Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2018, 7:46 PM EDT for Stewart County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 21, 2018, 7:46 PM EDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2018, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Stewart County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 8:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Providence Canyon State, GA | EM REPORTED SEVERAL SMALLER TREES DOWN ALONG GA HWY 39C NEAR PROVIDENCE CANYON STATE PARK, BUT ONE TOOK OUT A TRANSMISSION LINE THAT KNOCKED POWER OUT FOR PART OF THE COUNTY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 1280 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 852 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
300
WUUS52 KFFC 212346
SVRFFC
GAC259-220030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0261.180721T2346Z-180722T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
746 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Stewart County in west central Georgia...
* Until 830 PM EDT.
* At 746 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fort Mitchell
Activity Center, or 14 miles south of Phenix City, moving southeast
at 30 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...
Omaha, Charles, Louvale and Providence Canyon State Park.
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 3200 8507 3202 8505 3206 8506 3209 8504
3213 8506 3218 8501 3220 8496 3221 8498
3222 8497 3222 8493 3223 8492 3223 8488
3209 8472 3198 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 328DEG 27KT 3227 8508
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
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WWUS52 KFFC 220029
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
829 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2018
GAC259-220039-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-180722T0030Z/
Stewart GA-
829 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN STEWART COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 830 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However small hail
and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM EDT for
west central Georgia.
LAT...LON 3200 8507 3202 8505 3206 8506 3209 8504
3213 8506 3218 8501 3220 8496 3221 8498
3222 8497 3222 8493 3223 8492 3223 8488
3209 8472 3198 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 328DEG 27KT 3201 8489
$$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, 5:44 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, 7:48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.