Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2018, 5:34 PM EDT for Haralson County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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
- Jul 21, 2018, 5:34 PM EDT (21:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2018, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Haralson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 2831 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 906 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.6
- Supercell composite
- 24.7
The text
As transmitted.
872
WUUS52 KFFC 212134
SVRFFC
GAC143-212215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0252.180721T2134Z-180721T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
534 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Haralson County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 615 PM EDT.
* At 534 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mars Hills,
or 10 miles west of Buchanan, moving southeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Buchanan and Tallapoosa.
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 3380 8513 3367 8523 3366 8526 3372 8535
3388 8538
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 302DEG 31KT 3381 8538
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
342
WWUS52 KFFC 212207
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
607 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2018
GAC143-212215-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-180721T2215Z/
Haralson GA-
607 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN HARALSON COUNTY...
At 606 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Tallapoosa, or
7 miles southwest of Buchanan, moving southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Buchanan and Tallapoosa.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3380 8513 3367 8523 3366 8526 3372 8535
3388 8538
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 316DEG 17KT 3372 8528
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 1:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin | 55 min |
| Jul 21, 2:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 2:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 2:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 2:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 2:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 3:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Hall, Lumpkin, Pickens and 1 more | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 3:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 23 min |
| Jul 21, 3:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 3:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Murray | 44 min |
| Jul 21, 4:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 59 min |
| Jul 21, 4:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Murray, Whitfield | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 4:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 4:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 4:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Hall, Jackson | 44 min |
| Jul 21, 4:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade | 27 min |
| Jul 21, 4:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade, Walker | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 5:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 5:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 5:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 29 min |
| Jul 21, 5:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 23 min |
| Jul 21, 5:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Pickens | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 5:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Cherokee, Floyd | 25 min |
| Jul 21, 6:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 24 min |
| Jul 21, 6:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 6:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 6:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 6:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Oconee, Walton | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 6:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 6:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas, Haralson | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 6:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Rockdale | 29 min |
| Jul 21, 7:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Putnam, Walton | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 7:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 33 min |
| Jul 21, 7:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Fayette | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 7:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 37 min |
| Jul 21, 7:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Spalding | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 7:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 32 min |
| Jul 21, 8:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jones, Lamar, Monroe | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 8:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 27 min |
| Jul 21, 8:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 37 min |
| Jul 21, 8:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 8:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Troup, Upson | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 8:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 78 min |
| Jul 21, 9:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 29 min |
| Jul 21, 9:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Harris, Talbot, Taylor | 25 min |
| Jul 21, 9:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Houston, Macon, Marion, Muscogee and 3 more | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 9:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 9:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley, Taylor | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 9:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Dooly, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Pulaski and 1 more | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 10:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Montgomery, Wheeler | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 10:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Macon, Sumter | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 10:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 10:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 25 min |
| Jul 21, 10:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 37 min |
| Jul 21, 10:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 53 min |
| Jul 21, 10:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 12 min |
| Jul 21, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Heard | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Heard | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 33 min |
| Jul 21, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Fulton | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 29 min |
| Jul 21, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 24 min |
| Jul 21, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 29 min |
| Jul 21, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 24 min |
| Jul 21, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether, Troup | 32 min |
| Jul 21, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 33 min |
| Jul 21, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 33 min |
| Jul 21, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart | 44 min |
| Jul 21, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 24 min |
| Jul 21, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 33 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.