Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2018, 3:30 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Cobb County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min. 3 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, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2018, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cherokee County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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, 3:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Canton, GA | EM REPORTS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN AROUND I-575 AT EXIT 16 |
| Jun 1, 3:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Lebanon, GA | LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN NEAR HOLLY SPRINGS PKWY AND EAST CHEROKEE DR |
| Jun 1, 3:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Woodstock, GA | EM REPORTS TREE AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG NEESE RD NEAR STATIONS DR |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
503
WUUS52 KFFC 011930
SVRFFC
GAC057-067-121-012015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0072.180601T1930Z-180601T2015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
330 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Cherokee County in north central Georgia...
Northeastern Cobb County in north central Georgia...
Northeastern Fulton County in north central Georgia...
* Until 415 PM EDT.
* At 330 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Hobgood Park,
or 8 miles southwest of Canton, moving east at 15 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, Sandy Springs, Roswell, Alpharetta, Milton, Kennesaw,
Woodstock, Acworth, Holly Springs, Hickory Flat, Union Hill, Sweat
Mountain, Kellogg Creek, Oak Grove, Kennesaw State University,
Birmingham, Little River Landing, Lebanon, Sandy Plains and
Holbrook.
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 3411 8426 3410 8424 3399 8426 3397 8426
3396 8427 3404 8465 3423 8462 3423 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 277DEG 13KT 3413 8455
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, 12:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Hall | 46 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, 3:32 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.