Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2018, 3:44 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Murray County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 3, 2018, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2018, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Murray County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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 3, 4:06 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Dalton, GA | A TREE FELL ON POWER LINES NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WALNUT AVENUE AND LAKSESHORE DRIVE. |
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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 744 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1257 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
438
WUUS52 KFFC 031944
SVRFFC
GAC047-213-313-032015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0094.180603T1944Z-180603T2015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
344 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Catoosa County in northwestern Georgia...
Central Murray County in northwestern Georgia...
Whitfield County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 415 PM EDT.
* At 344 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Boynton to near Sumac, moving south 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...
Dalton, Chatsworth, Ringgold, Fort Oglethorpe, Varnell, Eton,
Tunnel Hill, Cohutta, Indian Springs, Wood Station, Rocky Face,
Mill Creek, Boynton, Beaumont, Beaverdale and Dawnville.
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 3493 8484 3470 8467 3471 8505 3472 8505
3472 8514 3475 8516 3477 8515 3478 8517
3497 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 353DEG 16KT 3491 8520 3486 8483
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
467
WWUS52 KFFC 032000
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
400 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018
GAC047-213-313-032015-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-180603T2015Z/
Catoosa GA-Murray GA-Whitfield GA-
400 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL CATOOSA...CENTRAL MURRAY AND CENTRAL WHITFIELD
COUNTIES...
At 359 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Beaumont to near Dawnville, moving south at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Dalton, Chatsworth, Ringgold, Varnell, Eton, Tunnel Hill, Mill Creek,
Dawnville and Rocky Face.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3492 8485 3470 8467 3471 8499 3472 8505
3477 8509 3492 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 353DEG 16KT 3486 8519 3481 8482
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Warren | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 31 min |
| Jun 3, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 28 min |
| Jun 3, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 26 min |
| Jun 3, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Murray, Whitfield | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Gordon, Whitfield | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 16 min |
| Jun 3, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 25 min |
| Jun 3, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee, Troup | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 26 min |
| Jun 3, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 27 min |
| Jun 3, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 14 min |
| Jun 3, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 25 min |
| Jun 3, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 27 min |
| Jun 3, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Newton | 28 min |
| Jun 3, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 15 min |
| Jun 3, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Monroe, Newton, Spalding | 25 min |
| Jun 3, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 23 min |
| Jun 3, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Spalding | 25 min |
| Jun 3, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Butts, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe and 2 more | 28 min |
| Jun 3, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Spalding, Upson | 26 min |
| Jun 3, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 39 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.