Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2018, 10:32 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 43 min. 11 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 19, 2018, 10:32 PM EDT (02:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2018, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Carroll County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Paulding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:34 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 19, 10:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 53 | 4 Sse Tallapoosa, GA | MESONET STATION GA343, 4 SSE TALLAPOOSA. |
| Mar 19, 10:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bowdon Junction, GA | MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF BOWDON JUNCTION TO ABILENE TO TREASURE LAKE. |
| Mar 19, 10:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 Ssw Tallapoosa, GA | PUBLIC CALL REPORTED QUARTER- TO GOLF BALL-SIZED HAIL AT THE TALLAPOOSA WELCOME CENTER OFF I-20. |
| Mar 19, 10:52 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Lake Val-Do-Mar, GA | MULTIPLE PINE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON TOWNE CREEK DRIVE. MINOR PORCH DAMAGE ALSO OCCURRED. |
| Mar 19, 10:52 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nnw Fairplay, GA | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON NORTH HELTON ROAD. |
| Mar 19, 10:53 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Winston, GA | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON HARVEST HILL. |
| Mar 19, 10:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nne Winston, GA | A POWER LINE WAS DOWNED ON CORN CRIB LOOP SOUTH. |
| Mar 19, 11:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nne Bill Arp, GA | A TREE FELL ON A HOUSE ON OAKLAND DRIVE. |
| Mar 19, 11:04 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bowdon Junction, GA | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN BOWDEN JUNCTION. |
| Mar 19, 11:11 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Abilene, GA | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN ABILENE. |
| Mar 19, 11:18 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Treasure Lake, GA | MULTIPLE TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ON FAIRFIELD 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 19, 9:08 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
564
WUUS52 KFFC 200232
SVRFFC
GAC045-097-143-223-200315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0015.180320T0232Z-180320T0315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1032 PM EDT MON MAR 19 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Paulding County in northwestern Georgia...
Central Carroll County in northwestern Georgia...
Southern Haralson County in northwestern Georgia...
Western Douglas County in north central Georgia...
* Until 1115 PM EDT
* At 1032 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Tallapoosa,
or near Buchanan, moving east at 45 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...
Douglasville, Carrollton, Villa Rica, Bremen, Temple, Tallapoosa,
Mount Zion, Waco, Bowdon Junction, Hannah, Brownsville, Bill Arp,
Fairplay, Abilene, Winston, Lake Val-Do-Mar and Treasure Lake.
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.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 400 AM EDT for north central
and northwestern Georgia.
LAT...LON 3382 8473 3357 8481 3355 8483 3363 8534
3377 8536
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 276DEG 46KT 3373 8527
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 9:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 38 min |
| Mar 19, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Haralson, Polk | 39 min |
| Mar 19, 9:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 47 min |
| Mar 19, 9:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Haralson | 46 min |
| Mar 19, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding, Polk | 46 min |
| Mar 19, 10:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 24 min |
| Mar 19, 10:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Clayton, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton | 52 min |
| Mar 19, 10:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 31 min |
| Mar 19, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry | 30 min |
| Mar 19, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Haralson, Heard | 30 min |
| Mar 19, 11:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Henry, Newton and 3 more | 29 min |
| Mar 19, 11:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 31 min |
| Mar 19, 11:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 28 min |
| Mar 19, 11:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 26 min |
| Mar 19, 11:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Fayette, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Newton and 2 more | 47 min |
| Mar 20, 12:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan, Rockdale | 30 min |
| Mar 20, 12:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Oconee, Walton | 30 min |
| Mar 20, 12:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 40 min |
| Mar 20, 12:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 48 min |
| Mar 20, 12:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe | 30 min |
| Mar 20, 1:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Coweta, Heard, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether and 5 more | 43 min |
| Mar 20, 1:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Jones, Putnam, Warren, Washington | 47 min |
| Mar 20, 1:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 46 min |
| Mar 20, 1:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Pike and 1 more | 51 min |
| Mar 20, 1:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Johnson, Washington | 52 min |
| Mar 20, 1:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Troup | 32 min |
| Mar 20, 2:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Jones, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Pike and 2 more | 25 min |
| Mar 20, 2:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Washington | 44 min |
| Mar 20, 3:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Upson | 32 min |
| Mar 20, 3:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Mar 20, 3:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 33 min |
| Mar 20, 3:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 31 min |
| Mar 20, 4:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 33 min |
| Mar 20, 5:55 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 37 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:32 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 28 hr |
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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.