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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 24, 2021Carroll County, Haralson County, Paulding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 7:23 PM EDT for Carroll County, Haralson County, Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min. 7 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, 7:23 PM EDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2021, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Carroll County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Paulding County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 68 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 24, 7:40 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 434 Sse Tallapoosa, GAMESONET STATION GA343 I-20 AT SR 100.
Apr 24, 7:52 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wsw Union, GAA TREE AND POWER LINE WERE DOWNED ON BUCHANAN HIGHWAY NEAR COURTHOUSE ROAD.
Apr 24, 7:52 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 E Draketown, GAA TREE AND POWER LINE WERE DOWNED ON HUNEYSUCKLE LANE NEAR HIGHWAY 101.
Apr 24, 7:53 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGUnion, GATREE REPORTED DOWN ON THE ROADWAY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MULBERRY ROCK RD AND BUCHANAN HWY
Apr 24, 7:54 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Se Union, GATREE REPORTED DOWN ON THE ROADWAY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HARMONY RD AND BUD COLE RD
Apr 24, 7:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGUnion, GAA TREE WAS DOWNED ON OLD YORKVILLE ROAD AT HIGHWAY 101.
Apr 24, 7:56 PM EDTHAIL 13 Wsw Abilene, GAQURTER SIZE HAIL FELL ON LAUREL CREEK COURT.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 72 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2021-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 309 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted.

619 
WUUS52 KFFC 242323
SVRFFC
GAC045-143-223-250015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0044.210424T2323Z-210425T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
723 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Paulding County in northwestern Georgia...
  Haralson County in northwestern Georgia...
  Northwestern Carroll County in northwestern Georgia...

* Until 815 PM EDT.

* At 723 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over I 20 Welcome
  Center, or 12 miles east of Heflin, moving east at 35 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...
  Carrollton, Buchanan, Villa Rica, Bremen, Temple, Tallapoosa, Mount
  Zion, Waco, Abilene, Draketown and Bowdon Junction.

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 3390 8503 3379 8493 3362 8498 3360 8533
      3383 8537
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 255DEG 33KT 3369 8538 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 8:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart33 min
Apr 24, 10:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilcox26 min
Apr 24, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta24 min
Apr 24, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll25 min
Apr 24, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, DeKalb34 min
Apr 24, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale and 1 more51 min
Apr 24, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas34 min
Apr 24, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard23 min
Apr 24, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether, Troup43 min
Apr 24, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton24 min
Apr 24, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Douglas35 min
Apr 24, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Putnam34 min
Apr 24, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard33 min
Apr 24, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Jackson52 min
Apr 24, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth, Hall48 min
Apr 24, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Spalding, Troup26 min
Apr 24, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Madison33 min
Apr 24, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth31 min
Apr 24, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd26 min
Apr 24, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Forsyth, Fulton40 min
Apr 24, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot28 min
Apr 24, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson25 min
Apr 24, 7:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga24 min
Apr 24, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Polk46 min
Apr 24, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin, White38 min
Apr 24, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cobb, Haralson, Paulding, Polk50 min
Apr 24, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard35 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.