Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2009, 4:36 AM EDT for Lamar County, Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 2, 2009, 4:36 AM EDT (08:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2009, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lamar County, GA, Monroe County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 4:45 AM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Forsyth, GA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
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 nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 885 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KFFC 020836
SVRFFC
GAC171-207-020900-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0095.090402T0836Z-090402T0900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
436 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MONROE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 500 AM EDT
* AT 434 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR REDBONE OR 4 MILES SOUTH OF BARNESVILLE...
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FORSYTH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3320 8386 3308 8377 3296 8379 3290 8412
3298 8412 3298 8421 3299 8423 3307 8424
TIME...MOT...LOC 0835Z 252DEG 32KT 3300 8414
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 020850
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
450 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009
GAC171-020900-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-090402T0900Z/
LAMAR GA-
450 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3297 8399 3310 8403 3316 8383 3308 8377
3298 8379
TIME...MOT...LOC 0850Z 257DEG 37KT 3304 8395
$$
GAC207-020900-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-090402T0900Z/
MONROE GA-
450 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT
FOR CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY...
AT 450 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED
HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORSYTH...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PLANT
SCHERER...BERNER AND JULIETTE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3297 8399 3310 8403 3316 8383 3308 8377
3298 8379
TIME...MOT...LOC 0850Z 257DEG 37KT 3304 8395
$$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 Apr 1, 9:52 PM EDT, 6 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 9:52 PM EDT, 6 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 952 PM EDT WED APR 1 2009 .UPDATE... CONVECTION ACROSS THE SOUTHERN REACHES OF THE FORECAST AREA IS DRIFTING NORTHWARD...AND MODELS SUGGEST THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE LOWER 60S SOUTH OF A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLED NEAR AN ATLANTA TO ATHENS LINE...WITH LOWER 50 DEWPOINTS IN NORTH GA. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITIES WILL REMAIN WEAK OVERNIGHT...EXPECT AN ACTIVE SW FLOW ALOFT TO HELP CONTINUE THE SPREAD OF CONVECTION NORTHWARD THROUGH THE NIGHT. THEREFORE... UPDATED ZONES TO INCREASE POPS AND ADD WORDING FOR SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FURTHER NORTH INTO THE ATLANTA AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. EXPECT JUST SHOWERS OVER EXTREME NORTH GA WHERE THE COOLER...MORE STABLE AIRMASS WILL PERSIST. OTHERWISE...REST OF FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK AT THIS TIME. /39 ...........................PREVIOUS FORECAST.................... .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... COLD FRONT MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH AREA OF SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING MAINLY SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. MODELS SIMILAR WITH THIS BOUNDARY PUSHING INTO SOUTH GEORGIA BY DAYS END...THEN BEGINNING TO DRIFT BACK TO THE NORTH LATE TONIGHT/EARLY THURSDAY AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. DEEPER MOISTURE BACK ON THE INCREASE ACROSS ALL OF THE CWA BY 12Z THURSDAY AS THE BOUNDARY MEANDERS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. INGREDIENTS COMING TOGETHER FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAIN WITH THIS SYSTEM. SPC PEGGING MUCH OF SOUTHEAST U.S. FOR SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WITH PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA IN MODERATE RISK WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. HEAVY RAIN ALSO A GOOD POSSIBILITY...BUT SO FAR HPC SHOWING HEAVIEST AMOUNTS STAYING SOUTH OF OUR AREA. HOWEVER 1 TO 2 INCH TOTALS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA IN HEAVIEST RAIN. MODELS SHOW THE LOW LIFTING INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION THURSDAY NIGHT ...PULLING ITS ATTENDANT COLD FRONT ACROSS OUR CWA...WITH BULK OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHIFTING EAST OF OUR AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE LOW CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY FRIDAY WITH THE COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST. MUCH DRIER AIR SPREADS INTO THE SOUTHEAST U.S BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH DRY FORECAST AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPS ON TAP FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FRIDAY. .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... DRY FORECAST CONTINUES INTO SATURDAY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. EXTENDED PROGS SIMILAR WITH THIS HIGH SHIFTING OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST LATE SATURDAY NIGHT/EARLY SUNDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION...PULLING A COLD FRONT INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. DEEPER MOISTURE BACK ON THE INCREASE ACROSS MAINLY WEST GEORGIA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT APPROACHES...THEN ACROSS THE REST OF THE COUNTY WARNING SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. LATEST GFS RUN SHOW THE FRONT WELL EAST OF THE CWA BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...BUT COULD SEE A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTH MONDAY IN WRAP- AROUND. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES RE-ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST U.S. TUESDAY WITH DRY FORECAST FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA LOOKING GOOD INTO MID WEEK. && .AVIATION... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS PULLED UP NEARLY STATIONARY NEAR THE ATLANTA METRO AREA WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 50S NORTH OF ATLANTA...AND 60S SOUTH. CURRENT SATELLITE SHOWS ATL JUST NORTH OF MVFR CIGS (BKN025) SEEN AT CCO AND FFC...AND THESE CIGS SHOULD ADVECT INTO ATL AREA BY 00Z ISSUANCE. WITH LOSS OF DAYLIGHT HEATING AND A MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER IN PLACE...EXPECT CIGS TO GRADUALLY LOWER THIS EVENING...REACHING IFR CONDITIONS (OVC007) BY 05Z...THEN LIFR (OVC005) BY 08Z IF NOT SOONER. THE COMBINATION OF AN ACTIVE SW FLOW ALOFT INTERACTING WITH THE STALLED BOUNDARY WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS TO THE ATLANTA AREA OVERNIGHT. WILL HANDLE THIS WITH A TEMPO SHRA BETWEEN 08-12Z. MAY SEE A BREAK IN THE RAIN BETWEEN THU 12-18Z BEFORE PREVAILING -RA SPREADS BACK INTO THE ATLANTA AREA...WITH THE OCCASIONAL MODERATE SHOWER. CIGS WILL IMPROVE SLIGHTLY WITH OVC007 BY 15Z...THEN BKN012 BY 18Z. HOWEVER THE OCCASIONAL MODERATE SHOWER BETWEEN 18-21Z WILL BRING CIGS TEMPORARILY BACK DOWN TO IFR LEVELS THRU THU AFTERNOON. NOT EXPECTING TSTMS TO BE A THREAT AT ATL UNTIL 21Z OR LATER...SO PLAN TO SHOW VCTS BY 21Z WITH PROB30 MODERATE TSTM THRU FRI 00Z. WILL BRING CIGS BACK DOWN TO PREVAILING IFR BY 21Z AS WELL. IT APPEARS AT THIS TIME...THE GREATER THREAT OF +TSTMS AT ATL WILL BE AFTER FRI 00Z. /39 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 57 62 54 67 41 / 30 60 70 5 5 ATLANTA 58 67 54 63 45 / 30 60 70 0 5 BLAIRSVILLE 52 62 50 59 37 / 20 60 70 20 10 CARTERSVILLE 57 67 51 60 37 / 40 70 70 10 10 COLUMBUS 62 71 56 69 47 / 40 70 70 0 5 GAINESVILLE 56 63 54 64 43 / 40 60 70 10 10 MACON 59 69 59 72 44 / 50 60 70 5 5 ROME 56 71 53 62 39 / 30 70 70 5 10 PEACHTREE CITY 57 69 53 63 34 / 30 60 70 0 5 VIDALIA 59 70 60 74 46 / 60 80 70 5 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 49
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 8:18 PM EDT, 8 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 818 PM EDT WED APR 1 2009 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-021015- 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- 818 PM EDT WED APR 1 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. .SYNOPSIS... A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL DRIFT NORTHWARD OVERNIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO MACON TO WARRENTON THIS EVENING...THEN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ROME TO ATHENS LATER TONIGHT. .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A COLUMBUS TO MACON TO WARRENTON LINE. THE AREA OF CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY LIFT NORTHWARD LATER TONIGHT WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. INSTABILITIES WILL REMAIN WEAK...WITH CAPE VALUES BETWEEN 100 TO 400 AND LIFTED INDEX VALUES NEAR ZERO TO MINUS ONE. ALSO... VERY LITTLE WIND SHEAR WILL BE PRESENT...AND THEREFORE NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED ON THE REMAINING DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 1:43 AM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 143 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 GAZ033-034-044-045-020630- 143 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 35 MPH WINDS IN DEKALB...GWINNETT AND FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM EDT... AT 141 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CEDAR GROVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH AND PEA SIZED HAIL ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS DEKALB...WESTERN GWINNETT AND NORTH FULTON COUNTIES THROUGH 230 AM EDT.
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 2:28 AM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 228 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 GAZ023-034-020715- 228 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 35 MPH WINDS IN GWINNETT AND SOUTH HALL COUNTIES UNTIL 315 AM EDT... AT 227 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PLEASANT HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS GWINNETT AND SOUTH HALL COUNTIES THROUGH 315 AM EDT. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
Local storm report, Apr 2, 3:50 AM EDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
350 AM EDT THU APR 02 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0234 AM HAIL ANTIOCH 33.95N 85.16W
04/02/2009 E0.50 INCH POLK GA FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
LASTED FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES.
0242 AM HAIL DULUTH 34.00N 84.14W
04/02/2009 E0.88 INCH GWINNETT GA PUBLIC
&&
17Special weather statement, Apr 2, 3:54 AM EDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 354 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 GAZ061-062-074>076-020830- 354 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 35 MPH WINDS IN WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...GLASCOCK...HANCOCK AND WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM EDT... AT 352 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LINTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS NORTH WASHINGTON...NORTH JEFFERSON...GLASCOCK...SOUTH HANCOCK AND WARREN COUNTIES THROUGH 430 AM EDT. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 3:57 AM EDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 357 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 GAZ067>069-020830- 357 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL IN UPSON...PIKE AND MERIWETHER COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM EDT... AT 356 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WOODBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS UPSON...PIKE AND MERIWETHER COUNTIES THROUGH 430 AM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE RALEIGH...HARRIS CITY... WOODBURY...CREST...IMLAC...MOLENA...HILLTOP...LIFSEY SPRINGS... CONCORD...MEANSVILLE...ZEBULON AND ZEBULON. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 4:30 AM EDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 430 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 GAZ070-071-020900- 430 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL IN MONROE AND LAMAR COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM EDT... AT 430 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN THE ROCK AND BARNESVILLE...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS MONROE AND LAMAR COUNTIES THROUGH 500 AM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE PIEDMONT...ALDORA...BARNESVILLE... REDBONE...GOGGINS...BRENT...JOHNSTONVILLE...COLLIER...FORSYTH AND PLANT SCHERER. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Paulding, Polk | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 2:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 2:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 2:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 28 min |
| Apr 2, 3:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 4:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 4:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Pike, Spalding | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 4:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Talbot, Upson | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 5:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Jones, Putnam | 64 min |
| Apr 2, 7:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 7:53 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 70 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 10:43 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 35 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:43 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 24 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Crawford, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 43 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 24 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:57 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 17 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 24 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:22 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 73 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:51 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dooly, Macon, Sumter | 19 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:51 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler | 14 days |
| Apr 2, 5:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe, Upson | 19 hr |
Nearby
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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.