Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2018, 2:47 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 43 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 28, 2018, 2:47 PM EDT (18:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2018, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Harris County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Troup County, GA
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 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, 2:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ssw Lagrange, GA | REPORT OF A TREE DOWN ON 4TH AVE IN LAGRANGE, GA. |
| Jun 28, 3:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Lagrange, GA | REPORT OF A TREE DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF MURPHY AVE AND JUNIPER STREET IN LAGRANGE, GA. |
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 28, 11:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 83 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.
449
WUUS52 KFFC 281847
SVRFFC
GAC145-199-215-285-281930-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0207.180628T1847Z-180628T1930Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
247 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Meriwether County in west central Georgia...
Northwestern Muscogee County in west central Georgia...
Troup County in west central Georgia...
Harris County in west central Georgia...
* Until 330 PM EDT.
* At 246 PM EDT, the leading edge of a line of severe thunderstorms
were located along a line extending from Stroud Creek to near
Fortson, moving southwest at 30 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...
LaGrange, Hamilton, West Point, Hogansville, Pine Mountain, F.d.
Roosevelt State Park, Green Island Hills, Mountville, Cannonville,
Cataula, Louise, Stovall, Piedmont Heights, Mountain Hill,
Harrisonville, Hillcrest, Big Springs, Wares Crossroads, Bartletts
Ferry Dam and Fortson.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail, 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 3321 8497 3280 8471 3250 8500 3258 8507
3263 8508 3264 8511 3266 8509 3269 8512
3274 8511 3276 8514 3278 8512 3281 8517
3285 8515 3286 8519 3312 8523
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 035DEG 25KT 3305 8526 3264 8492
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
183
WWUS52 KFFC 281907
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
307 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2018
GAC199-281916-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0207.000000T0000Z-180628T1930Z/
Meriwether GA-
307 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
.
LAT...LON 3310 8508 3270 8481 3250 8500 3258 8507
3263 8508 3264 8511 3266 8509 3269 8512
3274 8511 3276 8514 3278 8512 3281 8517
3285 8515 3286 8519 3308 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 004DEG 31KT 3273 8513 3255 8498
$$
GAC145-215-285-281930-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0207.000000T0000Z-180628T1930Z/
Muscogee GA-Troup GA-Harris GA-
307 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MUSCOGEE...SOUTHWESTERN TROUP AND CENTRAL HARRIS
COUNTIES...
At 306 PM EDT, the leading edge of a line of severe thunderstorms
was located along a line extending from near Beulah to Green Island
Hills, moving south at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
LaGrange, Hamilton, West Point, Green Island Hills, Cannonville,
Cataula, State Line Park, Abbottsford, Piedmont Heights, Mountain
Hill, Jones Crossroads, Bartletts Ferry Dam, Baughs Crossroads,
Fortson, Mulberry Grove, Smiths Crossroad, Whitesville-Pine Lake,
Lake Harding and Long Cane.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
If on or near West Point Lake, get away from the water and move
indoors or inside a vehicle. remember, lightning can strike out to
15 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you
are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter
now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
&&
LAT...LON 3310 8508 3270 8481 3250 8500 3258 8507
3263 8508 3264 8511 3266 8509 3269 8512
3274 8511 3276 8514 3278 8512 3281 8517
3285 8515 3286 8519 3308 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 004DEG 31KT 3273 8513 3255 8498
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$468
WWUS52 KFFC 281927
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
327 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2018
GAC145-215-285-281937-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0207.000000T0000Z-180628T1930Z/
Muscogee GA-Troup GA-Harris GA-
327 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MUSCOGEE...
SOUTHWESTERN TROUP AND CENTRAL HARRIS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 330 PM
EDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened or moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
However gusty winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.
LAT...LON 3310 8508 3270 8481 3250 8500 3258 8507
3263 8508 3264 8511 3266 8509 3269 8512
3274 8511 3276 8514 3278 8512 3281 8517
3285 8515 3286 8519 3308 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 035DEG 25KT 3262 8522 3244 8507
$$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, 11:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 45 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, 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.