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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 3, 2017Carroll County, Douglas County, Paulding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2017, 11:13 AM EDT for Carroll County, Douglas County, Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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
Apr 3, 2017, 11:13 AM EDT (15:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2017, 11:45 AM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Carroll County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Paulding County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:15 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 3, 10:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 12:00Z on 2017-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 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 12:00Z on 2017-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 317 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-350 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
987 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
317 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
392 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

149 
WUUS52 KFFC 031513
SVRFFC
GAC045-097-223-031545-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0090.170403T1513Z-170403T1545Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1113 AM EDT MON APR 3 2017

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Paulding County in northwestern Georgia...
  Northeastern Carroll County in northwestern Georgia...
  Northwestern Douglas County in north central Georgia...

* Until 1145 AM EDT

* At 1112 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Treasure
  Lake, or 10 miles southwest of Douglasville, moving northeast at 35
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated, however this storm may have produced a 
           brief tornado near Carrollton earlier.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Douglasville, Villa Rica, Winston, Lake Val-Do-Mar, Treasure Lake,
  Chapel Hill and Bill Arp.

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 3362 8493 3372 8499 3381 8482 3378 8469
      3367 8467
TIME...MOT...LOC 1512Z 243DEG 31KT 3368 8492 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
477 
WWUS52 KFFC 031523
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1123 AM EDT MON APR 3 2017

GAC045-223-031533-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-170403T1545Z/
Paulding GA-Carroll GA-
1123 AM EDT MON APR 3 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PAULDING AND
NORTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
Carroll County. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 500 PM EDT for
north central Georgia.

LAT...LON 3378 8487 3378 8482 3379 8476 3379 8473
      3378 8469 3367 8467 3364 8488 3370 8488
      3375 8490
TIME...MOT...LOC 1523Z 243DEG 31KT 3372 8482 

$$

GAC097-031545-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-170403T1545Z/
Douglas GA-
1123 AM EDT MON APR 3 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY...

At 1123 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Winston, or
near Douglasville, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Douglasville, Villa Rica, Winston, Lake Val-Do-Mar, Chapel Hill and
Bill Arp.

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 3378 8487 3378 8482 3379 8476 3379 8473
      3378 8469 3367 8467 3364 8488 3370 8488
      3375 8490
TIME...MOT...LOC 1523Z 243DEG 31KT 3372 8482 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 9:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Dodge, Pulaski25 min
Apr 3, 10:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Twiggs28 min
Apr 3, 10:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Haralson, Heard, Polk25 min
Apr 3, 10:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Madison, Oconee31 min
Apr 3, 10:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Washington, Wilkinson32 min
Apr 3, 10:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Haralson28 min
Apr 3, 10:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard, Troup40 min
Apr 3, 10:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll23 min
Apr 3, 10:57 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll33 min
Apr 3, 11:00 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCPaulding30 min
Apr 3, 11:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson37 min
Apr 3, 11:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Hancock34 min
Apr 3, 11:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Paulding31 min
Apr 3, 11:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether, Troup24 min
Apr 3, 11:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Taliaferro, Warren34 min
Apr 3, 11:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Fulton33 min
Apr 3, 11:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton28 min
Apr 3, 11:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson42 min
Apr 3, 11:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee27 min
Apr 3, 11:35 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCFulton25 min
Apr 3, 11:39 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot36 min
Apr 3, 11:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Taliaferro, Wilkes16 min
Apr 3, 11:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes42 min
Apr 3, 11:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton25 min
Apr 3, 11:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart, Webster34 min
Apr 3, 11:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Fayette, Henry, Pike, Spalding, Upson31 min
Apr 3, 12:07 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCStewart, Webster23 min
Apr 3, 12:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth, Hall, Lumpkin, White37 min
Apr 3, 12:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot, Taylor, Upson33 min
Apr 3, 12:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett32 min
Apr 3, 12:26 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCrawford, Monroe, Talbot, Taylor, Upson34 min
Apr 3, 12:30 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMacon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor, Webster30 min
Apr 3, 12:32 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCButts, Henry, Spalding28 min
Apr 3, 12:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Barrow, Jackson, Walton34 min
Apr 3, 12:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Jasper, Newton37 min
Apr 3, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Monroe35 min
Apr 3, 12:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Macon, Peach, Schley, Taylor31 min
Apr 3, 1:04 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe26 min
Apr 3, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Walton29 min
Apr 3, 1:22 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach, Twiggs23 min
Apr 3, 1:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Macon, Peach47 min
Apr 3, 1:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan, Oconee, Walton44 min
Apr 3, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Jasper, Jones, Putnam, Twiggs and 1 more28 min
Apr 3, 1:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam39 min
Apr 3, 1:41 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBaldwin, Jasper, Jones, Putnam34 min
Apr 3, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs30 min
Apr 3, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Bleckley, Dodge, Houston, Laurens, Pulaski and 2 more37 min
Apr 3, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox47 min
Apr 3, 2:00 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCLaurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson45 min
Apr 3, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Jones, Putnam, Twiggs, Washington and 1 more42 min
Apr 3, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro and 1 more38 min
Apr 3, 2:24 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHancock, Taliaferro, Warren39 min
Apr 3, 2:24 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBaldwin, Washington, Wilkinson36 min
Apr 3, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski, Telfair, Wheeler and 1 more43 min
Apr 3, 2:39 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson24 min
Apr 3, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel33 min
Apr 3, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington and 1 more25 min
Apr 3, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Washington30 min
Apr 3, 3:07 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJefferson, Washington23 min
Apr 3, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen and 1 more50 min
Apr 3, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler46 min
Apr 3, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Jefferson, Johnson29 min
Apr 3, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen26 min

Nearby

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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.