Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 290, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2017, 1:31 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 29 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
- Jul 15, 2017, 1:31 PM EDT (17:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2017, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chattooga County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 1:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Welcome Hill, GA | TREE DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF TATUM RD AND RIDGEWAY DR. |
| Jul 15, 1:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Welcome Hill, GA | TREE DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF SAND PIT RD AND CREEKSIDE DR. |
| Jul 15, 1:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Welcome Hill, GA | TREE DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF CENTER POST RD AND CUMMINGS 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1305 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
226
WUUS52 KFFC 151731
SVRFFC
GAC055-115-129-295-151800-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0290.170715T1731Z-170715T1800Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
131 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Floyd County in northwestern Georgia...
Southeastern Walker County in northwestern Georgia...
Western Gordon County in northwestern Georgia...
Chattooga County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 200 PM EDT
* At 131 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Summerville,
moving southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Summerville, Trion, Lyerly, Menlo, Oostanaula, Subligna, Suttles
Mill, Tidings, Armuchee, Lake Marvin, Cloudland, Berryton, Sugar
Valley, Chattoogaville, Everett Springs, James H. Floyd State Park
and Holland.
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 3468 8515 3457 8498 3442 8501 3429 8545
3438 8548 3454 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 295DEG 14KT 3451 8537
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 52 min |
| Jul 14, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 40 min |
| Jul 14, 9:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 9:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 10:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 39 min |
| Jul 15, 11:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 27 min |
| Jul 15, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 36 min |
| Jul 15, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 31 min |
| Jul 15, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 36 min |
| Jul 15, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 26 min |
| Jul 15, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 35 min |
| Jul 15, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Ben Hill | 25 min |
| Jul 15, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 24 min |
| Jul 15, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Treutlen, Wheeler | 28 min |
| Jul 15, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 34 min |
| Jul 15, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 35 min |
| Jul 15, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 36 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.