Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2017, 6:45 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 45 min. 5 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 23, 2017, 6:45 PM EDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2017, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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 23, 7:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | New Hope, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ON POWER LINES NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF OLD CARTERSVILLE ROAD AND DALLAS ACWORTH HIGHWAY. MULTIPLE REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES IN THIS AREA. |
| Jun 23, 7:27 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 39 | 1 Se Kennesaw, GA | AWOS STATION RYY, COBB COUNTY-MC COLLUM FIELD AIRPORT. |
| Jun 23, 7:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Woodstock, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN AT 105 EAST MAIN STREET. |
| Jun 23, 7:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 30 | 2 Ene Acworth, GA | MESONET STATION GA304, 1 ENE ACWORTH. |
| Jun 23, 7:36 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | New Hope, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ON POWER LINES NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF OLD CARTERSVILLE ROAD AND DALLAS ACWORTH HIGHWAY. MULTIPLE REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES IN THIS AREA. |
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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1201 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
902
WUUS52 KFFC 232245
SVRFFC
GAC015-057-067-143-223-233-232330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0246.170623T2245Z-170623T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
645 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Paulding County in northwestern Georgia...
Southwestern Cherokee County in north central Georgia...
Western Cobb County in north central Georgia...
Northeastern Haralson County in northwestern Georgia...
Eastern Polk County in northwestern Georgia...
Southern Bartow County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 730 PM EDT
* At 644 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Seney to near Van Wert to Buchanan, moving east
at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Marietta, Cartersville, Dallas, Cedartown, Buchanan, Kennesaw,
Woodstock, Acworth, Powder Springs, Austell, Rockmart, Euharlee,
Hiram, Emerson, Aragon, White, Braswell, Taylorsville, Cassville
and Yorkville.
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.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for northwestern
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3407 8525 3410 8518 3410 8516 3408 8515
3408 8512 3410 8512 3410 8505 3416 8505
3430 8474 3414 8450 3382 8464 3379 8493
3381 8505 3377 8505 3376 8518 3393 8512
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 250DEG 37KT 3405 8517 3396 8504 3381 8516
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
805
WWUS52 KFFC 232319
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
719 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017
GAC015-233-232327-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0246.000000T0000Z-170623T2330Z/
Polk GA-Bartow GA-
719 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN POLK AND SOUTHERN
BARTOW COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3391 8513 3391 8505 3395 8505 3396 8498
3408 8492 3408 8466 3424 8465 3414 8450
3382 8464 3379 8493 3381 8505 3377 8505
3376 8518
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 259DEG 36KT 3413 8482 3404 8469 3389 8481
$$
GAC057-067-143-223-232330-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0246.000000T0000Z-170623T2330Z/
Paulding GA-Cherokee GA-Cobb GA-Haralson GA-
719 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR PAULDING...SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE...WESTERN COBB AND NORTHEASTERN
HARALSON COUNTIES...
At 717 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Cartersville to near Acworth to near Dallas,
moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Marietta, Dallas, Buchanan, Kennesaw, Woodstock, Acworth, Powder
Springs, Austell, Hiram, Braswell, Yorkville, Burnt Hickory Ridge,
Kellogg Creek, Lost Mountain Park, Cross Roads, Draketown, Due West,
New Hope, Hobgood Park and Eubank Lake.
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 3391 8513 3391 8505 3395 8505 3396 8498
3408 8492 3408 8466 3424 8465 3414 8450
3382 8464 3379 8493 3381 8505 3377 8505
3376 8518
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 259DEG 36KT 3413 8482 3404 8469 3389 8481
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 22, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett, Walton | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Putnam, Walton | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe and 1 more | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 9:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 28 min |
| Jun 22, 9:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe | 31 min |
| Jun 22, 9:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 31 min |
| Jun 22, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 3:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 38 more | 35 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 39 min |
| Jun 23, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Polk, Walker, Whitfield | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Polk | 48 min |
| Jun 23, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 52 min |
| Jun 23, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens | 34 min |
| Jun 23, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Pickens | 39 min |
| Jun 23, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton | 49 min |
| Jun 23, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 51 min |
| Jun 23, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard | 50 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.