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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 30, 2021Cobb County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2021, 8:37 PM EDT for Cobb County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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
Jun 30, 2021, 8:37 PM EDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2021, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cobb County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 30, 8:50 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 W Lost Mountain Park, GATREE DOWNED ONTO A POWER LINE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF DALLAS HWY AND HOLLAND RD.

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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 68 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2021-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1062 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2021-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1062 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1394 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

991 
WUUS52 KFFC 010037
SVRFFC
GAC067-010115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0104.210701T0037Z-210701T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
837 PM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Cobb County in north central Georgia...

* Until 915 PM EDT.

* At 837 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Jim R Miller
  Park, or over Marietta, moving northwest at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Marietta, Smyrna, Kennesaw, Acworth, Fair Oaks, White Water Park,
  Due West, Lost Mountain Park, Kennesaw State University, Dobbins
  Air Reserve Base and Jim R Miller Park.

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 3403 8472 3407 8460 3395 8446 3385 8454
      3392 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 123DEG 5KT 3393 8459 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 8:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth26 min
Jun 30, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb29 min
Jun 30, 8:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb27 min
Jul 1, 7:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb24 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.