These are issued when confirmed tornado will affect a large urban area, based on radar or spotter information
What is a Tornado Emergency?
100
This is the Cherokee County EM
Who is Robby Westbrook?
100
This is the snow threshold for a Winter Storm Warning across all but the mountains
What is 2 inches in 12 hours?
100
Rumor has it this Mamma choked on a ham sandwich.
Who was Cass Elliott?
100
This agency or group has responsibility for notification, initial resolution and requesting manual readings of river gage outages or failures
What is What is NWS FFC?
200
25% to 30% of all tornadoes in Georgia come from this type of storm and can occur from October through May
What is Quasi-Linear Convective System (QLCS)?
200
The Chief Meteorologist at Fox 5/WAGA and Robert Beasley's favorite meteorologist
Who is Ken Cook?
200
Using the top-down method, the warm nose has to be this temperature or warmer for complete melting to occur
What is 3 C ?
200
This rocker reached Nirvana on Earth and in the afterlife
Who was Kurt Cobain?
200
This RFC issues forecasts for New England (ENGG1)
What is LMRFC (ORN)?
300
This convective parameter discriminates strongly between significant tornadic and nontornadic supercells
What is the Significant Tornado Parameter (STP)?
300
This is the Whitfield County EM
Who is Claude Craig?
300
This is the sleet threshold for a Winter Storm Warning across the CWA, including the mountains
What is 1/2 inch in 12 hours?
300
This country music star gave up his seat on a plane that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and "The Big Bopper" in 1959. He died in 2002 from complications of diabetes.
Who was Waylon Jennings?
300
Flooding begins at this level at Big Creek at Alpharetta (APHG1)
7 feet
400
This type of storm produces approximately 3-5% of tornadoes in Georgia, typically occurs in the spring, and has a rotational velocity warning threshold about half that of tornadoes from classic supercells
What is a mini-supercell?
400
The Chief Meteorologist at WTVM
Who is Derek Kinkade?
400
This sounding most likely supports this precipitation type
What is sleet?
400
This rocker was filled with "Pride and Joy" but died in a helicopter crash in 1990.
Who was Stevie Ray Vaughn?
400
Name this highlighted river
What is the Oconee River?
500
About 20% of all tornadoes and the state's largest tornado outbreaks come from this type of storm
What are tropcial cyclones?
500
"I want severe weather on May 17" (click)
Who is Rain Man?
500
This sounding most likely supports this precipitation type
What is freezing rain?
500
This rock star from Macon, Georgia co-founded the Allman Brother but died at the age of 25 in a high-speed motorcycle accident on the west side of Macon.