Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2018, 4:31 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Floyd County, Gordon County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2018, 4:31 PM EDT (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2018, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chattooga County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gordon County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
769
WUUS52 KFFC 262031
SVRFFC
GAC055-115-129-262100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0182.180626T2031Z-180626T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
431 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Floyd County in northwestern Georgia...
Southwestern Gordon County in northwestern Georgia...
Northeastern Chattooga County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 500 PM EDT.
* At 431 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Tidings, or 8
miles east of Summerville, moving east at 20 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...
Calhoun, Plainville, Shannon, Pinson, Oostanaula, Subligna,
Tidings, Armuchee and Everett Springs.
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 3458 8526 3454 8492 3438 8499 3439 8499
3439 8501 3435 8501 3435 8502 3431 8502
3440 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 281DEG 16KT 3448 8520
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
332
WWUS52 KFFC 262052
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
452 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2018
GAC055-115-129-262100-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-180626T2100Z/
Floyd GA-Gordon GA-Chattooga GA-
452 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN FLOYD...SOUTHWESTERN GORDON AND NORTHEASTERN
CHATTOOGA COUNTIES...
At 451 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Everett
Springs, or 9 miles west of Calhoun, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Calhoun, Plainville, Everett Springs, Oostanaula and Subligna.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3457 8519 3454 8492 3439 8500 3439 8501
3438 8501 3436 8502 3444 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 278DEG 14KT 3447 8511
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 28 min |
| Jun 25, 8:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Schley | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Jun 25, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 36 min |
| Jun 25, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 29 min |
| Jun 25, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 16 min |
| Jun 26, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.