Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2021, 3:57 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 2021, 3:57 PM EDT (19:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 503 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 908 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
197
WUUS52 KFFC 091957
SVRFFC
GAC055-083-295-092030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0034.210409T1957Z-210409T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
357 PM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Walker County in northwestern Georgia...
Southwestern Dade County in northwestern Georgia...
Northwestern Chattooga County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 430 PM EDT.
* At 356 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mentone, or
12 miles northeast of Fort Payne, moving northeast at 25 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...
Lafayette, Menlo, Center Post, Rising Fawn, Linwood, Cloudland,
Cloudland Canyon State Park and Cooper Heights.
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 3487 8548 3471 8522 3447 8550 3476 8556
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 217DEG 22KT 3457 8556
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
966
WWUS52 KFFC 092021
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
421 PM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021
GAC055-083-295-092031-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-210409T2030Z/
Walker GA-Dade GA-Chattooga GA-
421 PM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WALKER...
SOUTHWESTERN DADE AND NORTHWESTERN CHATTOOGA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
430 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3487 8548 3471 8522 3447 8550 3476 8556
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 217DEG 22KT 3467 8546
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 9:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 34 min |
| Apr 9, 9:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 34 min |
| Apr 9, 9:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 25 min |
| Apr 9, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 38 min |
| Apr 9, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 24 min |
| Apr 9, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 14 min |
| Apr 9, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 25 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.