Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 15, 2008, 3:24 PM EDT (19:24 UTC)

Expired

Mar 15, 2008, 4:15 PM EDT

In force

51 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Cobb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Paulding County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 151924
SVRFFC
GAC067-097-121-223-152015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0095.080315T1924Z-080315T2015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF WINSTON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DOUGLASVILLE...CHAPEL HILL...MIDWAY...LITHIA SPRINGS...AUSTELL...
  SWEETWATER CREEK STATE PARK...MABLETON...SIX FLAGS...EAST POINT...
  VININGS...ATLANTA...HAPEVILLE...TURNER FIELD AND PIEDMONT PARK.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. ALTHOUGH
CURRENT DATA DOES NOT INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF A TORNADO...A TORNADO
MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
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 3368 8490 3373 8490 3374 8489 3378 8490
      3380 8495 3383 8496 3388 8434 3364 8435
      3364 8438
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 270DEG 46KT 3376 8494

$$

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 151935
SVSFFC

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

GAC067-097-121-223-152015-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-080315T2015Z/
DOUGLAS GA-PAULDING GA-COBB GA-FULTON GA-
333 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL FULTON...SOUTHERN COBB...SOUTHEASTERN PAULDING AND
NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES...

AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TENNIS BALL SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
NEW GEORGIA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WINSTON...DOUGLASVILLE...CHAPEL HILL...BEULAH...MIDWAY...LITHIA
SPRINGS...AUSTELL...SWEETWATER CREEK STATE PARK...MABLETON...SIX
FLAGS...EAST POINT...VININGS...TURNER FIELD...PIEDMONT PARK...GRANT
PARK...HAPEVILLE AND ATLANTA.

STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AS THIS STORM MOVED 
THROUGH VILLA RICA. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE 
IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
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 3368 8490 3373 8490 3374 8489 3378 8490
      3380 8495 3383 8496 3388 8434 3364 8435
      3364 8438
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 270DEG 31KT 3376 8489

$$

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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.