Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 21, 2017, 6:33 PM EDT for Fannin County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min. 5 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, 6:33 PM EDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2017, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Fannin County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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, 7:11 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ene Sugar Creek, GA | TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ALONG SCENIC DRIVE... NEAR THE INTERSECTIONS OF SCENIC DRIVE AND SUGAR CREEK ROAD... SCENIC DRIVE AND COX ROAD... SCENIC DRIVE AND TOM BOYD ROAD... AND SCENIC DRIVE AND MEADOW LANE. |
| Mar 21, 7:11 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Blue Ridge, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF SUGAR CREEK ROAD AND CHESTNUT GAP ROAD. |
| Mar 21, 7:11 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Blue Ridge, GA | PENNY TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN BLUE RIDGE. |
| Mar 21, 7:11 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Galloway, GA | QUARTER-SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF KELLY RIDGE DRIVE AND GALLOWAY ROAD. |
| Mar 21, 7:19 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ssw Elrod Mill, GA | TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF EAGLE ROCK ROAD AND ASKA ROAD... WEAVER CREEK ROAD AND ASKA ROAD... AND WHISPERING PINES ROAD AND ASKA ROAD. |
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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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.
931
WUUS52 KFFC 212233
SVRFFC
GAC111-212315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0064.170321T2233Z-170321T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
633 PM EDT TUE MAR 21 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Fannin County in north central Georgia...
* Until 715 PM EDT
* At 632 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Big Frog
Mountain, or 8 miles southwest of Ducktown, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Half dollar size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
* Locations impacted include...
Blue Ridge, Morganton, Hemp, Jones Mill, Higdon, Hurst, Loving,
Cohutta Wilderness, Epworth, Mineral Bluff, Colwell, Culberson and
Copperhill.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
This storm is producing large hail. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy
structure and stay away from windows!
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 3499 8416 3496 8416 3496 8417 3495 8418
3493 8416 3481 8416 3483 8436 3484 8437
3484 8440 3486 8442 3485 8455 3486 8461
3499 8461
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 264DEG 15KT 3496 8451
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$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, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Lumpkin, Union | 38 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, 6:38 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.