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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 2024, 2:35 PM EST for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 25 min. 3 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
- Feb 28, 2024, 2:35 PM EST (19:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2024, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Carroll County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Paulding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2:35 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Dallas, GA | Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 1 NE Dallas. A few trees down near the intersection of Croker Rd and Old Acworth Rd. |
| Feb 28, 2:35 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Dallas, GA | Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 1 NE Dallas. Fallen tree near the intersection of Croker Rd and E Memorial Dr. |
| Feb 28, 3:04 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 53 | Dobbins Air Reserve Bas, GA |
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 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 803 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 398 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 493 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
962
WUUS52 KFFC 281935
SVRFFC
GAC045-067-097-143-223-282000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0021.240228T1935Z-240228T2000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
235 PM EST Wed Feb 28 2024
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Paulding County in northwestern Georgia...
East central Haralson County in northwestern Georgia...
Northeastern Carroll County in northwestern Georgia...
Cobb County in north central Georgia...
Douglas County in north central Georgia...
* Until 300 PM EST.
* At 235 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Acworth to Dallas to near Draketown, moving
east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Marietta, Douglasville, Dallas, Buchanan, Smyrna, Kennesaw,
Acworth, Villa Rica, Powder Springs, Austell, Temple, Hiram, Lithia
Springs, Fair Oaks, Mount Bethel, Lost Mountain Park, Vinings,
Brownsville, Bill Arp, and Cross Roads.
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 3394 8494 3408 8478 3408 8475 3398 8438
3394 8441 3391 8445 3389 8444 3379 8451
3368 8466 3361 8480 3380 8517
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 286DEG 31KT 3406 8472 3391 8487 3377 8509
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 11:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 28 min |
| Feb 28, 12:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 26 min |
| Feb 28, 12:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Walker, Whitfield | 25 min |
| Feb 28, 12:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 34 min |
| Feb 28, 12:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 23 min |
| Feb 28, 12:56 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 34 min |
| Feb 28, 1:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 31 min |
| Feb 28, 1:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, Union | 30 min |
| Feb 28, 1:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Pickens | 30 min |
| Feb 28, 1:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Polk | 29 min |
| Feb 28, 1:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 35 min |
| Feb 28, 2:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Paulding | 30 min |
| Feb 28, 2:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth | 29 min |
| Feb 28, 2:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 31 min |
| Feb 28, 2:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson | 24 min |
| Feb 28, 2:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett, Paulding | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 3:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 30 min |
| Feb 28, 3:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 3:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall and 2 more | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 3:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Heard, Troup | 39 min |
| Feb 28, 3:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Heard, Troup | 39 min |
| Feb 28, 3:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and 3 more | 49 min |
| Feb 28, 3:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Jackson, Morgan, Newton and 4 more | 49 min |
| Feb 28, 3:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe | 43 min |
| Feb 28, 3:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Henry and 4 more | 50 min |
| Feb 28, 4:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Rockdale and 1 more | 48 min |
| Feb 28, 4:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro and 1 more | 50 min |
| Feb 28, 4:34 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Lamar, Pike, Spalding | 26 min |
| Feb 28, 4:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam, Taliaferro | 21 min |
| Feb 28, 5:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 44 min |
| Feb 28, 5:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 25 min |
| Feb 28, 5:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 30 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.