County, GA, Paulding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 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 14, 8:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sse Arbor Forest, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WIND HILL LANE AND WINDMILL LANE. |
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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1837 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
786
WUUS52 KFFC 150041
SVRFFC
GAC067-223-150130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0218.170615T0041Z-170615T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
841 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Paulding County in northwestern Georgia...
Southwestern Cobb County in north central Georgia...
* Until 930 PM EDT
* At 840 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from New Hope to Lost Mountain Park, moving south at 10
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Dallas, Powder Springs, Austell, Hiram, Lithia Springs, Burnt
Hickory Ridge, Lost Mountain Park, Brownsville, New Hope, Jim R
Miller Park and Mableton.
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 3403 8485 3392 8458 3381 8456 3376 8459
3380 8462 3381 8472 3379 8473 3378 8476
3385 8499
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 005DEG 10KT 3398 8479 3393 8469
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
537
WWUS52 KFFC 150106
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
906 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2017
GAC223-150116-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0218.000000T0000Z-170615T0130Z/
Paulding GA-
906 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Gusty winds remain possible with this storm. Therefore, the warning
has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3390 8458 3381 8456 3376 8459 3380 8462
3380 8465 3381 8472 3386 8473 3389 8472
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 000DEG 11KT 3383 8466
$$
GAC067-150130-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0218.000000T0000Z-170615T0130Z/
Cobb GA-
906 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN COBB COUNTY...
At 906 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was centered near Austell, or 7
miles northeast of Douglasville, moving south at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Powder Springs, Austell, Lithia Springs, Jim R Miller Park and
Mableton.
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 8458 3381 8456 3376 8459 3380 8462
3380 8465 3381 8472 3386 8473 3389 8472
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 000DEG 11KT 3383 8466
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$283
WWUS52 KFFC 150117
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
917 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2017
GAC067-150127-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0218.000000T0000Z-170615T0130Z/
Cobb GA-
917 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COBB COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3390 8458 3381 8456 3376 8459 3380 8462
3380 8465 3381 8472 3386 8473 3389 8472
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 005DEG 10KT 3380 8466
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 28 min |
| Jun 14, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 29 min |
| Jun 15, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon | 27 min |
| Jun 15, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 37 min |
| Jun 15, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette and 4 more | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale | 53 min |
| Jun 15, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Oconee, Walton | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Pike and 1 more | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton | 37 min |
| Jun 15, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Muscogee, Pike and 3 more | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 53 min |
| Jun 15, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 25 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.