Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2021, 9:30 PM EDT for Clarke County, Oconee County, Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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
- Jun 6, 2021, 9:30 PM EDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2021, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clarke County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Walton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 9:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N North High Shoals, GA | LARGE SWATH OF FALLEN AND SNAPPED TREES ALONG AND NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF RAYS CHURCH ROAD AND MAXEY RD AS A RESULT OF ESTIMATED 70-80 MPH WINDS. |
| Jun 6, 9:33 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Eastville, GA | SEVERAL TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN, WITH A FEW FALLING ON POWERLINES, ALONG RAYS CHURCH RD NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH HWY 53. |
| Jun 6, 9:38 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Wsw Watkinsville, GA | QUARTER-SIZED HAIL WITH SEVERAL TREES DOWN REPORTED ON CRESTWOOD DR IN WATKINSVILLE. |
| Jun 6, 9:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 61 | 2 Se Bogart, GA | GDOT WEATHER SENSOR AT US 78 AND MONROE HIGHWAY MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 61 MPH. |
| Jun 6, 9:40 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | 2 Nne Eastville, GA | NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN ALONG MARS HILL RD, WITH HAIL JUST UNDER THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS ON SAGEFIELD DR |
| Jun 6, 9:44 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | 3 Ese Bogart, GA | HAIL THE SIZE OF PINGPONG BALLS WERE REPORTED BETWEEN JIMMY DANIEL AND HUNTINGTON RD. |
| Jun 6, 9:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wsw Beechwood Hills, GA | REPORT OF SEVERAL TREES SNAPPAND AND UPROOTED AROUND JENNINGS MILL PKWY IN ATHENS |
| Jun 6, 9:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 3 Ssw Westgate Park, GA | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE HUNTINGTON PARK SUBDIVISION AS WELL AS HAIL ESTIMATED TO BE HALF-DOLLAR SIZED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 260 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
128
WUUS52 KFFC 070130
SVRFFC
GAC059-219-297-070200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0091.210607T0130Z-210607T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
930 PM EDT Sun Jun 6 2021
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Oconee County in northeastern Georgia...
West central Clarke County in northeastern Georgia...
Northeastern Walton County in north central Georgia...
* Until 1000 PM EDT.
* At 929 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over North High
Shoals, or near Watkinsville, moving north at 25 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...
Watkinsville, Bogart, North High Shoals, Bishop, Athens-Clarke
County, Beechwood Hills and Eastville.
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 3395 8337 3378 8344 3378 8347 3380 8348
3382 8351 3378 8353 3378 8359 3392 8361
3396 8356 3398 8351 3400 8350 3399 8348
3400 8346
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 186DEG 20KT 3383 8350
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
977
WWUS52 KFFC 070152
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
952 PM EDT Sun Jun 6 2021
GAC059-219-297-070201-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-210607T0200Z/
Oconee GA-Clarke GA-Walton GA-
952 PM EDT Sun Jun 6 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OCONEE...WEST
CENTRAL CLARKE AND NORTHEASTERN WALTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000
PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire. However small hail, gusty winds and heavy rain
are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3395 8337 3378 8344 3378 8347 3380 8348
3382 8351 3378 8353 3378 8359 3392 8361
3396 8356 3398 8351 3400 8350 3399 8348
3400 8346
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 190DEG 23KT 3397 8347
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 24 min |
| Jun 6, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 29 min |
| Jun 6, 9:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Jackson | 37 min |
| Jun 7, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 34 min |
| Jun 7, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 31 min |
| Jun 7, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 23 min |
| Jun 7, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 26 min |
| Jun 7, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 39 min |
| Jun 7, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 24 min |
| Jun 7, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 28 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.