Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2019
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 16, 2019, 8:04 PM EST for Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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
- Dec 16, 2019, 8:04 PM EST (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2019, 8:30 PM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 8:24 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Chattanooga Valley, GA | A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ON THE 1400TH BLOCK OF RIDGELAND RD IN ROSSVILLE GA. TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
657 WUUS52 KFFC 170104 SVRFFC GAC083-295-170130- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0331.191217T0104Z-191217T0130Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 804 PM EST Mon Dec 16 2019 The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Walker County in northwestern Georgia... Northern Dade County in northwestern Georgia... * Until 830 PM EST. * At 804 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Long Island, or near Bridgeport, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Chattanooga, Trenton, Fort Oglethorpe, Rossville, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Lakeview, Cole City, Wildwood, Fairview, Stephensville, Chattanooga Valley, New England, Morganville, Hooker and East Ridge. 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 3499 8526 3483 8526 3484 8558 3498 8560 TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 271DEG 40KT 3494 8566 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$
1 follow-up statement
837
WWUS52 KFFC 170129
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
829 PM EST Mon Dec 16 2019
GAC083-295-170138-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-191217T0130Z/
Walker GA-Dade GA-
829 PM EST Mon Dec 16 2019
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WALKER AND
NORTHERN DADE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM EST...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3499 8526 3483 8526 3484 8558 3498 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 271DEG 40KT 3493 8534
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 7:56 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 49 min |
| Dec 16, 8:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 25 min |
| Dec 16, 8:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 31 min |
| Dec 16, 9:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 30 min |
| Dec 16, 9:25 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 35 min |
| Dec 16, 9:34 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 41 min |
| Dec 16, 11:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 31 min |
| Dec 16, 11:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 27 min |
| Dec 17, 12:40 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon | 65 min |
| Dec 17, 12:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard, Troup | 55 min |
| Dec 17, 1:41 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether | 34 min |
| Dec 17, 2:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 26 min |
| Dec 17, 2:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton, Walton | 32 min |
| Dec 17, 2:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 30 min |
| Dec 17, 3:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 30 min |
| Dec 17, 3:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 26 min |
| Dec 17, 3:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 35 min |
| Dec 17, 7:12 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 20 hr |
| Dec 17, 9:12 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 35 hr |
| Dec 17, 9:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 25 min |
| Dec 17, 10:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 37 min |
| Dec 17, 10:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 27 min |
| Dec 17, 12:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Telfair | 27 min |
| Dec 17, 12:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 45 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.