Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2018, 3:58 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2018, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 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), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 4:07 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Dalton, GA | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS TREES DOWN AREAWIDE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WHITFIELD COUNTY |
| 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.
769
WUUS52 KFFC 311958
SVRFFC
GAC047-313-312045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0056.180531T1958Z-180531T2045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
358 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Catoosa County in northwestern Georgia...
Whitfield County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 445 PM EDT.
* At 357 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rocky Face,
or near Dalton, moving southeast at 5 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, Varnell, Tunnel Hill, Rocky Face, Mill Creek and Wood
Station.
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 3479 8487 3477 8488 3474 8485 3473 8487
3472 8486 3471 8487 3471 8488 3470 8489
3471 8493 3468 8490 3468 8494 3467 8494
3462 8505 3472 8505 3472 8514 3477 8515
3483 8518 3491 8499
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 333DEG 5KT 3481 8505
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
723
WWUS52 KFFC 312025
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
425 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2018
GAC047-312034-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-180531T2045Z/
Catoosa GA-
425 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CATOOSA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3479 8487 3477 8488 3474 8485 3473 8487
3472 8486 3471 8487 3471 8494 3468 8490
3468 8494 3467 8494 3462 8505 3472 8505
3472 8514 3476 8515 3482 8513 3482 8506
3486 8506 3487 8502 3490 8502 3491 8499
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 332DEG 6KT 3477 8502
$$
GAC313-312045-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-180531T2045Z/
Whitfield GA-
425 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL WHITFIELD COUNTY...
At 424 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mill Creek, or
near Dalton, moving southeast at 5 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, Varnell, Tunnel Hill, Rocky Face and Mill Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3479 8487 3477 8488 3474 8485 3473 8487
3472 8486 3471 8487 3471 8494 3468 8490
3468 8494 3467 8494 3462 8505 3472 8505
3472 8514 3476 8515 3482 8513 3482 8506
3486 8506 3487 8502 3490 8502 3491 8499
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 332DEG 6KT 3477 8502
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, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 40 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, 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.