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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 1, 20184 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2018, 3:17 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 28 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
Jun 1, 2018, 3:17 PM EDT (19:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2018, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Carroll County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Polk County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 3:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ssw Felton, GATREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ON BETHLEHEM CHURCH RD NEAR THE BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH.
Jun 1, 3:24 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nnw Buchanan, GA10 TO 15 TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN COUNTY-WIDE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 2018-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 521 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2018-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
521 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
809 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

170 
WUUS52 KFFC 011917
SVRFFC
GAC045-143-223-233-011945-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0070.180601T1917Z-180601T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
317 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Paulding County in northwestern Georgia...
  Northeastern Carroll County in northwestern Georgia...
  Haralson County in northwestern Georgia...
  Southern Polk County in northwestern Georgia...

* Until 345 PM EDT.

* At 317 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Buchanan,
  moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Dallas, Buchanan, Villa Rica, Bremen, Temple, Tallapoosa, Waco,
  Yorkville, Eubank Lake, Antioch, Draketown, Felton and New Georgia.

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 3397 8532 3396 8481 3377 8488 3378 8490
      3373 8490 3373 8491 3372 8491 3366 8493
      3369 8535
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 275DEG 32KT 3385 8516 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
470 
WWUS52 KFFC 011932
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
332 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018

GAC233-011941-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-180601T1945Z/
Polk GA-
332 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
north central and northwestern Georgia.

LAT...LON 3391 8517 3391 8505 3393 8505 3396 8481
      3377 8488 3378 8489 3378 8490 3373 8490
      3373 8491 3366 8493 3369 8535
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 282DEG 27KT 3379 8511 

$$

GAC045-143-223-011945-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-180601T1945Z/
Paulding GA-Carroll GA-Haralson GA-
332 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN PAULDING...NORTHEASTERN CARROLL AND HARALSON
COUNTIES...

At 331 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Draketown, or
near Buchanan, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Dallas, Buchanan, Villa Rica, Bremen, Temple, Tallapoosa, Waco,
Yorkville, Draketown, Eubank Lake and New Georgia.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3391 8517 3391 8505 3393 8505 3396 8481
      3377 8488 3378 8489 3378 8490 3373 8490
      3373 8491 3366 8493 3369 8535
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 282DEG 27KT 3379 8511 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 8:52 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett60 min
May 31, 9:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Putnam29 min
May 31, 9:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa26 min
May 31, 9:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Whitfield39 min
May 31, 9:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Washington23 min
May 31, 10:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa26 min
May 31, 11:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa34 min
May 31, 11:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker45 min
May 31, 11:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker44 min
May 31, 11:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson43 min
May 31, 11:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCWhite5 hr
Jun 1, 12:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens33 min
Jun 1, 12:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee44 min
Jun 1, 12:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall39 min
Jun 1, 12:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Hall46 min
Jun 1, 1:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Clarke, Oconee35 min
Jun 1, 1:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding49 min
Jun 1, 1:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee42 min
Jun 1, 2:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Newton44 min
Jun 1, 3:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Jasper, Jones42 min
Jun 1, 5:29 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCWhitfield52 hr
Jun 1, 8:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade36 min
Jun 1, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Walker24 min
Jun 1, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Douglas, Fulton35 min
Jun 1, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Floyd, Gordon29 min
Jun 1, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield41 min
Jun 1, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett36 min
Jun 1, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd49 min
Jun 1, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas27 min
Jun 1, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Gordon28 min
Jun 1, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton35 min
Jun 1, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Floyd, Haralson, Paulding, Polk30 min
Jun 1, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens28 min
Jun 1, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, DeKalb27 min
Jun 1, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Walton36 min
Jun 1, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee33 min
Jun 1, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb, Fulton45 min
Jun 1, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Newton, Rockdale28 min
Jun 1, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson31 min
Jun 1, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton28 min
Jun 1, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette and 2 more39 min
Jun 1, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton34 min
Jun 1, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth33 min
Jun 1, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Gwinnett, Hall43 min
Jun 1, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard27 min
Jun 1, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Heard38 min
Jun 1, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin46 min
Jun 1, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Henry, Jasper, Newton, Spalding35 min
Jun 1, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro and 1 more30 min
Jun 1, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Henry, Meriwether and 3 more52 min
Jun 1, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam28 min
Jun 1, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Newton and 1 more52 min
Jun 1, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes29 min
Jun 1, 5:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCobb, Paulding5 hr
Jun 1, 5:06 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb24 hr
Jun 1, 5:09 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCCobb17 min
Jun 1, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Putnam26 min
Jun 1, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Harris, Jones, Lamar, Meriwether and 5 more39 min
Jun 1, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe62 min
Jun 1, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes25 min
Jun 1, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Monroe and 2 more48 min
Jun 1, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs, Washington, Wilkinson33 min
Jun 1, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon27 min
Jun 1, 7:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee24 min
Jun 1, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Stewart49 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.