Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2018, 6:02 PM EDT for Banks County, Hall County, Jackson County, Georgia. It was in force for 20 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
- May 31, 2018, 6:02 PM EDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2018, 6:22 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Banks County, GA, Hall County, GA, Jackson County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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, 6:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sse Five Points, GA | ONE TREE DOWN |
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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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.
464
WUUS52 KFFC 312202
SVRFFC
GAC011-139-157-312245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0059.180531T2202Z-180531T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
602 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Banks County in northeastern Georgia...
Southeastern Hall County in north central Georgia...
Jackson County in northeastern Georgia...
* Until 645 PM EDT.
* At 602 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Gillsville,
or 9 miles east of Gainesville, moving southeast at 20 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...
Jefferson, Commerce, Homer, Maysville, Arcade, Nicholson,
Pendergrass, Gillsville, Talmo, Peach State Speedway, Apple Valley
and Banks Crossing.
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 3427 8335 3426 8334 3421 8336 3420 8340
3417 8338 3416 8336 3412 8336 3405 8339
3405 8338 3402 8340 3402 8341 3420 8378
3436 8367
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 299DEG 17KT 3428 8366
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
227
WWUS52 KFFC 312222
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
622 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2018
GAC011-139-157-312232-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-180531T2245Z/
Banks GA-Hall GA-Jackson GA-
622 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BANKS...SOUTHEASTERN
HALL AND JACKSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3427 8335 3426 8334 3421 8336 3420 8340
3417 8338 3416 8336 3412 8336 3405 8339
3405 8338 3402 8340 3402 8341 3420 8378
3436 8367
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 299DEG 17KT 3423 8356
$$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, 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, 6:19 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.