Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2026, 9:30 PM EDT for Banks County, Jackson County, Madison 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
- Jul 28, 2026, 9:30 PM EDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2026, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Banks County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Madison County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 9:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Pinefield Crossroad, GA | A tree was downed on Spring Road at Highway 105. |
| Jul 28, 9:34 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Hollingsworth, GA | A tree fell onto Moss Mill Road at Flat Rock Road. |
| Jul 28, 9:34 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Pinefield Crossroa, GA | A tree was downed in the 2900 block of Highway 198. |
| Jul 28, 9:34 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sse Hollingsworth, GA | A tree was downed onto Old Highway 441 at Blue Bird Drive. |
| Jul 28, 9:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sse Hollingsworth, GA | A tree was downed onto Highway 51 at Ayers Circle. |
| Jul 28, 9:36 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Pinefield Crossroad, GA | A tree fell onto the road in the 300 block of Mount Olivet Road. |
| Jul 28, 9:38 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ene Homer, GA | A large tree fell onto a home and caused significant damage to the home. |
| Jul 28, 9:43 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sse Homer, GA | A tree was downed onto Historic Homer Highway at McDonald Circle. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 1932 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1381 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted.
140
WUUS52 KFFC 290130
SVRFFC
GAC011-157-195-290200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0236.260729T0130Z-260729T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
930 PM EDT Tue Jul 28 2026
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Banks County in northeastern Georgia...
Eastern Jackson County in northeastern Georgia...
Northwestern Madison County in northeastern Georgia...
* Until 1000 PM EDT.
* At 930 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Alto, or 8
miles north of Homer, moving south at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Jefferson, Commerce, Homer, Lula, Maysville, Arcade, Nicholson,
Gillsville, Pinefield Crossroads, Apple Valley, Neese,
Hollingsworth, and Banks Crossing.
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 3448 8346 3446 8340 3444 8339 3439 8338
3432 8339 3426 8334 3424 8334 3425 8333
3407 8329 3404 8360 3404 8361 3428 8364
3430 8362 3431 8364 3440 8365 3449 8354
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 350DEG 38KT 3446 8354
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns, White | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Hall, Lumpkin, Pickens and 3 more | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 8:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Towns, White | 22 min |
| Jul 28, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens, Whitfield | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson, White | 30 min |
| Jul 28, 9:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Lumpkin | 39 min |
| Jul 28, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 9:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Gilmer, Hall and 3 more | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee and 1 more | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 10:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 10:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Pickens | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 10:29 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | FFC | Chattahoochee, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Emanuel, Johnson and 14 more | 22 hr |
| Jul 28, 10:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Pickens | 16 min |
| Jul 28, 10:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe and 2 more | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 10:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 42 min |
| Jul 28, 11:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield | 43 min |
| Jul 28, 11:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 11:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 5 hr |
| Jul 28, 11:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 39 min |
| Jul 28, 11:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 34 min |
| Jul 28, 11:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 39 min |
| Jul 28, 11:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Gwinnett | 39 min |
| Jul 29, 12:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 27 min |
| Jul 29, 12:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 43 min |
| Jul 29, 12:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Henry and 1 more | 36 min |
| Jul 29, 12:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Spalding | 48 min |
| Jul 29, 1:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe, Pike | 49 min |
| Jul 29, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 34 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.