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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 16, 2026Madison County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2026, 5:38 PM EDT for Madison County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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: Jul 16, 2026, 5:38 PM EDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2026, 6:06 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Madison County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 314 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: 1664 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 970 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

338 
WUUS52 KFFC 162138
SVRFFC
GAC195-162230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0213.260716T2138Z-260716T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
538 PM EDT Thu Jul 16 2026

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Madison County in northeastern Georgia...

* Until 630 PM EDT.

* At 538 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Carlton, or
  10 miles west of Elberton, moving southeast at 10 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Comer, Carlton, Watson Mill Bridge State Park, and Paoli.

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 3417 8310 3415 8306 3412 8305 3411 8303
      3410 8304 3408 8300 3404 8298 3403 8300
      3403 8303 3402 8305 3403 8309 3403 8310
      3405 8314 3413 8319 3418 8310
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 320DEG 7KT 3408 8304 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

1 follow-up statement

229 
WWUS52 KFFC 162206
SVSFFC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
606 PM EDT Thu Jul 16 2026

GAC195-162215-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-260716T2230Z/
Madison GA-
606 PM EDT Thu Jul 16 2026

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

&&

LAT...LON 3417 8310 3415 8306 3412 8305 3411 8303
      3410 8304 3408 8300 3404 8298 3403 8300
      3403 8303 3402 8305 3403 8309 3403 8310
      3405 8314 3413 8319 3418 8310
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 320DEG 7KT 3404 8300 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	30 min
Jul 16, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	38 min
Jul 16, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	30 min
Jul 16, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks	27 min
Jul 16, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	48 min
Jul 16, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Hall, Jackson	39 min
Jul 16, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	41 min
Jul 16, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jackson	51 min
Jul 16, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	31 min
Jul 16, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton	28 min
Jul 16, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Madison	26 min
Jul 16, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry	31 min
Jul 16, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock	31 min
Jul 16, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry	39 min
Jul 16, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Gwinnett	49 min
Jul 16, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walton	29 min
Jul 16, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts	28 min
Jul 16, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Rockdale	39 min
Jul 16, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walton	41 min
Jul 16, 6:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Monroe	25 min
Jul 16, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts	30 min
Jul 16, 7:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston	36 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.