Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 7:22 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 38 min. 4 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
- Apr 24, 2021, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dawson County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Hall County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, White County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 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, 7:23 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Ese Silver City, GA | |
| Apr 24, 7:25 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 Nnw War Hill Park, GA | RETIRED NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED DIME TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL OCCURRED FROM 7:25 PM TO 7:30 PM. |
| Apr 24, 7:28 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 3 Nne Lumpkin, GA | OCCURRED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GA-136 AND GA-400. |
| Apr 24, 7:42 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 4 W Clermont, GA | QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL ON DAHLONEGA HIGHWAY IN CLERMONT. |
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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 139 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.
127
WUUS52 KFFC 242322
SVRFFC
GAC085-117-139-187-311-250000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0043.210424T2322Z-210425T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
722 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Forsyth County in north central Georgia...
Southeastern Lumpkin County in north central Georgia...
Southern White County in northeastern Georgia...
Southeastern Dawson County in north central Georgia...
Northern Hall County in north central Georgia...
* Until 800 PM EDT.
* At 721 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Chestatee, or
8 miles southeast of Dawsonville, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Public. At 719 PM quarter sized hail was reported
near Coal Mountain Georgia in Forsyth County.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Gainesville, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Lula, Clermont, Dougherty, Coal
Mountain, Mossy Creek, Silver City, Chestatee, Murrayville, Leaf,
Garland and War Hill Park.
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 3463 8366 3453 8364 3451 8367 3443 8362
3442 8362 3423 8406 3432 8415 3455 8394
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 229DEG 37KT 3432 8403
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
482
WWUS52 KFFC 242349
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
749 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021
GAC085-117-242358-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-210425T0000Z/
Forsyth GA-Dawson GA-
749 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FORSYTH AND
SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3463 8366 3453 8364 3451 8367 3443 8362
3442 8362 3438 8386 3449 8397 3455 8394
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 229DEG 37KT 3451 8377
$$
GAC139-187-311-250000-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-210425T0000Z/
Lumpkin GA-White GA-Hall GA-
749 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LUMPKIN...SOUTHERN WHITE AND NORTHEASTERN HALL
COUNTIES...
At 748 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Clermont, or
near Cleveland, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Public.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Dahlonega, Cleveland, Clermont, Leaf, Garland and Mossy Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3463 8366 3453 8364 3451 8367 3443 8362
3442 8362 3438 8386 3449 8397 3455 8394
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 229DEG 37KT 3451 8377
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$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, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 46 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.