Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2018, 7:22 PM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 53 min. 2 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 22, 2018, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2018, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Butts County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Henry County, GA, Newton County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 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 22, 7:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nnw Sunny Side, GA | ONE TREE DOWN NEAR MALIER ROAD AND 41 |
| Jun 22, 7:38 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hampton, GA | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN CONCENTRATED BETWEEN THE ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY/HAMPTON TO MCDONOUGH. ADDITIONAL TREES DOWN IN STOCKBRIDGE. |
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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1478 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
650
WUUS52 KFFC 222322
SVRFFC
GAC035-063-113-151-217-247-255-230015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0150.180622T2322Z-180623T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
722 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Spalding County in west central Georgia...
Southern Rockdale County in north central Georgia...
Eastern Fayette County in north central Georgia...
Henry County in north central Georgia...
Butts County in central Georgia...
Central Clayton County in north central Georgia...
Newton County in north central Georgia...
* Until 815 PM EDT.
* At 722 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Fayetteville to Woolsey to near Digbey, moving east
at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Griffin, McDonough, Fayetteville, Conyers, Covington, Jackson,
Jonesboro, Stockbridge, Riverdale, Hampton, Morrow, Lovejoy, Locust
Grove, Oxford, Porterdale, Flovilla, Jenkinsburg, Woolsey, Sunny
Side and East Griffin.
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 3337 8440 3353 8447 3369 8383 3346 8379
3344 8380 3341 8385 3339 8383 3337 8386
3334 8386 3333 8385 3321 8390 3320 8439
3321 8440 3321 8445 3320 8446 3320 8448
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 247DEG 40KT 3346 8445 3336 8440 3322 8445
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
276
WWUS52 KFFC 222353
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
753 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2018
GAC063-113-255-230003-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-180623T0015Z/
Spalding GA-Fayette GA-Clayton GA-
753 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SPALDING...EASTERN FAYETTE AND
CENTRAL CLAYTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3369 8383 3346 8379 3344 8380 3344 8382
3341 8385 3339 8383 3337 8386 3336 8386
3331 8415 3333 8415 3334 8417 3352 8420
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 249DEG 42KT 3353 8410 3347 8402 3333 8407
$$
GAC035-151-217-247-230015-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-180623T0015Z/
Rockdale GA-Henry GA-Butts GA-Newton GA-
753 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROCKDALE...CENTRAL HENRY...NORTHEASTERN BUTTS AND
NEWTON COUNTIES...
At 753 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Kelleytown to near Ola to Jenkinsburg, moving east at
50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
McDonough, Covington, Stockbridge, Locust Grove, Oxford, Porterdale,
Jenkinsburg, Stewart, Blacksville, Ola, Magnet, Worthville, Almon,
Flippen, Fincherville, Kelleytown, Oak Hill and Rocky Plains.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3369 8383 3346 8379 3344 8380 3344 8382
3341 8385 3339 8383 3337 8386 3336 8386
3331 8415 3333 8415 3334 8417 3352 8420
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 249DEG 42KT 3353 8410 3347 8402 3333 8407
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 8:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 24 min |
| Jun 22, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 51 min |
| Jun 22, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Paulding | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan, Newton | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 23 min |
| Jun 22, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall | 32 min |
| Jun 22, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Paulding | 28 min |
| Jun 22, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 49 min |
| Jun 22, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 24 min |
| Jun 22, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 51 min |
| Jun 22, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Wilkes | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton | 49 min |
| Jun 22, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Jackson | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether, Troup | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 32 min |
| Jun 22, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale, Walton | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Oconee | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike and 1 more | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee, Walton | 51 min |
| Jun 22, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 35 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.