Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2020, 5:45 PM EDT for Gilmer County, Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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
- Jul 25, 2020, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2020, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Gilmer County, GA, Pickens County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 5:50 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Cartecay, GA | QUARTER TO GOLF-BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 52 AND RACKLEY 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 694 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 993 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
907
WUUS52 KFFC 252145
SVRFFC
GAC123-227-252230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0263.200725T2145Z-200725T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
545 PM EDT Sat Jul 25 2020
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Gilmer County in north central Georgia...
North central Pickens County in north central Georgia...
* Until 630 PM EDT.
* At 544 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Cartecay, or
7 miles southeast of Ellijay, moving north at 5 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
East Ellijay, Sequoyah Lake, Cartecay, Roy and Pisgah.
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 3471 8425 3469 8425 3458 8431 3458 8434
3457 8433 3457 8435 3453 8434 3455 8453
3476 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 187DEG 4KT 3463 8438
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 33 min |
| Jul 24, 9:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs | 37 min |
| Jul 24, 10:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 27 min |
| Jul 25, 12:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 34 min |
| Jul 25, 12:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Warren | 28 min |
| Jul 25, 1:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 25 min |
| Jul 25, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 26 min |
| Jul 25, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 36 min |
| Jul 25, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 23 min |
| Jul 25, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 31 min |
| Jul 25, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 24 min |
| Jul 25, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Butts, Jefferson, Jones, Washington | 23 min |
| Jul 25, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 35 min |
| Jul 25, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Jul 25, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 34 min |
| Jul 25, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 34 min |
| Jul 25, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Washington | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale | 24 min |
| Jul 25, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 35 min |
| Jul 25, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan | 34 min |
| Jul 25, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 32 min |
| Jul 25, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton, Paulding | 39 min |
| Jul 25, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 24 min |
| Jul 25, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 35 min |
| Jul 25, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan, Newton | 36 min |
| Jul 25, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 43 min |
| Jul 25, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 35 min |
| Jul 25, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 34 min |
| Jul 25, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 32 min |
| Jul 25, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones, Monroe | 41 min |
| Jul 25, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 34 min |
| Jul 25, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 32 min |
| Jul 25, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 29 min |
| Jul 25, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Lamar, Monroe, Spalding | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 26 min |
| Jul 25, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Union | 39 min |
| Jul 25, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 35 min |
| Jul 25, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 33 min |
| Jul 25, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 29 min |
| Jul 25, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb | 42 min |
| Jul 25, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 26 min |
| Jul 25, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery | 23 min |
| Jul 25, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 52 min |
| Jul 25, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 35 min |
| Jul 25, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 27 min |
| Jul 25, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 25 min |
| Jul 25, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 37 min |
| Jul 25, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Union | 44 min |
| Jul 25, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 33 min |
| Jul 25, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 24 min |
| Jul 25, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 37 min |
| Jul 25, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Paulding, Polk | 39 min |
| Jul 25, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 36 min |
| Jul 25, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 48 min |
| Jul 25, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 31 min |
| Jul 25, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Talbot | 36 min |
| Jul 25, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Walker | 51 min |
| Jul 25, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 34 min |
| Jul 25, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 29 min |
| Jul 25, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 43 min |
| Jul 25, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 44 min |
| Jul 25, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 23 min |
| Jul 25, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 43 min |
| Jul 25, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 37 min |
| Jul 25, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 32 min |
| Jul 25, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson | 34 min |
| Jul 25, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 31 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.