Severe Thunderstorm Warning 306, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 8, 2018, 8:14 PM EDT (00:14 UTC)

Expired

Aug 8, 2018, 8:45 PM EDT

In force

31 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Hail

1.0 in

Wind

60.0 mph

County Harris County, GA

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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941 
WUUS52 KFFC 090014
SVRFFC
GAC145-090045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0306.180809T0014Z-180809T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
814 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2018

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Harris County in west central Georgia...

* Until 845 PM EDT.

* At 814 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Goat Rock
  Lake, or 7 miles northeast of Smiths, moving northeast at 10 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...
  Hamilton, Waverly Hall, Ellerslie, Mountain Hill, Cataula,
  Bartletts Ferry Dam, Fortson, Mulberry Grove and Lake Harding.

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 3287 8491 3266 8471 3258 8488 3258 8491
      3261 8491 3261 8507 3263 8509 3263 8508
      3264 8509 3265 8511 3266 8509 3267 8510
      3269 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 230DEG 8KT 3263 8502 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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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.