Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2018, 3:20 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min. 2 reports 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
- May 31, 2018, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2018, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 3:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Varnell, GA | TREE DOWN ACROSS THE ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF REED RD AND SHADOW ROCK DR. |
| May 31, 4:08 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Ssw Tunnel Hill, GA | QUARTER-SIZED HAIL REPORTED ON MOUNT VERNON RD NEAR TUNNEL HILL. |
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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 909 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
773
WUUS52 KFFC 311920
SVRFFC
GAC047-313-312000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0055.180531T1920Z-180531T2000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
320 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Catoosa County in northwestern Georgia...
Northeastern Whitfield County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 400 PM EDT.
* At 320 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Apison, or 7
miles northeast of Ringgold, moving southeast 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...
Dalton, Ringgold, Varnell, Tunnel Hill, Cohutta, Beaverdale, Rocky
Face, 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 8486 3495 8483 3492 8484 3490 8483
3489 8483 3487 8482 3486 8483 3486 8484
3485 8484 3484 8485 3476 8507 3499 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 336DEG 7KT 3499 8501
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
393
WWUS52 KFFC 311948
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
348 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2018
GAC047-313-312000-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-180531T2000Z/
Catoosa GA-Whitfield GA-
348 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CATOOSA AND NORTHEASTERN WHITFIELD COUNTIES...
At 347 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Tunnel Hill, or
near Ringgold, moving southeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Dalton, Ringgold, Varnell, Tunnel Hill, Cohutta, Beaverdale, Rocky
Face, Red Clay S.p. and Apison.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3499 8486 3495 8483 3492 8484 3490 8483
3489 8483 3487 8482 3486 8483 3486 8484
3485 8484 3484 8485 3476 8507 3499 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 323DEG 9KT 3485 8503
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 32 min |
| May 30, 9:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 40 min |
| May 30, 10:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Macon | 36 min |
| May 30, 11:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Monroe, Schley, Taylor | 47 min |
| May 31, 12:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Crawford, Jasper, Lamar, Macon, Monroe and 5 more | 53 min |
| May 31, 12:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Crawford, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 6 hr |
| May 31, 1:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Pulaski | 66 min |
| May 31, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 30 min |
| May 31, 2:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | White | 6 hr |
| May 31, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 28 min |
| May 31, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 32 min |
| May 31, 2:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | White | 6 hr |
| May 31, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 38 min |
| May 31, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Towns, Union | 33 min |
| May 31, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 27 min |
| May 31, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Union | 29 min |
| May 31, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 47 min |
| May 31, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 38 min |
| May 31, 4:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | White | 6 hr |
| May 31, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Union | 29 min |
| May 31, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | White | 39 min |
| May 31, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Gordon, Lumpkin, Pickens | 38 min |
| May 31, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 31 min |
| May 31, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Cherokee, Dawson, Gordon, Hall, Pickens | 22 min |
| May 31, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Pickens | 24 min |
| May 31, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 20 min |
| May 31, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 26 min |
| May 31, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 36 min |
| May 31, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 37 min |
| May 31, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 30 min |
| May 31, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 35 min |
| May 31, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Rockdale | 24 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.