Case Study: Atlanta-Fulton County Emergency Management Agency (AFCEMA) achieves real-time, hyperlocal severe-weather alerts with Earth Networks

Earth Networks Provides Fulton County, GA with a Flood Of Real-Time Data for Severe Weather Alerts

Atlanta-Fulton County Emergency Management Agency (AFCEMA) faced the challenge of protecting more than one million residents across 534 square miles of highly variable weather threats, including fast-moving storms, lightning and tornadoes. To improve localized, near-real-time warnings, AFCEMA partnered with Earth Networks to deploy advanced monitoring and alerting capabilities.

Earth Networks installed 53 automated weather stations across Fulton County and used multi-core server modeling software to convert wind, pressure, heat index and lightning data into hyperlocal alerts for schools, first responders and the public. The Earth Networks system delivers faster, more precise warnings—shortening response times, improving preparedness, and enabling officials to better track lightning and predict tornado touchdown points for life‑saving interventions.

Atlanta-Fulton County Emergency Management Agency

Matthew Kallmyer

Director