Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 26, 2021, 6:28 AM EST for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 32 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
- Jan 26, 2021, 6:28 AM EST (11:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2021, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Butts County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Newton County, GA, Spalding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:28 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 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 1306 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 323 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
350
WUUS52 KFFC 261128
SVRFFC
GAC035-151-159-217-255-261200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0004.210126T1128Z-210126T1200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
628 AM EST Tue Jan 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Spalding County in west central Georgia...
Southeastern Henry County in north central Georgia...
Butts County in central Georgia...
Central Jasper County in central Georgia...
Southeastern Newton County in north central Georgia...
* Until 700 AM EST.
* At 628 AM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Fincherville to near Walker Mill, moving east
at 60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Jackson, Monticello, Locust Grove, Flovilla, Jenkinsburg, Stewart,
Turtle Cove, Ola, Worthville, McKibben, Calvin, Farrar, Eudora,
North Alcovy, McElheneys Crossroads, Indian Springs State Park,
Fincherville and Stark.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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 3346 8404 3349 8376 3348 8362 3335 8359
3320 8379 3320 8412 3319 8413 3319 8415
3334 8415
TIME...MOT...LOC 1128Z 266DEG 52KT 3343 8399 3326 8419
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
929
WWUS52 KFFC 261154
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
654 AM EST Tue Jan 26 2021
GAC151-217-255-261203-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210126T1200Z/
Spalding GA-Henry GA-Newton GA-
654 AM EST Tue Jan 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SPALDING...
SOUTHEASTERN HENRY AND SOUTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3343 8372 3348 8367 3348 8362 3335 8359
3320 8379 3320 8393 3328 8393 3333 8387
3339 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 1153Z 271DEG 48KT 3340 8363 3324 8383
$$
GAC035-159-261200-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210126T1200Z/
Butts GA-Jasper GA-
654 AM EST Tue Jan 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BUTTS AND CENTRAL JASPER COUNTIES...
At 653 AM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Shady Dale to near McElheneys Crossroads, moving
east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Monticello, Flovilla, McElheneys Crossroads, Calvin and Farrar.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3343 8372 3348 8367 3348 8362 3335 8359
3320 8379 3320 8393 3328 8393 3333 8387
3339 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 1153Z 271DEG 48KT 3340 8363 3324 8383
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 8:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 28 min |
| Jan 25, 10:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 24 min |
| Jan 25, 10:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 31 min |
| Jan 26, 1:19 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 26 min |
| Jan 26, 1:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 30 min |
| Jan 26, 2:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding | 38 min |
| Jan 26, 2:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding | 15 min |
| Jan 26, 2:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Forsyth | 28 min |
| Jan 26, 2:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 34 min |
| Jan 26, 3:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 61 min |
| Jan 26, 3:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 53 min |
| Jan 26, 5:09 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 36 min |
| Jan 26, 5:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 44 min |
| Jan 26, 5:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 41 min |
| Jan 26, 6:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Spalding | 41 min |
| Jan 26, 6:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 39 min |
| Jan 26, 6:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette, Spalding | 33 min |
| Jan 26, 8:14 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 5 hr |
| Jan 26, 11:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 27 min |
| Jan 26, 12:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 29 min |
| Jan 26, 12:50 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 24 hr |
| Jan 26, 1:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.