Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 11, 2020, 3:53 PM EST for Carroll County, Haralson County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min. 5 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
- Jan 11, 2020, 3:53 PM EST (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2020, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Carroll County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 4:09 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Cedartown, GA | TREE REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF KNIGHT WAY AND KNIGHT RD. |
| Jan 11, 4:11 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nne Cedartown, GA | METAL ROOF OF BUILDING PEELED OFF BY HIGH WINDS |
| Jan 11, 4:13 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wsw Seney, GA | A LARGE TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COLQUILT RD AND CUT LOG RD. TIME INDICATED BY RADAR. |
| Jan 11, 4:22 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Waco, GA | A WALL COLLAPSED AT THE GOODY'S STORE IN BREMEN CROSSING. RELAYED REPORT FROM WSBTV. |
| Jan 11, 4:22 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Rockmart, GA | TREE REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WEST ELM ST AND BLUFF ST. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 1:42 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 417 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 450 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
737
WUUS52 KFFC 112053
SVRFFC
GAC045-143-233-112145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0003.200111T2053Z-200111T2145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
353 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Haralson County in northwestern Georgia...
West central Carroll County in northwestern Georgia...
Polk County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 445 PM EST.
* At 352 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Etna to near Edwardsville to Delta, moving
northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Carrollton, Cedartown, Buchanan, Bremen, Rockmart, Tallapoosa,
Bowdon, Mount Zion, Aragon, Waco, Fish Creek, Etna, Eubank Lake,
Esom Hill, Bowdon Junction, Antioch, Van Wert, Felton and John
Tanner State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EST for northwestern
Georgia.
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3408 8542 3408 8498 3395 8502 3395 8505
3390 8505 3390 8504 3358 8513 3350 8531
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 235DEG 50KT 3401 8546 3375 8550 3342 8568
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
127
WWUS52 KFFC 112125
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
425 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020
GAC045-143-233-112145-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200111T2145Z/
Haralson GA-Carroll GA-Polk GA-
425 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EST
FOR HARALSON...WEST CENTRAL CARROLL AND POLK COUNTIES...
At 425 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Kingston to Rockmart to near Waco, moving
northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EST for northwestern
Georgia.
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3408 8526 3408 8498 3395 8502 3395 8505
3390 8505 3390 8504 3358 8513 3350 8531
3389 8537
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 235DEG 50KT 3426 8502 3400 8506 3368 8524
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$003
WWUS52 KFFC 112134
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
434 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020
GAC045-143-233-112145-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200111T2145Z/
Haralson GA-Carroll GA-Polk GA-
434 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EST
FOR EASTERN HARALSON...WEST CENTRAL CARROLL AND EASTERN POLK
COUNTIES...
At 434 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Adairsville to near Taylorsville to Bremen,
moving northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EST for northwestern
Georgia.
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3408 8514 3408 8498 3395 8502 3395 8505
3390 8505 3390 8504 3358 8513 3354 8524
3369 8524 3388 8519
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 235DEG 50KT 3432 8491 3406 8495 3374 8513
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 10:28 AM EST | High Wind Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Floyd and 10 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Walker, Whitfield | 45 min |
| Jan 11, 3:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray and 2 more | 48 min |
| Jan 11, 4:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 44 min |
| Jan 11, 4:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray and 3 more | 41 min |
| Jan 11, 4:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Coweta, Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Muscogee and 2 more | 43 min |
| Jan 11, 4:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Douglas and 2 more | 39 min |
| Jan 11, 4:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Union | 52 min |
| Jan 11, 5:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 28 min |
| Jan 11, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett and 1 more | 51 min |
| Jan 11, 5:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 48 min |
| Jan 11, 5:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Harris, Henry, Lamar and 5 more | 46 min |
| Jan 11, 5:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Talbot | 41 min |
| Jan 11, 5:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster | 48 min |
| Jan 11, 6:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Taylor, Upson | 52 min |
| Jan 11, 6:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Walton | 50 min |
| Jan 11, 6:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, DeKalb, Henry, Jasper, Newton, Rockdale and 2 more | 48 min |
| Jan 11, 6:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Taylor | 43 min |
| Jan 11, 6:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor, Webster | 34 min |
| Jan 11, 6:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 45 min |
| Jan 11, 6:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jasper, Jones, Putnam | 41 min |
| Jan 11, 6:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 38 min |
| Jan 11, 6:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach, Taylor, Twiggs | 47 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.