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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2021, 11:38 AM EDT for DeKalb County, Gwinnett County, Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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
- May 3, 2021, 11:38 AM EDT (15:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2021, 12:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties DeKalb County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Rockdale County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 10:29 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 674 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted.
615
WUUS52 KFFC 031538
SVRFFC
GAC089-135-247-031615-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0054.210503T1538Z-210503T1615Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1138 AM EDT Mon May 3 2021
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Rockdale County in north central Georgia...
Southeastern DeKalb County in north central Georgia...
South central Gwinnett County in north central Georgia...
* Until 1215 PM EDT.
* At 1138 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Belmont, or
7 miles southeast of Decatur, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Conyers, Snellville, Lithonia, Lakeview Estates, Candler-Mcafee,
Milstead, Belmont, Arabia Mountain, Redan, Snapfinger and
Panthersville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 PM EDT for north central
Georgia.
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
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 3373 8425 3385 8400 3380 8398 3379 8398
3378 8397 3368 8393 3365 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 1538Z 247DEG 13KT 3372 8418
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 8:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 25 min |
| May 3, 9:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 34 min |
| May 3, 9:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 32 min |
| May 3, 9:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 29 min |
| May 3, 10:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 31 min |
| May 3, 10:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 24 min |
| May 3, 10:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 31 min |
| May 3, 11:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 50 min |
| May 3, 11:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 32 min |
| May 3, 11:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 32 min |
| May 3, 11:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton | 37 min |
| May 3, 11:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding, Polk | 32 min |
| May 3, 12:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 42 min |
| May 3, 12:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson | 23 min |
| May 3, 12:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth and 5 more | 8 hr |
| May 3, 12:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 27 min |
| May 3, 12:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe | 24 min |
| May 3, 12:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe | 33 min |
| May 3, 12:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 29 min |
| May 3, 12:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jackson, Madison | 27 min |
| May 3, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Spalding | 36 min |
| May 3, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Spalding | 42 min |
| May 3, 1:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 24 min |
| May 3, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe | 28 min |
| May 3, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 11 min |
| May 3, 1:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 34 min |
| May 3, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison, Oglethorpe | 33 min |
| May 3, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam | 34 min |
| May 3, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Talbot | 45 min |
| May 3, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 43 min |
| May 3, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 35 min |
| May 3, 3:01 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 7 hr |
| May 3, 3:02 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 67 hr |
| May 3, 3:03 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 11 hr |
| May 3, 3:06 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 7 hr |
| May 3, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Washington | 39 min |
| May 3, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 31 min |
| May 3, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 29 min |
| May 3, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 34 min |
| May 3, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 34 min |
| May 3, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 13 min |
| May 3, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 24 min |
| May 3, 4:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 66 hr |
| May 3, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Walton | 29 min |
| May 3, 4:34 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 6 hr |
| May 3, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 23 min |
| May 3, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 37 min |
| May 3, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 46 min |
| May 3, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington | 29 min |
| May 3, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 24 min |
| May 3, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 24 min |
| May 3, 5:29 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 7 hr |
| May 3, 5:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll and 63 more | 32 hr |
| May 3, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding, Polk | 29 min |
| May 3, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 44 min |
| May 3, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 24 min |
| May 3, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 27 min |
| May 3, 6:41 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 3 hr |
| May 3, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 25 min |
| May 3, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 33 min |
| May 3, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 27 min |
| May 3, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 36 min |
| May 3, 7:45 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 4 hr |
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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.