Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 2020, 2:53 AM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. 10 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
- Apr 13, 2020, 2:53 AM EDT (06:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2020, 3:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clayton County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Henry County, GA, Newton County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Walton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2:54 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Snapfinger, GA | POWERLINES DOWN NEAR ALONG THE 4000 BLOCK OF WOLVERTON DR. |
| Apr 13, 2:55 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Snapfinger, GA | WIRES DOWN AT THE 4000 BLOCK OF RANDOLPH MACON CT. |
| Apr 13, 2:57 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nne Arabia Mountain, GA | TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED AT THE INTERSECTION OF KLONDIKE ROAD AND ROCKLAND ROAD. |
| Apr 13, 3:02 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Conyers, GA | A TREE WAS DOWNED ON GRANADE RD SW AND SMYRNA RD SW |
| Apr 13, 3:06 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Milstead, GA | TREES WERE DOWNED ON NORTON ROAD NE AT MILSTEAD ROAD NE. |
| Apr 13, 3:06 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Magnet, GA | MULTIPLE TREES WERE DOWNED IN THE STANTON WOODS SUBDIVISION. |
| Apr 13, 3:07 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bold Springs, GA | TREES WERE DOWNED ON BOLD SPRINGS ROAD AT BOLD SPRINGS CHURCH ROAD. |
| Apr 13, 3:09 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sse Conyers, GA | MULTIPLE TREES WERE DOWNED ON ELLINGTON RD SE. |
| Apr 13, 3:12 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Windsor, GA | TREES WERE DOWNED ON BULLOCK BRIDGE ROAD. |
| Apr 13, 3:18 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nnw Between, GA | TREES WERE DOWNED ON ETCHISON ROAD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 11:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 404 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 804 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 733 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 874 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 10.8
The text
As transmitted.
216
WUUS52 KFFC 130653
SVRFFC
GAC063-089-135-151-217-247-297-130730-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0085.200413T0653Z-200413T0730Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
253 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Rockdale County in north central Georgia...
Southern DeKalb County in north central Georgia...
Southeastern Gwinnett County in north central Georgia...
Northwestern Henry County in north central Georgia...
Western Walton County in north central Georgia...
Northeastern Clayton County in north central Georgia...
Northern Newton County in north central Georgia...
* Until 330 AM EDT.
* At 253 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Panola
Mountain State Park, or 10 miles west of Conyers, moving east at 60
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Conyers, Monroe, Covington, Stockbridge, Forest Park, Snellville,
Loganville, Social Circle, Oxford, Lithonia, Porterdale, Walnut
Grove, Between, Jersey, Lakeview Estates, Candler-Mcafee, Georgia
International Horse Park, Belvedere Park, Rex and Windsor.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 AM EDT for north central
Georgia.
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 3391 8379 3361 8367 3360 8368 3352 8432
3373 8432
TIME...MOT...LOC 0653Z 252DEG 53KT 3364 8419
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$3 follow-up statements
017
WWUS52 KFFC 130705
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
305 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020
GAC063-151-130715-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-200413T0730Z/
Henry GA-Clayton GA-
305 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HENRY AND
NORTHEASTERN CLAYTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 AM EDT for north central
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3361 8367 3360 8368 3355 8407 3357 8411
3356 8413 3363 8418 3364 8418 3364 8414
3381 8408 3391 8379
TIME...MOT...LOC 0705Z 252DEG 53KT 3369 8399
$$
GAC089-135-217-247-297-130730-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-200413T0730Z/
Rockdale GA-DeKalb GA-Gwinnett GA-Walton GA-Newton GA-
305 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT
FOR ROCKDALE...SOUTHEASTERN DEKALB...SOUTHEASTERN GWINNETT...WESTERN
WALTON AND NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES...
At 305 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Milstead, or
over Conyers, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Conyers, Monroe, Covington, Snellville, Loganville, Social Circle,
Oxford, Lithonia, Porterdale, Walnut Grove, Between, Jersey, Lakeview
Estates, Georgia International Horse Park, Windsor, Arabia Mountain,
Big Haynes Creek Park, Rosebud, Bold Springs and Magnet.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 AM EDT for north central
Georgia.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3361 8367 3360 8368 3355 8407 3357 8411
3356 8413 3363 8418 3364 8418 3364 8414
3381 8408 3391 8379
TIME...MOT...LOC 0705Z 252DEG 53KT 3369 8399
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$929
WWUS52 KFFC 130714
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
314 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020
GAC089-135-130724-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-200413T0730Z/
DeKalb GA-Gwinnett GA-
314 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DEKALB AND
SOUTHEASTERN GWINNETT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 AM EDT for north central
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3364 8368 3361 8398 3369 8399 3378 8397
3388 8378
TIME...MOT...LOC 0714Z 252DEG 53KT 3373 8384
$$
GAC217-247-297-130730-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-200413T0730Z/
Rockdale GA-Walton GA-Newton GA-
314 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ROCKDALE...WESTERN WALTON AND NORTHEASTERN NEWTON
COUNTIES...
At 314 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Walnut Grove,
or 8 miles southwest of Monroe, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Conyers, Monroe, Covington, Loganville, Social Circle, Oxford, Walnut
Grove, Between, Jersey, Georgia International Horse Park, Almon,
Youth, Big Haynes Creek Park and Gum Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 AM EDT for north central
Georgia.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3364 8368 3361 8398 3369 8399 3378 8397
3388 8378
TIME...MOT...LOC 0714Z 252DEG 53KT 3373 8384
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$023
WWUS52 KFFC 130720
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
320 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020
GAC217-247-297-130730-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-200413T0730Z/
Rockdale GA-Walton GA-Newton GA-
320 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ROCKDALE...
WESTERN WALTON AND NORTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 330 AM
EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 AM EDT for north central
Georgia.
LAT...LON 3364 8368 3361 8398 3369 8399 3378 8397
3388 8378
TIME...MOT...LOC 0720Z 252DEG 53KT 3375 8376
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 8:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Walker, Whitfield | 32 min |
| Apr 12, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 28 min |
| Apr 12, 8:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 26 min |
| Apr 12, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 22 min |
| Apr 12, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 31 min |
| Apr 12, 9:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 36 min |
| Apr 12, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 31 min |
| Apr 12, 9:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 12, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 35 min |
| Apr 12, 9:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 14 min |
| Apr 12, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 40 min |
| Apr 12, 10:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 36 min |
| Apr 12, 11:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 12 min |
| Apr 12, 11:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker and 1 more | 49 min |
| Apr 12, 11:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 35 min |
| Apr 13, 12:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Paulding and 1 more | 56 min |
| Apr 13, 12:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon and 3 more | 68 min |
| Apr 13, 12:18 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 15 hr |
| Apr 13, 12:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson and 2 more | 81 min |
| Apr 13, 1:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 28 min |
| Apr 13, 1:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 23 min |
| Apr 13, 1:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 57 min |
| Apr 13, 1:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 52 min |
| Apr 13, 1:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 40 min |
| Apr 13, 1:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson, Heard and 1 more | 48 min |
| Apr 13, 1:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 14 min |
| Apr 13, 2:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin and 2 more | 44 min |
| Apr 13, 2:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 29 min |
| Apr 13, 2:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 41 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Crawford, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Peach and 6 more | 42 min |
| Apr 13, 2:20 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar, Monroe, Upson | 25 min |
| Apr 13, 2:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Forsyth and 4 more | 38 min |
| Apr 13, 2:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton | 36 min |
| Apr 13, 2:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 12 min |
| Apr 13, 2:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Butts, Crawford, Jasper, Jones, Lamar and 1 more | 50 min |
| Apr 13, 2:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Lumpkin, White | 33 min |
| Apr 13, 2:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe | 30 min |
| Apr 13, 2:46 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 14 min |
| Apr 13, 2:50 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 25 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jasper, Jones and 5 more | 51 min |
| Apr 13, 2:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Walton | 47 min |
| Apr 13, 3:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Hall, Jackson, Madison | 45 min |
| Apr 13, 3:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Crawford, Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon and 6 more | 44 min |
| Apr 13, 3:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jasper, Jones, Putnam | 25 min |
| Apr 13, 3:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 4 days |
| Apr 13, 3:24 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam | 36 min |
| Apr 13, 3:25 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 3 days |
| Apr 13, 3:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Johnson, Laurens, Twiggs, Washington and 1 more | 40 min |
| Apr 13, 3:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Webster | 24 min |
| Apr 13, 3:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Laurens, Pulaski and 2 more | 53 min |
| Apr 13, 3:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 40 min |
| Apr 13, 4:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson | 27 min |
| Apr 13, 4:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington | 25 min |
| Apr 13, 4:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington | 23 min |
| Apr 13, 4:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Washington | 80 min |
| Apr 13, 4:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Pulaski, Telfair and 3 more | 73 min |
| Apr 13, 4:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 6 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 78 min |
| Apr 13, 4:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 37 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 16 min |
| Apr 13, 4:36 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 12 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:46 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 29 min |
| Apr 13, 4:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Stewart, Sumter, Webster | 5 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:55 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 2 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler | 77 min |
| Apr 13, 5:02 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Walker | 5 hr |
| Apr 13, 5:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox | 31 min |
| Apr 13, 5:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 39 min |
| Apr 13, 5:42 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 4 hr |
| Apr 13, 6:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Toombs | 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.