Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 7:40 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 50 min. 8 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, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2021, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bartow County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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, 7:52 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Union, GA | A TREE AND POWER LINE WERE DOWNED ON BUCHANAN HIGHWAY NEAR COURTHOUSE ROAD. |
| Apr 24, 7:52 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Draketown, GA | A TREE AND POWER LINE WERE DOWNED ON HUNEYSUCKLE LANE NEAR HIGHWAY 101. |
| Apr 24, 7:53 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Union, GA | TREE REPORTED DOWN ON THE ROADWAY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MULBERRY ROCK RD AND BUCHANAN HWY |
| Apr 24, 7:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Union, GA | TREE REPORTED DOWN ON THE ROADWAY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HARMONY RD AND BUD COLE RD |
| Apr 24, 7:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Union, GA | A TREE WAS DOWNED ON OLD YORKVILLE ROAD AT HIGHWAY 101. |
| Apr 24, 7:56 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Union, GA | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON BILLY BULLOCK ROAD AT HADDONSTONE PLACE. |
| Apr 24, 7:56 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ese Yorkville, GA | A TREE AND POWER LINE WERE DOWNED ON RED MOUNTAIN ROAD AT HULSEY TOWN ROAD. |
| Apr 24, 8:02 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Dallas, GA | FOUR REPORTS OF TREES DOWNED ONTO ROADWAYS WITHIN ~2.5 MILES OF EACH OTHER ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DALLAS |
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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 79 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.
443
WUUS52 KFFC 242340
SVRFFC
GAC015-067-143-223-233-250030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0045.210424T2340Z-210425T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
740 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Paulding County in northwestern Georgia...
Northeastern Haralson County in northwestern Georgia...
Northwestern Cobb County in north central Georgia...
Eastern Polk County in northwestern Georgia...
Southwestern Bartow County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 830 PM EDT.
* At 740 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Draketown, or
10 miles northeast of Buchanan, moving northeast 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...
Cartersville, Dallas, Acworth, Rockmart, Hiram, Emerson, Aragon,
Braswell, Taylorsville, Yorkville, Burnt Hickory Ridge, Eubank
Lake, Lost Mountain Park, Van Wert, Cross Roads, Stilesboro and New
Hope.
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 3410 8505 3413 8471 3392 8467 3380 8498
3387 8510
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 225DEG 27KT 3387 8502
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
132
WWUS52 KFFC 250021
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
821 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021
GAC015-067-143-223-233-250031-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-210425T0030Z/
Paulding GA-Haralson GA-Cobb GA-Polk GA-Bartow GA-
821 PM EDT Sat Apr 24 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PAULDING...NORTHEASTERN
HARALSON...NORTHWESTERN COBB...EASTERN POLK AND SOUTHWESTERN BARTOW
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
north central and northwestern Georgia.
LAT...LON 3410 8505 3413 8471 3392 8467 3380 8498
3387 8510
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 225DEG 27KT 3408 8476
$$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, 7:22 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 | 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.