Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2021, 7:02 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 28 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
- Aug 25, 2021, 7:02 PM EDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2021, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Carroll County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 7:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ene Treasure Lake, GA | TREE DOWN ACROSS NORTH HELTON RD NEAR LIBERTY 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 1222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1035 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
748
WUUS52 KFFC 252302
SVRFFC
GAC045-077-097-121-252330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0138.210825T2302Z-210825T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
702 PM EDT Wed Aug 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Carroll County in northwestern Georgia...
Southwestern Douglas County in north central Georgia...
Northwestern Coweta County in west central Georgia...
Southwestern Fulton County in north central Georgia...
* Until 730 PM EDT.
* At 702 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Fairplay, or
11 miles southwest of Douglasville, moving southwest at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Carrollton, Villa Rica, Mount Zion, Whitesburg, Plant Yates, Byers
Crossroads, Hannah, Powers Crossroads, Bill Arp, Seaton Lake,
Fairplay, Handy, Clem, Abilene, John Tanner State Park, Lowell and
Treasure Lake.
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 3362 8519 3372 8484 3361 8472 3333 8498
3340 8501 3342 8501 3343 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 053DEG 13KT 3361 8486
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
486
WWUS52 KFFC 252316
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
716 PM EDT Wed Aug 25 2021
GAC121-252326-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0138.000000T0000Z-210825T2330Z/
Fulton GA-
716 PM EDT Wed Aug 25 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened and
moved out of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been
cancelled.
LAT...LON 3362 8519 3370 8491 3360 8479 3356 8483
3354 8483 3333 8498 3343 8502 3343 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 053DEG 13KT 3358 8491
$$
GAC045-077-097-252330-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0138.000000T0000Z-210825T2330Z/
Carroll GA-Douglas GA-Coweta GA-
716 PM EDT Wed Aug 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL...SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS AND NORTHWESTERN
COWETA COUNTIES...
At 716 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Hannah, or 9
miles east of Carrollton, moving southwest at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Carrollton, Villa Rica, Mount Zion, Whitesburg, Plant Yates, Byers
Crossroads, Hannah, Powers Crossroads, Seaton Lake, Fairplay, Handy,
Clem, Abilene, John Tanner State Park, Lowell and Treasure Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3362 8519 3370 8491 3360 8479 3356 8483
3354 8483 3333 8498 3343 8502 3343 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 053DEG 13KT 3358 8491
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 34 min |
| Aug 25, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 42 min |
| Aug 25, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 26 min |
| Aug 25, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 26 min |
| Aug 25, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 40 min |
| Aug 25, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 30 min |
| Aug 25, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 24 min |
| Aug 25, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 25 min |
| Aug 25, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 31 min |
| Aug 25, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 31 min |
| Aug 25, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 23 min |
| Aug 25, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 24 min |
| Aug 25, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 30 min |
| Aug 25, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 33 min |
| Aug 25, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 35 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.