Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2018, 1:32 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 min. 8 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 23, 2018, 1:32 PM EDT (17:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2018, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 1:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Cloudland Canyon St, GA | GA 511 REPORTING A TREE DOWN ON SUNSET RD BLOCKING ALL LANES OF TRAFFIC, NEAR GA 136. |
| Jun 23, 1:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Cloudland Canyon, GA | 911 REPORTING A FERW TREES BLOWN OVER ALONG HWY 136 AT MM10 |
| Jun 23, 1:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese New England, GA | 911 CALL CENTER REPORTING CALLER COUNTED APPROX 6 TREES DOWN ALONG BURKHALTER GAP RD. |
| Jun 23, 1:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese New England, GA | REPORT VIA TWITTER OF A TREE BLOWN DOWN ON BURKHALTER GAP RD BLOCKING 1 LANE, ON THE SIDE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN. |
| Jun 23, 1:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Trenton, GA | TREES ARE DOWN ALL OVER DADE COUNTY, INCLUDING 3 LARGE TREES DOWN ALONG N SUNSET DR IN TRENTON |
| Jun 23, 1:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese New England, GA | REPORT OF A TREE DOWN ON CREEK RD |
| Jun 23, 2:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Fort Oglethorpe, GA | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF ALEXANDER BRIDGE RD AND LAFAYETTE RD. |
| Jun 23, 2:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ene Boynton, GA | TWO TREES REPORTED DOWN ON THREE NOTCH RD NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH BATTLEFIELD PKWY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 12:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 952 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
043
WUUS52 KFFC 231732
SVRFFC
GAC047-083-295-231815-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0154.180623T1732Z-180623T1815Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
132 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Catoosa County in northwestern Georgia...
Northwestern Walker County in northwestern Georgia...
Dade County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 215 PM EDT.
* At 132 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near South Pittsburg to near Bridgeport, moving east
at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Trenton, Fort Oglethorpe, Rossville, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain,
Lakeview, Indian Springs, Blue Spring, Cole City, Wildwood,
Fairview, Stephensville, Boynton, Beaumont, Chattanooga Valley,
New England, Morganville, Hooker, Cloudland Canyon State Park and
East Ridge.
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 3498 8543 3499 8516 3482 8515 3483 8558
3498 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 1732Z 261DEG 38KT 3499 8575 3488 8574
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 22, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan, Newton | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 8:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 8:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 53 min |
| Jun 22, 8:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Jones, Monroe | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 8:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 51 min |
| Jun 22, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Houston, Macon, Peach, Taylor | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 9:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 9:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Wilkinson | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 9:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 22 min |
| Jun 22, 10:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 10:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson, Johnson | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 11:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 1:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 2:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 33 min |
| Jun 23, 3:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 24 min |
| Jun 23, 1:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade, Walker | 49 min |
| Jun 23, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 27 min |
| Jun 23, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 38 min |
| Jun 23, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 51 min |
| Jun 23, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 38 min |
| Jun 23, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 51 min |
| Jun 23, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 36 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.