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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 4, 2021Catoosa County, Dade County, Walker County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2021, 10:42 AM EDT for Catoosa County, Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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 4, 2021, 10:42 AM EDT (14:42 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2021, 11:30 AM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Catoosa County, GA, Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:44 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 590 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 753 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

409 
WUUS52 KFFC 041442
SVRFFC
GAC047-083-295-041530-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0069.210504T1442Z-210504T1530Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1042 AM EDT Tue May 4 2021

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Catoosa County in northwestern Georgia...
  Central Walker County in northwestern Georgia...
  Dade County in northwestern Georgia...

* Until 1130 AM EDT.

* At 1042 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Higdon, or 7
  miles southeast of Bridgeport, moving east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Ringgold, Trenton, Fort Oglethorpe, Rossville, Chickamauga, Lookout
  Mountain, Blue Spring, Fairview, Chattanooga  Valley, Hooker,
  Cloudland Canyon State Park, Cooper Heights, Rock Spring, Rising
  Fawn, Noble, Lakeview, Wood Station, Indian Springs, Graysville and
  Cole City.

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 3499 8499 3494 8500 3491 8502 3488 8501
      3486 8503 3486 8506 3482 8506 3482 8511
      3481 8511 3482 8513 3477 8515 3471 8555
      3498 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 1442Z 262DEG 44KT 3485 8565 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

1 follow-up statement

592 
WWUS52 KFFC 041443
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1043 AM EDT Tue May 4 2021

GAC047-083-295-041530-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-210504T1530Z/
Catoosa GA-Walker GA-Dade GA-
1043 AM EDT Tue May 4 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EDT
FOR CATOOSA...CENTRAL WALKER AND DADE COUNTIES...

At 1043 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Higdon, or
near Trenton, moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Ringgold, Trenton, Fort Oglethorpe, Rossville, Chickamauga, Lookout
Mountain, Blue Spring, Fairview, Chattanooga  Valley, Hooker,
Cloudland Canyon State Park, Cooper Heights, Rock Spring, Rising
Fawn, Noble, Lakeview, Wood Station, Indian Springs, Graysville and
Cole City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Peachtree City.

&&

LAT...LON 3499 8499 3494 8500 3491 8502 3488 8501
      3486 8503 3486 8506 3482 8506 3482 8511
      3481 8511 3482 8513 3477 8515 3471 8555
      3498 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 1443Z 262DEG 44KT 3485 8562 

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, 8:01 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett, Walton	2 hr
May 3, 8:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	36 min
May 3, 8:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	30 min
May 3, 9:14 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Rockdale	48 hr
May 3, 9:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	22 min
May 3, 9:58 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Heard	12 hr
May 3, 9:58 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb, Douglas	12 hr
May 3, 9:58 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Oconee	37 hr
May 3, 9:58 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	3 hr
May 3, 11:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	67 min
May 4, 12:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Treutlen	27 min
May 4, 1:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	28 min
May 4, 1:36 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Newton, Rockdale	9 hr
May 4, 4:34 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	5 hr
May 4, 11:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	29 min
May 4, 11:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Walker, Whitfield	25 min
May 4, 11:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Murray, Walker, Whitfield	35 min
May 4, 11:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	42 min
May 4, 11:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin	33 min
May 4, 12:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon	57 min
May 4, 12:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Polk	31 min
May 4, 12:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens	40 min
May 4, 12:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding, Polk	31 min
May 4, 1:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson, Paulding	32 min
May 4, 1:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding	32 min
May 4, 1:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Hall, White	28 min
May 4, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth, Gwinnett	27 min
May 4, 1:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall	38 min
May 4, 2:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Carroll, Floyd, Haralson, Paulding, Polk	44 min
May 4, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Rockdale, Walton	25 min
May 4, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks	35 min
May 4, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow	19 min
May 4, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Newton, Oconee and 2 more	34 min
May 4, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton and 3 more	48 min
May 4, 3:08 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Barrow, Carroll, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton and 6 more	7 hr
May 4, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	26 min
May 4, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	25 min
May 4, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	32 min
May 4, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry, Spalding	29 min
May 4, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	37 min
May 4, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	24 min
May 4, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Pulaski	28 min
May 4, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski	36 min
May 4, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston, Twiggs, Wilkinson	28 min
May 4, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Troup	39 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.