Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2018, 5:59 PM EDT for Coweta County, Fayette County, Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 min. 4 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
- Jun 8, 2018, 5:59 PM EDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2018, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Spalding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 6:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sse Eastwood Estates, GA | TREE BLOWN DOWN ON LORA SMITH RD IN EASTERN NEWNAN |
| Jun 8, 6:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Thomas Crossroads, GA | TREE BLOWN DOWN ON LORA SMITH RD IN EAST NEWNAN |
| Jun 8, 6:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sse Madras, GA | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ONTO A BOWLING ALLEY AT SHENANDOAH BLVD (EAST NEWNAN) CAUSING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. |
| Jun 8, 6:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wsw Thomas Crossroads, GA | TREE DOWN IN THE BACKYARD OF HOME ON BUTTONBUSH CT BY THE WHITE OAK GOLF CLUB |
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 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 13 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
- 409 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1308 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
594
WUUS52 KFFC 082159
SVRFFC
GAC077-113-255-082245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0110.180608T2159Z-180608T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
559 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Spalding County in west central Georgia...
Fayette County in north central Georgia...
Coweta County in west central Georgia...
* Until 645 PM EDT.
* At 558 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorms stretched from Newnan to
Peachtree City, and are nearly stationary.
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...
Newnan, Fayetteville, Peachtree City, Tyrone, Senoia, Grantville,
Brooks, Moreland, Sharpsburg, Turin, Haralson, Woolsey, East
Newnan, Starrs Mill, Inman, Dunaway Gardens, Cannongate, Madras,
Arnco-Sargent and Vaughn.
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 3344 8496 3344 8494 3351 8481 3350 8450
3340 8439 3336 8440 3335 8437 3320 8438
3321 8440 3320 8449 3322 8451 3323 8492
3343 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 042DEG 4KT 3336 8455
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
013
WWUS52 KFFC 082237
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
637 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2018
GAC077-113-255-082246-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0110.000000T0000Z-180608T2245Z/
Spalding GA-Fayette GA-Coweta GA-
637 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN SPALDING...FAYETTE AND
COWETA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM EDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property,
therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms.
LAT...LON 3344 8496 3344 8494 3351 8481 3350 8450
3340 8439 3336 8440 3335 8437 3320 8438
3321 8440 3320 8449 3322 8451 3323 8492
3343 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 069DEG 6KT 3328 8442 3342 8490
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 51 min |
| Jun 8, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike, Upson | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Peach | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Taylor, Upson | 51 min |
| Jun 8, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Newton, Rockdale | 35 min |
| Jun 8, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley, Sumter | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski, Washington, Wilkinson | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski, Wilcox | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Wilkinson | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 44 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.