Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 21, 2017, 8:02 PM EDT for Banks County, Jackson County, Madison County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 21, 2017, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2017, 8:33 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Banks County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Madison County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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.
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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 377 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2348 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted.
284
WUUS52 KFFC 220002
SVRFFC
GAC011-157-195-220045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0076.170322T0002Z-170322T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
802 PM EDT TUE MAR 21 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Banks County in northeastern Georgia...
Northeastern Jackson County in northeastern Georgia...
Northern Madison County in northeastern Georgia...
* Until 845 PM EDT
* At 802 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Banks
Crossing, or near Commerce, moving east at 30 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...
Commerce, Homer, Danielsville, Maysville, Ila, Pocataligo, Apple
Valley and Banks Crossing.
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 3433 8339 3426 8334 3424 8334 3426 8330
3425 8327 3425 8320 3424 8317 3427 8311
3426 8312 3423 8308 3417 8310 3415 8306
3412 8304 3411 8305 3412 8335 3417 8356
3434 8353
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 278DEG 26KT 3425 8346
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
038
WWUS52 KFFC 220019
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
819 PM EDT TUE MAR 21 2017
GAC011-157-220028-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-170322T0045Z/
Banks GA-Jackson GA-
819 PM EDT TUE MAR 21 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BANKS AND
NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for
northeastern Georgia.
LAT...LON 3427 8311 3426 8312 3423 8308 3417 8310
3415 8306 3412 8304 3411 8305 3412 8335
3419 8338 3423 8335 3426 8330 3424 8324
3425 8324 3425 8320 3424 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 278DEG 26KT 3423 8331
$$
GAC195-220045-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-170322T0045Z/
Madison GA-
819 PM EDT TUE MAR 21 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY...
At 818 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Pocataligo, or
8 miles east of Commerce, moving east at 30 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...
Danielsville, Ila and Pocataligo.
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 3427 8311 3426 8312 3423 8308 3417 8310
3415 8306 3412 8304 3411 8305 3412 8335
3419 8338 3423 8335 3426 8330 3424 8324
3425 8324 3425 8320 3424 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 278DEG 26KT 3423 8331
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$219
WWUS52 KFFC 220033
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
833 PM EDT TUE MAR 21 2017
GAC195-220043-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-170322T0045Z/
Madison GA-
833 PM EDT TUE MAR 21 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for
northeastern Georgia.
LAT...LON 3427 8311 3426 8312 3423 8308 3417 8310
3415 8306 3412 8304 3411 8305 3412 8335
3419 8338 3423 8335 3426 8330 3424 8324
3425 8324 3425 8320 3424 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 278DEG 26KT 3376 8310
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 30 min |
| Mar 21, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Hall, Lumpkin, Pickens and 3 more | 38 min |
| Mar 21, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Oconee, Walton | 52 min |
| Mar 21, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, Floyd, Forsyth and 3 more | 46 min |
| Mar 21, 8:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 6 hr |
| Mar 21, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 45 min |
| Mar 21, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth and 5 more | 50 min |
| Mar 21, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson and 2 more | 46 min |
| Mar 21, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 41 min |
| Mar 21, 9:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Henry and 8 more | 40 min |
| Mar 21, 9:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Madison, Morgan and 5 more | 38 min |
| Mar 21, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Morgan, Oglethorpe, Putnam and 4 more | 45 min |
| Mar 21, 9:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Butts, Harris, Jasper, Jones, Lamar and 7 more | 52 min |
| Mar 21, 10:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Jones, Washington | 36 min |
| Mar 21, 10:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Wilkinson | 50 min |
| Mar 21, 11:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.