Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 21, 2017, 5:52 PM EDT for Fannin County, Lumpkin County, Union County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 min. 2 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 21, 2017, 5:52 PM EDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2017, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Fannin County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Union County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 6:29 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 E Choestoe, GA | NICKEL-SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 180 EAST AND RICHARD B. RUSSELL SCENIC HIGHWAY. |
| Mar 21, 6:36 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Vogel State Park, GA | QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERED THE GROUND. |
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 21, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 1219 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
496
WUUS52 KFFC 212152
SVRFFC
GAC111-187-291-212230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0059.170321T2152Z-170321T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
552 PM EDT TUE MAR 21 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
North central Lumpkin County in north central Georgia...
Southern Union County in north central Georgia...
East central Fannin County in north central Georgia...
* Until 630 PM EDT
* At 552 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Margret, or
10 miles southwest of Blairsville, moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Suches, Owltown, Margret, Vogel State Park, Woods Hole Shelter,
Blood Mountain Shelter and Gaddistown.
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 3474 8415 3479 8419 3482 8413 3482 8381
3465 8398
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 286DEG 8KT 3478 8409
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
840
WWUS52 KFFC 212202
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
602 PM EDT TUE MAR 21 2017
GAC111-212211-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-170321T2230Z/
Fannin GA-
602 PM EDT TUE MAR 21 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FANNIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for
north central Georgia.
LAT...LON 3471 8409 3476 8408 3481 8409 3482 8381
3465 8398
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 286DEG 8KT 3477 8406
$$
GAC187-291-212230-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-170321T2230Z/
Lumpkin GA-Union GA-
602 PM EDT TUE MAR 21 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL LUMPKIN AND SOUTHERN UNION COUNTIES...
At 601 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Gaddistown, or
9 miles southwest of Blairsville, moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Suches, Owltown, Woods Hole Shelter, Blood Mountain Shelter, Vogel
State Park and Gaddistown.
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 3471 8409 3476 8408 3481 8409 3482 8381
3465 8398
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 286DEG 8KT 3477 8406
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 50 min |
| Mar 21, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, White | 40 min |
| Mar 21, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 52 min |
| Mar 21, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 37 min |
| Mar 21, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall, White | 46 min |
| Mar 21, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 39 min |
| Mar 21, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 33 min |
| Mar 21, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 47 min |
| Mar 21, 5:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Hall, White | 6 hr |
| Mar 21, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Lumpkin, Union | 51 min |
| Mar 21, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, White | 47 min |
| Mar 21, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 18 min |
| Mar 21, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 36 min |
| Mar 21, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 49 min |
| Mar 21, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 31 min |
| Mar 21, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 46 min |
| Mar 21, 6:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 6 hr |
| Mar 21, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin | 24 min |
| Mar 21, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 23 min |
| Mar 21, 6:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Union, White | 6 hr |
| Mar 21, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 33 min |
| Mar 21, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 32 min |
| Mar 21, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Union | 47 min |
| Mar 21, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 44 min |
| Mar 21, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin | 42 min |
| Mar 21, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 37 min |
| Mar 21, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Jackson, Madison | 52 min |
| Mar 21, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 49 min |
| Mar 21, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison | 37 min |
| Mar 21, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 51 min |
| Mar 21, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Walker and 1 more | 49 min |
| Mar 21, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 47 min |
| Mar 21, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Union | 44 min |
| Mar 21, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 43 min |
| Mar 21, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe | 24 min |
| Mar 21, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson, Oconee | 36 min |
| Mar 21, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Walton | 42 min |
| Mar 21, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 25 min |
| Mar 21, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Murray | 23 min |
| Mar 21, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 34 min |
| Mar 21, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Murray | 34 min |
| Mar 21, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 45 min |
| Mar 21, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 27 min |
| Mar 21, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon and 3 more | 42 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.