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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 345, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 18, 2017Dade County, Walker County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 18, 2017, 8:25 PM EST for Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report 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
Nov 18, 2017, 8:25 PM EST (01:25 UTC)
Expired
Nov 18, 2017, 8:48 PM EST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 18, 8:30 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG1 W Cloudland Canyon St, GAA TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SUNSET DRIVE AND HIGHWAY 136.

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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 00:00Z on 2017-11-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2017-11-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 441 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
884 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
441 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
525 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

821 
WUUS52 KFFC 190125
SVRFFC
GAC083-295-190200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0345.171119T0125Z-171119T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
825 PM EST SAT NOV 18 2017

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Walker County in northwestern Georgia...
  Central Dade County in northwestern Georgia...

* Until 900 PM EST

* At 825 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Sulpher
  Springs, or 12 miles south of Trenton, moving east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Rising Fawn, Linwood, Cloudland Canyon State Park, Cooper Heights
  and Chattanooga  Valley.

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 3495 8534 3464 8527 3463 8554 3481 8557
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 262DEG 43KT 3470 8555 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
436 
WWUS52 KFFC 190139
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
839 PM EST SAT NOV 18 2017

GAC083-190149-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0345.000000T0000Z-171119T0200Z/
Dade GA-
839 PM EST SAT NOV 18 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL DADE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3464 8527 3463 8553 3467 8549 3470 8549
      3473 8546 3475 8546 3476 8545 3483 8545
      3487 8544 3490 8541 3495 8534
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 262DEG 43KT 3472 8534 

$$

GAC295-190200-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0345.000000T0000Z-171119T0200Z/
Walker GA-
839 PM EST SAT NOV 18 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST
FOR WESTERN WALKER COUNTY...

At 839 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Linwood, or
near Lafayette, moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Cooper Heights, Linwood and Chattanooga  Valley. 

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 3464 8527 3463 8553 3467 8549 3470 8549
      3473 8546 3475 8546 3476 8545 3483 8545
      3487 8544 3490 8541 3495 8534
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 262DEG 43KT 3472 8534 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
058 
WWUS52 KFFC 190148
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
848 PM EST SAT NOV 18 2017

GAC295-190158-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0345.000000T0000Z-171119T0200Z/
Walker GA-
848 PM EST SAT NOV 18 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN WALKER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3464 8527 3463 8553 3467 8549 3470 8549
      3473 8546 3475 8546 3476 8545 3483 8545
      3487 8544 3490 8541 3495 8534
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 262DEG 43KT 3474 8520 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 18, 7:39 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade51 min
Nov 18, 8:12 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Walker, Whitfield48 min
Nov 18, 8:57 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Polk and 1 more48 min
Nov 18, 9:25 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, Douglas, Forsyth and 5 more65 min
Nov 18, 10:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton23 min
Nov 18, 10:16 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Barrow, Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette and 7 more44 min
Nov 18, 10:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Heard, Meriwether48 min
Nov 18, 10:45 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Clarke, Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette and 12 more45 min
Nov 18, 11:11 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Chattahoochee, Clarke, Harris, Henry, Jasper and 14 more49 min
Nov 18, 11:45 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Butts, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Greene and 22 more45 min
Nov 19, 12:39 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Glascock, Hancock, Houston and 6 more66 min
Nov 19, 2:48 AM ESTFreeze WarningFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 67 more30 hr

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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.