Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2019
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2019, 7:29 PM EDT for Floyd County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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
- Mar 14, 2019, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2019, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Floyd County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 8:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 E Cave Spring, GA | TWO TREES AND A POWER LINE WERE DOWNED ON BOOGER HOLLOW ROAD. |
| Mar 14, 8:06 PM EDT | TORNADO | 5 E Cave Spring, GA | AN EF0 TORNADO 150 YARDS WIDE WITH WINDS OF 75 MPH TOUCHED DOWN 5 MILES EAST OF CAVE SPRING AND WAS ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 1.75 MILES. THE TORNADO UPROOTED AND SNAPPED NUMEROUS TREES AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO A SHED, TWO HOMES, AND A CARPORT. THE TORNADO LIFTED AB |
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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 371 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
091
WUUS52 KFFC 142329
SVRFFC
GAC115-233-150015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0021.190314T2329Z-190315T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
729 PM EDT THU MAR 14 2019
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Floyd County in northwestern Georgia...
Northwestern Polk County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 815 PM EDT.
* At 728 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was 20 miles west of Cave
Spring, moving northeast at 35 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...
Rome, Cedartown, Cave Spring, Seney, Etna, Lindale and Coosa.
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 3429 8540 3429 8539 3430 8538 3431 8538
3433 8537 3437 8523 3426 8512 3402 8506
3398 8540 3428 8546
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 243DEG 31KT 3405 8564
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
764
WWUS52 KFFC 142352
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
752 PM EDT THU MAR 14 2019
GAC115-233-150015-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-190315T0015Z/
Floyd GA-Polk GA-
752 PM EDT THU MAR 14 2019
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR FLOYD AND NORTHWESTERN POLK COUNTIES...
At 751 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Forney, moving
northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Rome, Cedartown, Cave Spring, Seney, Etna, Lindale and Coosa.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM EDT for northwestern
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3429 8540 3429 8539 3430 8538 3431 8538
3433 8537 3437 8523 3426 8512 3402 8506
3398 8540 3428 8546
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 243DEG 31KT 3414 8542
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 29 min |
| Mar 14, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 29 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.