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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 30, 2017DeKalb County, Gwinnett County, Rockdale County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2017, 8:38 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Gwinnett County, Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. 9 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 30, 2017, 8:38 PM EDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2017, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties DeKalb County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Rockdale County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 30, 8:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 E The Landings, GAREPORT OF A TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE
Mar 30, 8:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sw Rockbridge, GAMULTIPLE TREES DOWN NEAR BERMUDA RD AND STEWART MILLS RD
Mar 30, 8:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGLake Lucerne Estates, GAREPORT OF A TREE BLOWN OVER ONTO A HOUSE
Mar 30, 8:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMeadow Hills, GAREPORT OF A TREE BLOWN OVER ONTO A HOUSE
Mar 30, 8:40 PM EDTHAIL 1Stone Mountain, GAREPORT OF DENTS IN A GRILL AND WINDOWS SHATTERED FROM POSSIBLE QUARTER-SIZED HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WITHIN CITY LIMITS IN STONE MOUNTAIN
Mar 30, 8:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ne Cedar Creek, GAREPORT OF A TREE BLOWN OVER ONTO A HOUSE
Mar 30, 8:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Lake Lucerne Estate, GAREPORT OF A TREE BLOWN OVER ONTO A BUILDING
Mar 30, 8:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sw Rivermist, GAA TREE WAS BLOWN OVER ONTO A BUILDING
Mar 30, 8:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGShiloh Farms, GAREPORT OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BETHANY CHURCH RD AND WATERS WAY IN SNELLVILLE

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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 80 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2017-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 90 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2017-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
90 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2069 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

506 
WUUS52 KFFC 310038
SVRFFC
GAC089-135-247-310115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0087.170331T0038Z-170331T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
838 PM EDT THU MAR 30 2017

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Rockdale County in north central Georgia...
  East central DeKalb County in north central Georgia...
  Gwinnett County in north central Georgia...

* Until 915 PM EDT

* At 838 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mountain
  Park, moving north at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Lawrenceville, Duluth, Sugar Hill, Snellville, Suwanee, Buford,
  Lilburn, Norcross, Stone Mountain, Dacula, Grayson, Berkeley Lake,
  Pine Lake, Tucker, Mountain Park, Harbin, Rosebud and Hog Mountain.

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 3404 8385 3400 8387 3398 8384 3397 8383
      3384 8392 3379 8398 3377 8396 3371 8400
      3377 8421 3399 8419 3402 8418 3403 8412
      3405 8410 3407 8412 3409 8411 3411 8399
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 196DEG 34KT 3380 8409 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
969 
WWUS52 KFFC 310048
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
848 PM EDT THU MAR 30 2017

GAC089-247-310058-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-170331T0115Z/
Rockdale GA-DeKalb GA-
848 PM EDT THU MAR 30 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL ROCKDALE AND
EAST CENTRAL DEKALB COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3404 8385 3400 8387 3397 8383 3384 8392
      3375 8403 3378 8408 3385 8416 3387 8420
      3399 8419 3402 8417 3403 8412 3405 8410
      3407 8412 3409 8411 3411 8399
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 196DEG 34KT 3389 8406 

$$

GAC135-310115-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-170331T0115Z/
Gwinnett GA-
848 PM EDT THU MAR 30 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR GWINNETT COUNTY...

At 848 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Snellville, 
moving north at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Lawrenceville, Duluth, Sugar Hill, Snellville, Suwanee, Buford,
Lilburn, Norcross, Dacula, Grayson, Berkeley Lake, Tucker, Mountain
Park, Harbin, Rosebud and Hog Mountain.

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 3404 8385 3400 8387 3397 8383 3384 8392
      3375 8403 3378 8408 3385 8416 3387 8420
      3399 8419 3402 8417 3403 8412 3405 8410
      3407 8412 3409 8411 3411 8399
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 196DEG 34KT 3389 8406 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
680 
WWUS52 KFFC 310106
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
906 PM EDT THU MAR 30 2017

GAC135-310115-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-170331T0115Z/
Gwinnett GA-
906 PM EDT THU MAR 30 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GWINNETT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
915 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe 
limits, and is exiting the warned area. Therefore, the warning will 
be allowed to expire.  However gusty winds over 40 mph are still 
possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3404 8385 3400 8387 3397 8383 3384 8392
      3375 8403 3378 8408 3385 8416 3387 8420
      3399 8419 3402 8417 3403 8412 3405 8410
      3407 8412 3409 8411 3411 8399
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 196DEG 34KT 3404 8401 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 8:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard34 min
Mar 30, 8:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett, Rockdale28 min
Mar 30, 9:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth, Hall35 min
Mar 30, 9:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Douglas39 min
Mar 30, 9:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Barrow, Jackson41 min
Mar 30, 9:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Meriwether51 min
Mar 30, 9:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall, Lumpkin, White32 min
Mar 30, 9:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington44 min
Mar 30, 10:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Forsyth29 min
Mar 30, 10:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks24 min
Mar 30, 10:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Taliaferro, Warren44 min
Mar 30, 10:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock31 min
Mar 30, 10:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaliaferro, Wilkes43 min
Mar 30, 11:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall26 min
Mar 31, 12:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks12 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.