Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 320, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 2018, 8:56 PM EDT for Murray County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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 30, 2018, 8:56 PM EDT (00:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2018, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Murray County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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 30, 9:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Chatsworth, GA | POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 52 AND HWY 225. |
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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 787 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1240 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
673
WUUS52 KFFC 310056
SVRFFC
GAC213-313-310130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0320.180831T0056Z-180831T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
856 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Murray County in northwestern Georgia...
Northeastern Whitfield County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 930 PM EDT.
* At 856 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Dawnville, or
near Dalton, moving north at 5 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Dalton, Chatsworth, Varnell, Eton, Cohutta, Crandall, Beaverdale,
Dawnville and Sumac.
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 3493 8467 3471 8478 3474 8499 3497 8499
3498 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 190DEG 5KT 3480 8487
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 36 min |
| Aug 30, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 27 min |
| Aug 31, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 26 min |
| Aug 31, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 32 min |
| Aug 31, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Sumter, Webster | 29 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.