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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 15, 2017Bartow County, Floyd County, Gordon County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2017, 4:59 PM EDT for Bartow County, Floyd County, Gordon County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. 3 reports 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 15, 2017, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2017, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bartow County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gordon County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 5:21 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGShallwood, GAA TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ONTO A HOME ON HERITAGE COVE IN CARTERSVILLE.
Jun 15, 5:22 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGShallwood, GAA TREE WAS BLOWN ONTO POWER LINES AT LITTLE VALLEY ROAD AT HIGHWAY 41.
Jun 15, 5:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Atco, GATWO TREES DOWN IN ROAD NEAR INTERSECTION OF CASSVILLE RD AND GRASSVILLE RD

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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 109 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2017-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 315 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2017-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
315 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
1 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

028 
WUUS52 KFFC 152059
SVRFFC
GAC015-115-129-152130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0224.170615T2059Z-170615T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
459 PM EDT THU JUN 15 2017

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Floyd County in northwestern Georgia...
  Gordon County in northwestern Georgia...
  Bartow County in northwestern Georgia...

* Until 530 PM EDT

* At 458 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Calhoun to near Adairsville to near Shannon to near
  Cave Spring, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Cartersville, Calhoun, Adairsville, Euharlee, White, Kingston,
  Resaca, Plainville, Taylorsville, Cassville, Shannon, Ranger,
  Sonoraville, Pinson, Oostanaula, Redbud, Folsom, Audubon, Pine Log
  and Stilesboro.

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 3425 8510 3445 8509 3458 8505 3457 8471
      3429 8472 3408 8490 3408 8505 3410 8505
      3410 8507 3411 8510
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 278DEG 23KT 3451 8497 3440 8496 3427 8509 3408
8529

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 8:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton28 min
Jun 14, 8:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Paulding33 min
Jun 14, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding36 min
Jun 14, 8:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton29 min
Jun 15, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield32 min
Jun 15, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhitfield31 min
Jun 15, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade36 min
Jun 15, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield28 min
Jun 15, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Dade, Walker38 min
Jun 15, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga34 min
Jun 15, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd, Gordon42 min
Jun 15, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer, Gordon27 min
Jun 15, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper38 min
Jun 15, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk42 min
Jun 15, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Haralson, Paulding, Polk39 min
Jun 15, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett37 min
Jun 15, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett28 min
Jun 15, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb33 min
Jun 15, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee32 min
Jun 15, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette and 4 more40 min
Jun 15, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Henry, Rockdale53 min
Jun 15, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee35 min
Jun 15, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton30 min
Jun 15, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett28 min
Jun 15, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe47 min
Jun 15, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Oconee, Walton41 min
Jun 15, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Pike and 1 more40 min
Jun 15, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton37 min
Jun 15, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall30 min
Jun 15, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot30 min
Jun 15, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Rockdale28 min
Jun 15, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike, Upson38 min
Jun 15, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe30 min
Jun 15, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Muscogee, Pike and 3 more44 min
Jun 15, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding53 min
Jun 15, 7:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Madison26 min
Jun 15, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee36 min
Jun 15, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter25 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.