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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 2017, 3:39 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 38 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
- Mar 1, 2017, 3:39 PM EST (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2017, 4:17 PM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 3:47 PM EST | HAIL 1 | 1 Nw Rising Fawn, GA | QUARTER-SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT THE PILOT GAS STATION IN RISING FAWN. |
| Mar 1, 3:48 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nnw Rising Fawn, GA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR I-59... EXIT 4. |
| Mar 1, 3:48 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Rising Fawn, GA | TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 11-S AND LAMBERT LN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 12:48 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
092
WUUS52 KFFC 012039
SVRFFC
GAC047-083-295-313-012130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0041.170301T2039Z-170301T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
339 PM EST WED MAR 1 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Catoosa County in northwestern Georgia...
West central Whitfield County in northwestern Georgia...
Central Walker County in northwestern Georgia...
Central Dade County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 430 PM EST
* At 338 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ider, or 13
miles southwest of Trenton, moving east at 45 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...
Lafayette, Ringgold, Trenton, Fort Oglethorpe, Chickamauga, Rising
Fawn, Noble, Indian Springs, Wood Station, Graysville, Blue Spring,
Linwood, Boynton, Beaumont, Cloudland Canyon State Park, Cooper
Heights, Rock Spring, Chattanooga Valley and Fairview.
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 700 PM EST for northwestern
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3475 8506 3465 8554 3477 8557 3486 8558
3499 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 257DEG 41KT 3473 8567
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
038
WWUS52 KFFC 012117
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
417 PM EST WED MAR 1 2017
GAC047-083-295-313-012126-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-170301T2130Z/
Catoosa GA-Whitfield GA-Walker GA-Dade GA-
417 PM EST WED MAR 1 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CATOOSA...WEST CENTRAL
WHITFIELD...CENTRAL WALKER AND CENTRAL DADE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 PM EST for northwestern
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3475 8506 3465 8554 3477 8557 3486 8558
3499 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 257DEG 41KT 3483 8514
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 4:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 4:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray | 41 min |
| Mar 1, 4:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Union | 25 min |
| Mar 1, 4:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Gordon, Pickens | 50 min |
| Mar 1, 4:56 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 4:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 47 min |
| Mar 1, 5:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 24 min |
| Mar 1, 5:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 30 min |
| Mar 1, 5:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 24 min |
| Mar 1, 5:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin, White | 43 min |
| Mar 1, 5:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 37 min |
| Mar 1, 6:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 6:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 6:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding | 40 min |
| Mar 1, 6:23 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall | 37 min |
| Mar 1, 6:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 25 min |
| Mar 1, 6:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 6:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 32 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.