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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 15, 2008Butts County, Jasper County, Spalding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2008, 6:09 PM EDT for Butts County, Jasper County, Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. 6 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: Mar 15, 2008, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2008, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Butts County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Spalding County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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
Mar 15, 6:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Griffin, GA	MANY TREES DOWN...ONE CAUSED DAMAGE TO OUT BUILDING. SHINGLES OFF ROOF.
Mar 15, 6:15 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Griffin, GA
Mar 15, 6:15 PM EDT	TORNADO 0	6 Sw Jackson, GA	A SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 615PM EDT OVER SOUTHWEST BUTTS COUNTY NEAR THE JOE LAND ROAD AND KINARDS MILL ROAD INTERSECT. THE TORNADO CAUSED NUMEROUDS TREE DAMAGE AND DESTROYED A BARN ALONG A 3.25 MILE PATH BEFORE LIFTING NEAR T
Mar 15, 6:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	7 W Jackson, GA	POSSIBLE TORNADO KNOCKED DOWN NUMEROUS TREES FROM NEAR HIGHWAY 16 AND INTERSTATE 75 TO INDIAN SPRINGS.
Mar 15, 6:20 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Jackson, GA
Mar 15, 6:30 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	Flovilla, GA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 5 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 6 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 15, 11:02 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Mar 15, 4:36 PM EDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 55 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: 33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -342 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1103 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 459 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 152209
SVRFFC
GAC035-159-255-152245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0123.080315T2209Z-080315T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
609 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BUTTS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 605 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  TOWALAGA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  JACKSON...INDIAN SPRINGS STATE PARK...FLOVILLA AND MONTICELLO.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN GEORGIA.

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT 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.

LAT...LON 3315 8382 3318 8382 3321 8386 3321 8412
      3318 8413 3322 8432 3335 8429 3330 8409
      3337 8399 3330 8353 3316 8357 3312 8379
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 281DEG 48KT 3328 8417

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 152235
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
635 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

GAC035-255-152245-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0123.000000T0000Z-080315T2245Z/
SPALDING GA-BUTTS GA-
635 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BUTTS AND EASTERN SPALDING
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM
EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER 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.

LAT...LON 3315 8382 3319 8381 3322 8384 3324 8384
      3324 8382 3334 8383 3330 8353 3317 8357
      3313 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 282DEG 58KT 3321 8368

$$

GAC159-152245-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0123.000000T0000Z-080315T2245Z/
JASPER GA-
635 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY...

AT 633 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ADGATEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HILLSBORO.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM
EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER 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.

LAT...LON 3315 8382 3319 8381 3322 8384 3324 8384
      3324 8382 3334 8383 3330 8353 3317 8357
      3313 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 282DEG 58KT 3321 8368

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 15, 4:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 4:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
400 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
HAVE HAD SVR WX ALL AFTERNOON SO WILL MAKE THIS SHORT. SURFACE
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE AL/GA STATE LINE WEST OF CARROLLTON
CONTINUES TO GRADUALLY DEEPEN AS IT MOVES EAST TO NORTHEAST. SPC
HAS PUT MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GA IN A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK
OF SEVERE WX FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
18Z FFC SOUNDING SHOWS STRONG SHEAR ENVIRONMENT WITH HELICITY VALUES
OF 536 M2/S2 AND INSTABILITY WITH CAPES VALUES OF NEAR 800 J/KG AND
LIFTED INDICES OF -5 TO -6 TO SUPPORT SUPERCELLS. NUMEROUS REPORTS
OF LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE WITH SEVERAL TORNADOES HAVE
ALREADY OCCURRED AND CAN BE EXPECTED. THE ATLANTA METRO AREA IS
UNDER THE GUN RIGHT NOW.

OTHERWISE...THE LOW WILL MOVE EAST TO NORTHEAST OVER NORTH GA
THIS EVENING AND INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS TONIGHT ENDING THE
SVR WX THREAT. A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE STATE
SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY WITH FAIR AND SEASONAL WEATHER.
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO MOS GUIDANCE DUE TO THE EXTREME
CIRCUMSTANCES TODAY.

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
UPPER LOW PROGGED BY GFS AND ECMWF TO MOVE INTO THE SRN PLAINS
TUES AND MS VALLEY WED...HOWEVER GFS KEEPS SYSTEM MUCH MORE
INTENSE THAN ECMWF. SHOULD SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF TSRA ON WED SO
HAVE KEPT THIS GOING. INITIAL PROGS SHOW LIMITED INSTABILITY WITH
THIS SYSTEM...LETS HOPE IT STAYS THAT WAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          47  70  40  67  43 /  30   0   0   0  10
ATLANTA         42  67  42  68  44 /  20   0   0   0  10
BLAIRSVILLE     38  62  35  64  33 /  30   0   0   0   5
CARTERSVILLE    42  66  37  68  43 /  20   0   0   0  10
COLUMBUS        51  74  45  73  48 /  20   0   0   0  10
GAINESVILLE     46  66  40  66  42 /  20   0   0   0  10
MACON           45  73  41  71  41 /  30   0   0   0  10
ROME            46  68  40  69  43 /  20   0   0   0   5
PEACHTREE CITY  44  67  38  68  41 /  20   0   0   0  10
VIDALIA         49  73  40  70  43 /  40   0   0   0   5

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

16

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 5:20 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
520 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-161230-
BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA-
CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA-
CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL-
FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE-
GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON-
JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON-
MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY-
MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH-
PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON-
SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS-
TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN-
WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES-
WILKINSON-
520 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA THIS EVENING.

.SYNOPSIS...
A COMPLEX OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA AT
LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS NORTH AND
INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH A
POWERFUL UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL BE MOVING INTO THE OHIO
VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON.

.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL ISOLATED TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS. THE MOST LIKELY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ALONG AND
NORTH OF A COLUMBUS TO MACON LINE BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

.DISCUSSION...
A MOSTLY STATIONARY FRONTAL SYSTEM DRAPED WAS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA. WARM AND MOIST AIR TO THE SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY WAS
FUELING THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THIS LINE.
HIGH CAPE VALUES AND FAVORABLE LIFTED INDICES ARE HELPING TO ENHANCE
THE SEVERE THREAT ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. STRONG WIND
SHEAR WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS
ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER
THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 15, 5:33 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
533 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     HAIL             STOCKBRIDGE             33.55N 84.24W
03/15/2008  E1.25 INCH       HENRY              GA   PUBLIC

&&

MGRIESIN

Local storm report, Mar 15, 5:39 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
539 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     TORNADO          ATHENS                  33.96N 83.39W
03/15/2008                   CLARKE             GA   PUBLIC

            POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED NEAR GAINES SCHOOL AND
            LEXINGTON ROADS.

&&

MGRIESIN

Local storm report, Mar 15, 5:41 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
541 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0540 PM     HAIL             NEWNAN                  33.38N 84.79W
03/15/2008  E0.75 INCH       COWETA             GA   PUBLIC

&&

GRIFFITH

Special weather statement, Mar 15, 5:43 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
543 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

GAZ007-012-013-019>021-152215-
543 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS IN
CHEROKEE...BARTOW...PICKENS...FLOYD...GORDON AND GILMER COUNTIES
UNTIL 615 PM EDT...

AT 542 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM TALONA TO LINDALE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

PEA SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS
MOVE ACROSS CHEROKEE...BARTOW...PICKENS...FLOYD...GORDON AND GILMER
COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS INCLUDE SONORAVILLE...OAKMAN...FOLSOM...FARMVILLE...
RANGER...LINDALE...FAIRMOUNT...ADAIRSVILLE...WHITESTONE...
TALONA...PINE LOG...HINTON...FUNKHOUSER...CASSVILLE AND BLAINE.

16

Local storm report, Mar 15, 5:47 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
547 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0545 PM     HAIL             PEACHTREE CITY          33.39N 84.57W
03/15/2008  E1.25 INCH       FAYETTE            GA   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

GRIFFITH

Local storm report, Mar 15, 6:08 PM EDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
608 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 PM     HAIL             5 S VEAZEY              33.43N 83.14W
03/15/2008  E1.75 INCH       GREENE             GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ON NORTH SHORE OF LAKE OCONEE.

&&

MGRIESIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 14, 9:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	36 min
Mar 14, 9:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Fulton	30 min
Mar 14, 9:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb	24 min
Mar 14, 9:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson, Paulding, Polk	23 min
Mar 14, 9:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb	27 min
Mar 14, 10:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Newton, Rockdale, Walton	45 min
Mar 14, 10:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Douglas, Paulding	35 min
Mar 14, 10:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Newton, Rockdale	33 min
Mar 14, 10:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Douglas, Fulton	45 min
Mar 14, 10:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Morgan, Newton	42 min
Mar 14, 10:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Henry	55 min
Mar 14, 11:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Morgan, Putnam	27 min
Mar 14, 11:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Hancock, Putnam	46 min
Mar 14, 11:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Paulding	40 min
Mar 14, 11:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry	50 min
Mar 15, 12:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Morgan, Walton	27 min
Mar 15, 4:05 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 37 more	4 hr
Mar 15, 5:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard	50 min
Mar 15, 5:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton and 1 more	33 min
Mar 15, 6:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Spalding	44 min
Mar 15, 6:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow, Gwinnett, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale and 1 more	33 min
Mar 15, 6:46 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton	13 min
Mar 15, 11:58 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Bartow, Floyd, Paulding, Polk	47 min
Mar 15, 12:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield	26 min
Mar 15, 12:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Union	36 min
Mar 15, 12:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding	43 min
Mar 15, 12:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd, Polk	23 min
Mar 15, 12:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow	25 min
Mar 15, 1:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth	35 min
Mar 15, 1:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Pickens	46 min
Mar 15, 1:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd, Polk	33 min
Mar 15, 1:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Jackson	41 min
Mar 15, 1:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Paulding	29 min
Mar 15, 1:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Forsyth	33 min
Mar 15, 2:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Banks, Hall, Jackson	45 min
Mar 15, 2:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Hall	43 min
Mar 15, 2:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee	24 min
Mar 15, 2:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gordon, Murray	27 min
Mar 15, 2:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Banks, Madison	37 min
Mar 15, 2:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton	35 min
Mar 15, 2:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Hall, Jackson	40 min
Mar 15, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens	47 min
Mar 15, 2:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Gwinnett, Hall	47 min
Mar 15, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Gordon, Pickens	45 min
Mar 15, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk	43 min
Mar 15, 2:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Barrow, Jackson	47 min
Mar 15, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Paulding, Polk	36 min
Mar 15, 3:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Jackson	33 min
Mar 15, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Lumpkin, Union	36 min
Mar 15, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Lumpkin, Pickens	41 min
Mar 15, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding	51 min
Mar 15, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Paulding	40 min
Mar 15, 3:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe	46 min
Mar 15, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Towns, Union	23 min
Mar 15, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	White	23 min
Mar 15, 3:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	FFC	Cobb, Douglas, Fulton	38 min
Mar 15, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll	34 min
Mar 15, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett	59 min
Mar 15, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Hall	44 min
Mar 15, 3:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	DeKalb	35 min
Mar 15, 4:01 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Banks, Hall, Jackson	25 min
Mar 15, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Oconee	25 min
Mar 15, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton	23 min
Mar 15, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Rockdale, Walton	32 min
Mar 15, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Douglas, Fulton	46 min
Mar 15, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Morgan, Newton, Walton	45 min
Mar 15, 4:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Barrow, Gwinnett	26 min
Mar 15, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb, Henry, Newton, Rockdale	79 min
Mar 15, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Oglethorpe, Wilkes	34 min
Mar 15, 4:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Hall, Jackson	45 min
Mar 15, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro	40 min
Mar 15, 4:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Newton, Walton	37 min
Mar 15, 4:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Oconee	33 min
Mar 15, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Jasper, Newton	27 min
Mar 15, 4:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Morgan	24 min
Mar 15, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Heard	62 min
Mar 15, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Oglethorpe, Wilkes	46 min
Mar 15, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fayette, Fulton	28 min
Mar 15, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Putnam	27 min
Mar 15, 5:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Madison	26 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.