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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 353, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 28, 2023Carroll County, Heard County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2023, 7:49 PM EDT for Carroll County, Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 28, 2023, 7:49 PM EDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2023, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Carroll County, GA, Heard County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 57 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: 700 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1263 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 1 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 28, 7:35 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 7:35 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 11:47 AM EDT, 8 hours 2 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1147 AM EDT Fri Jul 28 2023

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1147 AM EDT Fri Jul 28 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight...

Scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening
especially over middle Georgia. These thunderstorms are not
expected to be severe, however a few storms could briefly become
strong with heavy rain, lightning and gusty winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday...

Scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms are expected
Saturday through Thursday. Some of the storms could be strong with
heavy rain, lightning and gusty winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 28, 6:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
634 PM EDT Fri Jul 28 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0616 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 NE Sweat Mountain     34.08N 84.45W
07/28/2023                   Cherokee           GA   Emergency Mngr

            Tree down on home on Cherecobb Drive.

&&

Local storm report, Jul 28, 6:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
635 PM EDT Fri Jul 28 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0618 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 NNW Sweat Mountain    34.08N 84.46W
07/28/2023                   Cherokee           GA   Emergency Mngr

            Treed own on home on Glens Drive.

&&

Local storm report, Jul 28, 6:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
637 PM EDT Fri Jul 28 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0619 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 WSW Mountain Park     34.08N 84.43W
07/28/2023                   Cherokee           GA   Emergency Mngr

            Multiple Trees down around HWY 92 and Wiley
            Bridge Rd.

&&

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 7:23 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 28, 7:26 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 7:39 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Peach	29 min
Jul 28, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	25 min
Jul 28, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Peach	37 min
Jul 28, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	25 min
Jul 28, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hall, Lumpkin, White	55 min
Jul 28, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin	32 min
Jul 28, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin	39 min
Jul 28, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin	30 min
Jul 28, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks	30 min
Jul 28, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton	43 min
Jul 28, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett	48 min
Jul 28, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton	49 min
Jul 28, 7:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow	44 min
Jul 28, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow	37 min
Jul 28, 7:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	36 min
Jul 28, 7:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Oconee	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.