Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 225, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2017, 5:21 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. 7 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, 5:21 PM EDT (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2017, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bartow County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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 15, 5:21 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Shallwood, GA | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ONTO A HOME ON HERITAGE COVE IN CARTERSVILLE. |
| Jun 15, 5:22 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Shallwood, GA | A TREE WAS BLOWN ONTO POWER LINES AT LITTLE VALLEY ROAD AT HIGHWAY 41. |
| Jun 15, 5:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Atco, GA | TWO TREES DOWN IN ROAD NEAR INTERSECTION OF CASSVILLE RD AND GRASSVILLE RD |
| Jun 15, 5:36 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ssw Old Tallapoosa, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF OLD HIGHWAY 78 AND PROVIDENCE CHURCH ROAD. |
| Jun 15, 5:36 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Steadman, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ALONG WILDCAT ROAD NEAR DUNCAN STREET. |
| Jun 15, 5:36 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Buchanan, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 120 AND JACKSONVILLE ROAD. |
| Jun 15, 5:36 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Poplar Springs, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 100 AND POPLAR SPRINGS ROAD. |
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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
681
WUUS52 KFFC 152121
SVRFFC
GAC015-143-223-233-152200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0225.170615T2121Z-170615T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
521 PM EDT THU JUN 15 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Paulding County in northwestern Georgia...
Haralson County in northwestern Georgia...
Polk County in northwestern Georgia...
Bartow County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 600 PM EDT
* At 520 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Cassville to near Seney to near Felton to near
Edwardsville, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Cartersville, Buchanan, Bremen, Rockmart, Euharlee, Tallapoosa,
Emerson, Aragon, White, Kingston, Waco, Braswell, Taylorsville,
Cassville, Yorkville, Burnt Hickory Ridge, Folsom, Draketown,
Funkhouser and Fish Creek.
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 3410 8508 3410 8505 3413 8505 3418 8499
3439 8483 3439 8468 3408 8474 3388 8494
3381 8503 3381 8505 3379 8505 3369 8518
3365 8529 3365 8534 3390 8538
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 319DEG 20KT 3428 8489 3409 8508 3392 8529 3369
8556
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
017
WWUS52 KFFC 152140
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
540 PM EDT THU JUN 15 2017
GAC015-143-223-233-152200-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0225.000000T0000Z-170615T2200Z/
Paulding GA-Haralson GA-Polk GA-Bartow GA-
540 PM EDT THU JUN 15 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL PAULDING...HARALSON...EASTERN POLK AND SOUTHEASTERN
BARTOW COUNTIES...
At 539 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Cartersville to Braswell to Buchanan to near Trickem,
moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Cartersville, Buchanan, Bremen, Rockmart, Tallapoosa, Emerson,
Aragon, Waco, Braswell, Yorkville, Burnt Hickory Ridge, Eubank Lake,
Antioch, Van Wert, Draketown, Felton and Stilesboro.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
If you see wind damage...hail or flooding...wait until the storm has
passed...and then call the National Weather Service toll free
at 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 or tweet us your report at NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3402 8509 3413 8489 3424 8477 3424 8471
3408 8474 3388 8494 3381 8503 3381 8505
3379 8505 3369 8518 3365 8529 3365 8534
3382 8537
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 317DEG 23KT 3419 8478 3400 8497 3383 8518 3360
8545
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$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, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 36 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, 5:23 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.