Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2018, 5:44 PM EDT for Carroll County, Haralson County, Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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, 5:44 PM EDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2018, 6:18 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Carroll County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Heard County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.
571
WUUS52 KFFC 212144
SVRFFC
GAC045-143-149-212230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0253.180721T2144Z-180721T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
544 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Carroll County in northwestern Georgia...
Southwestern Haralson County in northwestern Georgia...
North central Heard County in west central Georgia...
* Until 630 PM EDT.
* At 544 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near I 20 Welcome
Center, or 14 miles east of Heflin, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Carrollton, Bowdon, Mount Zion, Centralhatchee, Roopville, Clem,
John Tanner State Park, Lowell and Tyus.
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 3366 8526 3367 8523 3359 8492 3336 8507
3348 8531 3372 8535
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 285DEG 28KT 3361 8534
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
375
WWUS52 KFFC 212218
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
618 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2018
GAC045-143-149-212227-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0253.000000T0000Z-180721T2230Z/
Carroll GA-Haralson GA-Heard GA-
618 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CARROLL...
SOUTHWESTERN HARALSON AND NORTH CENTRAL HEARD COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM EDT for
northwestern and west central Georgia.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Peachtree City.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
portions of Heard County.
LAT...LON 3366 8526 3367 8523 3359 8492 3336 8507
3348 8531 3372 8535
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 285DEG 28KT 3354 8504
$$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, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson | 41 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.