Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 2021, 5:29 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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
- Aug 30, 2021, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Pickens County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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 30, 5:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wsw Ellijay, GA | TREE DOWNED ONTO POWER LINES AT LEGION RD AND NEWPORT DR |
| Aug 30, 5:51 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ene Roy, GA | TREE DOWNED ONTO POWER LINES ON JONES RD |
| Aug 30, 6:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cherry Log, GA | TREE DOWNED ON CHERRY LOG ST |
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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 1025 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
052
WUUS52 KFFC 302129
SVRFFC
GAC085-111-123-227-302200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0140.210830T2129Z-210830T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
529 PM EDT Mon Aug 30 2021
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Gilmer County in north central Georgia...
Western Dawson County in north central Georgia...
Northern Pickens County in north central Georgia...
Central Fannin County in north central Georgia...
* Until 600 PM EDT.
* At 529 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Talona, or
near Ellijay, moving north at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Jasper, Ellijay, Blue Ridge, East Ellijay, Talking Rock, Sequoyah
Lake, Talona, Dial, Cartecay, Pisgah, Blaine, Lake Tamarack, Cherry
Log, Mountaintown, Roy and Roundtop.
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 3481 8419 3447 8435 3450 8457 3479 8461
3482 8458 3484 8460 3490 8440
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 187DEG 33KT 3460 8445
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
948
WWUS52 KFFC 302150
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
550 PM EDT Mon Aug 30 2021
GAC085-227-302200-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0140.000000T0000Z-210830T2200Z/
Dawson GA-Pickens GA-
550 PM EDT Mon Aug 30 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN DAWSON AND NORTHERN
PICKENS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3481 8419 3458 8430 3458 8433 3456 8435
3456 8437 3455 8437 3455 8442 3456 8443
3456 8449 3479 8461 3482 8458 3484 8460
3485 8458 3490 8440
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 187DEG 33KT 3480 8442
$$
GAC111-123-302200-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0140.000000T0000Z-210830T2200Z/
Gilmer GA-Fannin GA-
550 PM EDT Mon Aug 30 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR GILMER AND CENTRAL FANNIN COUNTIES...
At 550 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Cherry Log, or
7 miles southwest of Blue Ridge, moving north at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Ellijay, Blue Ridge, East Ellijay, Dial, Cartecay, Pisgah, Cherry
Log, Mountaintown and Roy.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3481 8419 3458 8430 3458 8433 3456 8435
3456 8437 3455 8437 3455 8442 3456 8443
3456 8449 3479 8461 3482 8458 3484 8460
3485 8458 3490 8440
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 187DEG 33KT 3480 8442
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$883
WWUS52 KFFC 302201
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
601 PM EDT Mon Aug 30 2021
GAC111-123-302211-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0140.000000T0000Z-210830T2200Z/
Gilmer GA-Fannin GA-
601 PM EDT Mon Aug 30 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GILMER AND CENTRAL FANNIN
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Peachtree City.
LAT...LON 3481 8419 3458 8430 3458 8433 3456 8435
3456 8437 3455 8437 3455 8442 3456 8443
3456 8449 3479 8461 3482 8458 3484 8460
3485 8458 3490 8440
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 187DEG 33KT 3488 8441
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 4:19 AM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson and 12 more | 1 min |
| Aug 30, 4:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb and 22 more | 43 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 31 min |
| Aug 30, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 30 min |
| Aug 30, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 36 min |
| Aug 30, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 34 min |
| Aug 30, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 26 min |
| Aug 30, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 14 min |
| Aug 30, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 31 min |
| Aug 30, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Murray, Pickens, Whitfield | 34 min |
| Aug 30, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar | 29 min |
| Aug 30, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 34 min |
| Aug 30, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 22 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.