Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2018, 12:44 AM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 46 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
- Jun 1, 2018, 12:44 AM EDT (04:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2018, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Hall County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 12:50 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ne Cumming, GA | 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 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 1697 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1143 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
177
WUUS52 KFFC 010444
SVRFFC
GAC015-057-085-117-121-139-010530-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0063.180601T0444Z-180601T0530Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1244 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Cherokee County in north central Georgia...
Forsyth County in north central Georgia...
Southern Dawson County in north central Georgia...
Southwestern Hall County in north central Georgia...
North central Fulton County in north central Georgia...
Eastern Bartow County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 130 AM EDT.
* At 1243 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Silver City to near White, moving south at 25 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...
Canton, Cartersville, Cumming, Dawsonville, Milton, Woodstock,
Holly Springs, Emerson, Ball Ground, White, Waleska, Free Home,
Buffington, Dougherty, Hickory Flat, Drew, Kellogg Creek, Red Top
Mountain State Park, Coal Mountain and Hightower.
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 3414 8397 3417 8406 3413 8410 3408 8480
3437 8482 3439 8458 3438 8452 3439 8443
3437 8440 3438 8439 3438 8426 3441 8426
3443 8403
TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 357DEG 20KT 3432 8410 3425 8471
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
194
WWUS52 KFFC 010513
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
113 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018
GAC085-139-010522-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-180601T0530Z/
Dawson GA-Hall GA-
113 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DAWSON AND
SOUTHWESTERN HALL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area, but additional strong storms remain over southern Hall county.
LAT...LON 3429 8459 3430 8451 3432 8443 3429 8434
3431 8426 3430 8401 3420 8398 3419 8401
3420 8402 3419 8405 3413 8410 3408 8480
3409 8480 3423 8481
TIME...MOT...LOC 0512Z 357DEG 20KT 3419 8409 3412 8470
$$
GAC015-057-117-121-010530-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-180601T0530Z/
Cherokee GA-Forsyth GA-Fulton GA-Bartow GA-
113 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT
FOR CHEROKEE...FORSYTH...NORTH CENTRAL FULTON AND SOUTHEASTERN BARTOW
COUNTIES...
At 112 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Cumming to near Red Top Mountain State Park,
moving south at 25 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...
Canton, Cartersville, Cumming, Milton, Woodstock, Holly Springs,
Emerson, Free Home, Buffington, Hickory Flat, Drew, Kellogg Creek,
Red Top Mountain State Park, Coal Mountain, Hightower, Matt,
Lathemtown, Hobgood Park, Union Hill and Lake Arrowhead.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3429 8459 3430 8451 3432 8443 3429 8434
3431 8426 3430 8401 3420 8398 3419 8401
3420 8402 3419 8405 3413 8410 3408 8480
3409 8480 3423 8481
TIME...MOT...LOC 0512Z 357DEG 20KT 3419 8409 3412 8470
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 31, 8:52 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 60 min |
| May 31, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Putnam | 29 min |
| May 31, 9:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 26 min |
| May 31, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 39 min |
| May 31, 9:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Washington | 23 min |
| May 31, 10:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 26 min |
| May 31, 11:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 34 min |
| May 31, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 45 min |
| May 31, 11:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 44 min |
| May 31, 11:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 43 min |
| May 31, 11:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | White | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 12:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 12:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 1:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Oconee | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 1:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 1:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 2:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Newton | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 3:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Jasper, Jones | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 5:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 52 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette and 2 more | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton, Spalding | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro and 1 more | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Henry, Meriwether and 3 more | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Newton and 1 more | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 5:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:06 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 24 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:09 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 17 min |
| Jun 1, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Putnam | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Harris, Jones, Lamar, Meriwether and 5 more | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Monroe and 2 more | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs, Washington, Wilkinson | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart | 49 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.