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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 7:14 PM EDT for Haralson County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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 24, 2021, 7:14 PM EDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Haralson County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 100 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.
391
WUUS52 KFFC 242314
SVRFFC
GAC143-233-250000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0042.210424T2314Z-210425T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
714 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Haralson County in northwestern Georgia...
Polk County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 800 PM EDT.
* At 714 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Esom Hill, or
9 miles south of Forney, moving east at 30 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...
Cedartown, Rockmart, Aragon, Fish Creek, Etna, Felton, Esom Hill
and Antioch.
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 3408 8528 3408 8526 3409 8526 3410 8521
3410 8516 3409 8516 3408 8512 3409 8512
3404 8506 3388 8510 3383 8537 3404 8541
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 254DEG 25KT 3396 8541
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
080
WWUS52 KFFC 242350
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
750 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021
GAC143-233-250000-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-210425T0000Z/
Haralson GA-Polk GA-
750 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HARALSON AND POLK
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
northwestern Georgia.
LAT...LON 3408 8528 3408 8526 3409 8526 3410 8521
3410 8516 3409 8516 3408 8512 3409 8512
3404 8506 3388 8510 3383 8537 3404 8541
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 254DEG 25KT 3403 8512
$$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, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Spalding, Troup | 26 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, 7:22 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.