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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 23, 2018DeKalb County, Rockdale County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2018, 4:12 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 18 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 2018, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2018, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties DeKalb County, GA, Rockdale County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 12:00Z on 2018-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2018-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

134 
WUUS52 KFFC 232012
SVRFFC
GAC089-247-232045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0035.180423T2012Z-180423T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
412 PM EDT MON APR 23 2018

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Rockdale County in north central Georgia...
  Southeastern DeKalb County in north central Georgia...

* Until 445 PM EDT

* At 411 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Richardson
  Park, or near Conyers, moving northeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Conyers, Lithonia, Richardson Park and Arabia Mountain. 

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 3357 8411 3359 8415 3371 8411 3367 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 220DEG 12KT 3361 8411 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
401 
WWUS52 KFFC 232030
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
430 PM EDT MON APR 23 2018

GAC089-247-232039-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-180423T2045Z/
Rockdale GA-DeKalb GA-
430 PM EDT MON APR 23 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL ROCKDALE AND
SOUTHEASTERN DEKALB COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
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 has been cancelled.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Peachtree City.

LAT...LON 3357 8411 3359 8415 3371 8411 3367 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 220DEG 12KT 3366 8406 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 1:12 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDade47 hr
Apr 23, 3:04 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCWalker13 hr
Apr 23, 4:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton60 hr
Apr 23, 6:10 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth18 hr
Apr 23, 8:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens, Treutlen31 min
Apr 23, 8:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson, Treutlen29 min
Apr 23, 9:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Treutlen65 min
Apr 23, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens34 min
Apr 23, 2:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson24 min
Apr 23, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts37 min
Apr 23, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton28 min
Apr 23, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton31 min
Apr 23, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCRockdale31 min
Apr 23, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens25 min
Apr 23, 3:55 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHenry, Rockdale21 min
Apr 23, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens28 min
Apr 23, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan26 min
Apr 23, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson37 min
Apr 23, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan43 min
Apr 23, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens30 min
Apr 23, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair24 min
Apr 23, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair, Wilcox20 min
Apr 23, 5:12 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCGreene33 min
Apr 23, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Treutlen30 min
Apr 23, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair23 min
Apr 23, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb27 min
Apr 23, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene35 min
Apr 23, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel30 min
Apr 23, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan25 min
Apr 23, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones35 min
Apr 23, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel45 min
Apr 23, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam40 min
Apr 23, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler36 min
Apr 23, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs, Wheeler24 min
Apr 23, 6:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGreene, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam6 hr
Apr 23, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam32 min
Apr 23, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Toombs45 min
Apr 23, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Toombs28 min
Apr 23, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.