Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 230, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2017, 6:19 PM EDT for Barrow County, Oconee County, Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min. 2 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, 6:19 PM EDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2017, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barrow County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Walton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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, 6:24 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sse Mount Vernon, GA | SEVERAL TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SNOWS MILL ROAD AND POWERS ROAD. |
| Jun 15, 6:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Between, GA | TREE DOWN IN ROAD NEAR NEW HOPE CHURCH RD AND DOUBLE SPRINGS CHURCH 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.
749
WUUS52 KFFC 152219
SVRFFC
GAC013-219-297-152300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0230.170615T2219Z-170615T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
619 PM EDT THU JUN 15 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Oconee County in northeastern Georgia...
Southeastern Barrow County in north central Georgia...
Northeastern Walton County in north central Georgia...
* Until 700 PM EDT
* At 618 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over
Nicholasville, or near Monroe, moving northeast at 5 mph. A second
severe thunderstorm was located about 2 miles southwest of
Eastville. This storm was also drifting northeast.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Monroe, Statham, Bogart, North High Shoals, Bethlehem, Between,
Good Hope, Bishop, Bold Springs, Windsor, Eastville, Nicholasville,
Pannell, Campton and Gratis.
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 3399 8354 3397 8354 3394 8352 3393 8350
3381 8340 3379 8348 3380 8348 3382 8351
3378 8354 3372 8379 3388 8387 3389 8385
3402 8357
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 247DEG 6KT 3383 8376
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
042
WWUS52 KFFC 152243
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
643 PM EDT THU JUN 15 2017
GAC013-219-297-152300-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0230.000000T0000Z-170615T2300Z/
Oconee GA-Barrow GA-Walton GA-
643 PM EDT THU JUN 15 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN OCONEE...SOUTHEASTERN BARROW AND NORTHEASTERN WALTON
COUNTIES...
At 643 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Gratis, or near
Monroe, moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Monroe, Statham, Bogart, North High Shoals, Bethlehem, Good Hope,
Bishop, Bold Springs, Eastville, Nicholasville, Pannell, Campton and
Gratis.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
If you see wind damage...hail or flooding...wait until the storm has
passed...and then call the National Weather Service toll free
at 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 or tweet us your report at NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3399 8354 3397 8354 3394 8352 3393 8350
3381 8340 3379 8348 3380 8348 3382 8351
3378 8354 3374 8372 3391 8381 3402 8357
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 252DEG 9KT 3385 8365
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$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, 5:21 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, 6:20 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.