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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 320, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 30, 2018Murray County, Whitfield County, Georgia

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 30, 9:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 W Chatsworth, GAPOWER 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2018-08-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 787 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2018-08-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 8:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray36 min
Aug 30, 8:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray, Whitfield27 min
Aug 31, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUnion26 min
Aug 31, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter32 min
Aug 31, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart, Sumter, Webster29 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.