Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2018, 6:45 PM EDT for Henry County, Newton County, Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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 3, 2018, 6:45 PM EDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2018, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Henry County, GA, Newton County, GA, Rockdale County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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, 6:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nne Mcdonough, GA | MULTIPLE TREES REPORTED DOWN IN MCDONOUGH. |
| Jun 3, 7:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Ola, GA | TREE REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 81 AND NEW HOPE ROAD. |
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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 41 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.
018 WUUS52 KFFC 032245 SVRFFC GAC151-217-247-032315- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0098.180603T2245Z-180603T2315Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 645 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018 The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Rockdale County in north central Georgia... Eastern Henry County in north central Georgia... West central Newton County in north central Georgia... * Until 715 PM EDT. * At 645 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Kelleytown, or near McDonough, moving southeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... McDonough, Stockbridge, Ola, Magnet, Kelleytown, Oak Hill and Rocky Plains. 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 3353 8421 3362 8409 3354 8388 3334 8405 TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 317DEG 28KT 3353 8411 HAIL...<.75IN 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, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Murray, Whitfield | 31 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, 6:48 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.