Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2018, 11:15 AM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 45 min. 3 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 28, 2018, 11:15 AM EDT (15:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2018, 12:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 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, Gordon County, GA, Murray County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:15 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 28, 11:15 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sse Rocky Face, GA | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN DALTON; BATTLELINE DRIVE, SOUTH DIXIE HWY. |
| Jun 28, 11:42 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ranger, GA | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ALONG HWY-411 FROM RANGER TO FAIRMONT. |
| Jun 28, 12:06 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Beaumont, GA | TREE REPORTED DOWN AT THREE NOTCH RD AND BURNING BUSH RD. |
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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted.
550
WUUS52 KFFC 281515
SVRFFC
GAC047-083-129-213-295-313-281600-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0196.180628T1515Z-180628T1600Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1115 AM EDT THU JUN 28 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Catoosa County in northwestern Georgia...
Southern Murray County in northwestern Georgia...
Whitfield County in northwestern Georgia...
Walker County in northwestern Georgia...
Gordon County in northwestern Georgia...
Northern Dade County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until noon EDT.
* At 1114 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Signal Mountain to near Rocky Face to Ramhurst,
moving southeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Dalton, Calhoun, Lafayette, Chatsworth, Ringgold, Trenton, Fort
Oglethorpe, Chickamauga, Varnell, Tunnel Hill, Resaca, Fairmount,
Ranger, Redbud, Blue Spring, Fairview, Linwood, Villanow,
Chattanooga Valley and Oakman.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Damaging winds and frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring
with these storms. Move indoors immediately.Lightning is one of
nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are
close enough to be struck by lightning.
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 8520 3477 8465 3474 8465 3473 8466
3441 8465 3441 8473 3440 8473 3447 8502
3451 8509 3454 8509 3454 8506 3459 8507
3459 8522 3470 8540 3497 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 1514Z 334DEG 36KT 3512 8536 3478 8508 3468 8473
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
838
WWUS52 KFFC 281549
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1149 AM EDT THU JUN 28 2018
GAC047-083-129-213-295-313-281600-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0196.000000T0000Z-180628T1600Z/
Catoosa GA-Murray GA-Whitfield GA-Walker GA-Gordon GA-Dade GA-
1149 AM EDT THU JUN 28 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT FOR
CATOOSA...SOUTHWESTERN MURRAY...SOUTHERN WHITFIELD...NORTHERN
WALKER...CENTRAL GORDON AND NORTHERN DADE COUNTIES...
At 1149 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Hicks Gap State Park. to near Chickamauga to
Ringgold, moving southeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Dalton, Calhoun, Ringgold, Trenton, Fort Oglethorpe, Chickamauga,
Tunnel Hill, Resaca, Fairmount, Ranger, Redbud, Blue Spring,
Fairview, Chattanooga Valley, Rock Spring, Sonoraville, Noble,
Indian Springs, Wood Station and Rocky Face.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3498 8520 3489 8502 3478 8493 3468 8483
3441 8465 3441 8473 3440 8473 3447 8498
3454 8504 3474 8504 3479 8531 3486 8552
3497 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 1549Z 326DEG 32KT 3505 8546 3490 8530 3489 8512
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 40 min |
| Jun 27, 8:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 26 min |
| Jun 27, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 24 min |
| Jun 27, 9:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 9:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 24 min |
| Jun 27, 10:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 30 min |
| Jun 27, 10:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Cobb, Floyd, Gordon, Polk | 32 min |
| Jun 27, 10:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 11:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 24 min |
| Jun 28, 5:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Towns and 2 more | 36 min |
| Jun 28, 6:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 7:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, DeKalb, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Lumpkin | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 7:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, DeKalb, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson | 25 min |
| Jun 28, 8:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Towns, Union | 26 min |
| Jun 28, 8:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Cherokee, Clarke, DeKalb, Forsyth, Gwinnett and 5 more | 38 min |
| Jun 28, 9:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Jackson | 28 min |
| Jun 28, 9:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 26 min |
| Jun 28, 9:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Oconee, Walton | 32 min |
| Jun 28, 9:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin | 27 min |
| Jun 28, 10:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Hall, Jackson | 23 min |
| Jun 28, 10:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 43 min |
| Jun 28, 10:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield | 48 min |
| Jun 28, 10:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Jackson, Oconee | 24 min |
| Jun 28, 10:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens and 1 more | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 11:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett, Oconee, Walton | 27 min |
| Jun 28, 11:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth | 26 min |
| Jun 28, 11:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 41 min |
| Jun 28, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Walker and 1 more | 60 min |
| Jun 28, 12:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Rockdale | 28 min |
| Jun 28, 12:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 23 min |
| Jun 28, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 30 min |
| Jun 28, 12:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 26 min |
| Jun 28, 12:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 28 min |
| Jun 28, 12:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Walker | 48 min |
| Jun 28, 1:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Fayette, Lamar, Spalding | 27 min |
| Jun 28, 1:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 24 min |
| Jun 28, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington, Wilkinson | 36 min |
| Jun 28, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup | 49 min |
| Jun 28, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Upson | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 1:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 29 min |
| Jun 28, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Polk, Walker | 49 min |
| Jun 28, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Johnson, Peach, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 32 min |
| Jun 28, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson | 50 min |
| Jun 28, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 43 min |
| Jun 28, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Houston, Laurens, Peach, Pulaski | 32 min |
| Jun 28, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Heard | 29 min |
| Jun 28, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs | 50 min |
| Jun 28, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Marion, Taylor | 29 min |
| Jun 28, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Pulaski | 41 min |
| Jun 28, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 30 min |
| Jun 28, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 28 min |
| Jun 28, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Troup | 43 min |
| Jun 28, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Schley, Stewart, Sumter and 1 more | 45 min |
| Jun 28, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski, Telfair, Wilcox | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Schley, Sumter | 33 min |
| Jun 28, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler | 30 min |
| Jun 28, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 24 min |
| Jun 28, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Schley, Stewart, Sumter and 1 more | 47 min |
| Jun 28, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Sumter | 29 min |
| Jun 28, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 44 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.