Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 6:09 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 26 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
- Apr 24, 2021, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2021, 6:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clayton County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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 24, 6:09 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Saint Marks, GA | QUARTER-SIZED HAIL FELL ON 2100 BLOCK OF ST. MARK'S 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 24, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 449 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
792
WUUS52 KFFC 242209
SVRFFC
GAC063-077-113-199-255-285-242300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0039.210424T2209Z-210424T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
609 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Spalding County in west central Georgia...
Fayette County in north central Georgia...
Northern Meriwether County in west central Georgia...
Northeastern Troup County in west central Georgia...
Eastern Coweta County in west central Georgia...
South central Clayton County in north central Georgia...
* Until 700 PM EDT.
* At 609 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lone Oak, or
10 miles northwest of Greenville, moving northeast at 60 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...
Newnan, Fayetteville, Peachtree City, Tyrone, Senoia, Hogansville,
Grantville, Luthersville, Brooks, Moreland, Sharpsburg, Turin,
Haralson, Woolsey, Lone Oak, Starrs Mill, Inman, Jw Smith
Reservoir, Rocky Mount and Saint Marks.
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 3352 8455 3347 8436 3344 8435 3335 8435
3335 8432 3328 8429 3305 8483 3318 8493
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 227DEG 52KT 3318 8479
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
534
WWUS52 KFFC 242235
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
635 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021
GAC063-077-113-199-255-285-242245-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-210424T2300Z/
Spalding GA-Fayette GA-Meriwether GA-Troup GA-Coweta GA-Clayton GA-
635 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SPALDING...
FAYETTE...NORTHERN MERIWETHER...NORTHEASTERN TROUP...EASTERN COWETA
AND SOUTH CENTRAL CLAYTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
north central and west central Georgia.
LAT...LON 3352 8455 3347 8436 3344 8435 3335 8435
3335 8432 3328 8429 3305 8483 3318 8493
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 227DEG 52KT 3344 8445
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 8:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 10:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 24 min |
| Apr 24, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale and 1 more | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 23 min |
| Apr 24, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 24 min |
| Apr 24, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Jackson | 52 min |
| Apr 24, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 28 min |
| Apr 24, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 24 min |
| Apr 24, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin, White | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 52 min |
| Apr 24, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cobb, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard | 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.