Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 299, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2018, 3:39 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Murray County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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
- Aug 8, 2018, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2018, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Murray County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 3:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Gregory, GA | REPORTS OF MULTIPLE POWER LINES DOWN ON TENNGA GREGORY ROAD AND SHIELDS ROAD IN THE CISCO, GA AREA IN NORTHERN MURRAY COUNTY. |
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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
815
WUUS52 KFFC 081939
SVRFFC
GAC047-213-313-082015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0299.180808T1939Z-180808T2015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
339 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Catoosa County in northwestern Georgia...
North central Murray County in northwestern Georgia...
Northeastern Whitfield County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 415 PM EDT.
* At 338 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Beaverdale,
or 12 miles east of Ringgold, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Varnell, Cohutta, Tennga, Beaverdale, Dawnville, Sumac, Cisco,
Gregory, Red Clay S.p. and Apison.
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 3499 8462 3497 8462 3480 8488 3493 8507
3499 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 225DEG 38KT 3494 8489
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 12:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 12:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 18 min |
| Aug 8, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Union | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 40 min |
| Aug 8, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens, Towns, Union | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon, Pickens, Polk | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Hall, Jackson | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Forsyth, Hall, Jackson | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Madison | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson, Paulding | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Peach | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 25 min |
| Aug 8, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Peach | 37 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.