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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 28, 20245 counties in Georgia

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 28, 2:35 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG1 Ne Dallas, GACorrects 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 ESTTSTM WND DMG1 Ne Dallas, GACorrects 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 ESTTSTM WND GST 53Dobbins 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2024-02-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2024-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 398 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 11:32 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker28 min
Feb 28, 12:04 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa26 min
Feb 28, 12:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Walker, Whitfield25 min
Feb 28, 12:26 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield34 min
Feb 28, 12:52 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Floyd23 min
Feb 28, 12:56 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer34 min
Feb 28, 1:14 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd, Gordon31 min
Feb 28, 1:30 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin, Union30 min
Feb 28, 1:45 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Dawson, Pickens30 min
Feb 28, 1:46 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Polk29 min
Feb 28, 1:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson35 min
Feb 28, 2:15 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Paulding30 min
Feb 28, 2:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Dawson, Forsyth29 min
Feb 28, 2:44 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb31 min
Feb 28, 2:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Dawson, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson24 min
Feb 28, 2:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett, Paulding32 min
Feb 28, 3:00 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Heard30 min
Feb 28, 3:08 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett37 min
Feb 28, 3:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Barrow, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall and 2 more32 min
Feb 28, 3:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Heard, Troup39 min
Feb 28, 3:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Heard, Troup39 min
Feb 28, 3:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and 3 more49 min
Feb 28, 3:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFFCBarrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Jackson, Morgan, Newton and 4 more49 min
Feb 28, 3:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe43 min
Feb 28, 3:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Henry and 4 more50 min
Feb 28, 4:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Rockdale and 1 more48 min
Feb 28, 4:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro and 1 more50 min
Feb 28, 4:34 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Lamar, Pike, Spalding26 min
Feb 28, 4:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam, Taliaferro21 min
Feb 28, 5:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes44 min
Feb 28, 5:05 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam25 min
Feb 28, 5:45 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren30 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.