Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2018, 2:37 PM EDT for Fannin County, Gilmer County, Murray County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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, 2:37 PM EDT (18:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2018, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Murray County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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, 3:11 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nne Cherry Log, GA | MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN ON MAXWELL RD IN THE CHERRY LOG CREEK AREA. WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH. |
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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 670 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted.
414
WUUS52 KFFC 231837
SVRFFC
GAC111-123-213-231915-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0156.180623T1837Z-180623T1915Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
237 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Murray County in northwestern Georgia...
Gilmer County in north central Georgia...
Fannin County in north central Georgia...
* Until 315 PM EDT.
* At 236 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Conasauga to Carters, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Ellijay, Blue Ridge, East Ellijay, Morganton, Jones Mill, Higdon,
Loving, Cohutta Wilderness, Epworth, Conasauga Lake, Cartecay,
Pisgah, Mineral Bluff, Cherry Log, Stover Creek Shelter, Fort
Mountain State Park, Carters, Hemp, Talona and Tails Creek.
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 3499 8414 3495 8418 3491 8413 3486 8413
3484 8415 3475 8412 3462 8419 3461 8419
3460 8425 3457 8426 3458 8433 3457 8434
3458 8453 3460 8473 3461 8473 3461 8472
3462 8472 3461 8475 3499 8474
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 268DEG 40KT 3498 8466 3461 8469
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
638
WWUS52 KFFC 231901
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
301 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2018
GAC213-231910-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0156.000000T0000Z-180623T1915Z/
Murray GA-
301 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MURRAY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 400 PM EDT for
northwestern Georgia.
LAT...LON 3499 8414 3495 8418 3491 8413 3486 8413
3484 8415 3475 8412 3461 8419 3462 8420
3460 8425 3457 8426 3458 8433 3457 8434
3459 8464 3478 8463 3479 8461 3482 8458
3486 8462 3499 8462
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 268DEG 40KT 3499 8436 3462 8439
$$
GAC111-123-231915-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0156.000000T0000Z-180623T1915Z/
Gilmer GA-Fannin GA-
301 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR GILMER AND FANNIN COUNTIES...
At 300 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Copperhill to Cartecay, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Ellijay, Blue Ridge, East Ellijay, Morganton, Jones Mill, Higdon,
Loving, Cohutta Wilderness, Epworth, Cartecay, Pisgah, Mineral Bluff,
Cherry Log, Stover Creek Shelter, Hemp, Talona, Tails Creek, Margret,
Hurst and Dial.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3499 8414 3495 8418 3491 8413 3486 8413
3484 8415 3475 8412 3461 8419 3462 8420
3460 8425 3457 8426 3458 8433 3457 8434
3459 8464 3478 8463 3479 8461 3482 8458
3486 8462 3499 8462
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 268DEG 40KT 3499 8436 3462 8439
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, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 43 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, 2:39 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.