Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 347, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 18, 2017, 10:27 PM EST for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 48 min. 4 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
- Nov 18, 2017, 10:27 PM EST (03:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2017, 11:15 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clayton County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Heard County, GA, Meriwether County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 10:40 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Newnan, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ON POWER LINES ON BALL STREET. |
| Nov 18, 10:40 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ssw Fairburn, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ON OAKLEY INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD NEAR CREEKWOOD DRIVE. |
| Nov 18, 10:49 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Sharpsburg, GA | A POWER LINE WAS REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STEWART ROAD AND BOB SMITH ROAD. |
| Nov 18, 10:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nne Peachtree City, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF INTERLOCHEN DRIVE AND NORTH PEACHTREE PARKWAY. |
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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
204
WUUS52 KFFC 190327
SVRFFC
GAC063-077-113-121-149-199-190415-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0347.171119T0327Z-171119T0415Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1027 PM EST SAT NOV 18 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
North central Meriwether County in west central Georgia...
Fayette County in north central Georgia...
Northeastern Heard County in west central Georgia...
Coweta County in west central Georgia...
Central Clayton County in north central Georgia...
Southwestern Fulton County in north central Georgia...
* Until 1115 PM EST
* At 1027 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Campbellton to near Powers Crossroads, moving
east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Newnan, Fayetteville, Jonesboro, Peachtree City, Stockbridge, Union
City, Riverdale, Fairburn, Tyrone, Lovejoy, Palmetto, Senoia,
Grantville, Luthersville, Brooks, Centralhatchee, Moreland,
Sharpsburg, Turin and Haralson.
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 3346 8498 3344 8494 3352 8485 3351 8483
3353 8482 3355 8483 3359 8481 3365 8471
3355 8428 3354 8429 3345 8429 3343 8432
3343 8435 3339 8435 3314 8464 3333 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 288DEG 35KT 3360 8469 3333 8503
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
193
WWUS52 KFFC 190355
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1055 PM EST SAT NOV 18 2017
GAC121-149-190405-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0347.000000T0000Z-171119T0415Z/
Heard GA-Fulton GA-
1055 PM EST SAT NOV 18 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HEARD AND
SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3339 8474 3344 8466 3347 8459 3348 8454
3351 8454 3351 8449 3358 8444 3355 8428
3354 8429 3345 8429 3343 8432 3343 8435
3339 8435 3314 8464 3324 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 0355Z 288DEG 35KT 3353 8443 3326 8477
$$
GAC063-077-113-199-190415-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0347.000000T0000Z-171119T0415Z/
Meriwether GA-Fayette GA-Coweta GA-Clayton GA-
1055 PM EST SAT NOV 18 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EST
FOR NORTH CENTRAL MERIWETHER...FAYETTE...EASTERN COWETA AND CENTRAL
CLAYTON COUNTIES...
At 1055 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Riverdale to Moreland, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Newnan, Fayetteville, Jonesboro, Peachtree City, Stockbridge,
Riverdale, Tyrone, Lovejoy, Senoia, Grantville, Luthersville, Brooks,
Moreland, Sharpsburg, Turin, Haralson, Woolsey, East Newnan, Starrs
Mill and Inman.
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 3339 8474 3344 8466 3347 8459 3348 8454
3351 8454 3351 8449 3358 8444 3355 8428
3354 8429 3345 8429 3343 8432 3343 8435
3339 8435 3314 8464 3324 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 0355Z 288DEG 35KT 3353 8443 3326 8477
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 7:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 51 min |
| Nov 18, 8:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Walker, Whitfield | 48 min |
| Nov 18, 8:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 23 min |
| Nov 18, 8:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Polk and 1 more | 48 min |
| Nov 18, 9:25 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, Douglas, Forsyth and 5 more | 65 min |
| Nov 18, 10:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton | 23 min |
| Nov 18, 10:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette and 7 more | 44 min |
| Nov 18, 10:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette and 12 more | 45 min |
| Nov 18, 11:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Chattahoochee, Clarke, Harris, Henry, Jasper and 14 more | 49 min |
| Nov 18, 11:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Butts, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Greene and 22 more | 45 min |
| Nov 19, 12:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Glascock, Hancock, Houston and 6 more | 66 min |
| Nov 19, 2:48 AM EST | Freeze Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 67 more | 30 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.