Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2009, 10:08 AM EDT for Chattahoochee County, Stewart County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2009, 10:08 AM EDT (14:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2009, 10:43 AM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Stewart County, GA
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 7:29 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 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 021408
SVRFFC
GAC053-259-021500-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0099.090402T1408Z-090402T1500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1008 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
STEWART COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
* AT 1006 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST
OF LUMPKIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LUMPKIN...RICHLAND AND CUSSETA.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3197 8496 3198 8506 3200 8507 3212 8505
3218 8501 3219 8497 3221 8497 3222 8493
3226 8490 3231 8493 3232 8466 3218 8464
3200 8465 3194 8496
TIME...MOT...LOC 1408Z 240DEG 32KT 3205 8495
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 021422
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1022 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009
GAC053-259-021500-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-090402T1500Z/
STEWART GA-CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-
1022 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN CHATTAHOOCHEE AND NORTHERN STEWART COUNTIES...
AT 1020 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS CENETERED 3
MILES WEST OF LOUVALE...MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BROOKLYN...RENFROE...JAMESTOWN/SOUTH FORT BENNING...MANTA...CUSSETA
AND CHRISTOPHER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3204 8475 3212 8505 3218 8501 3219 8497
3221 8497 3222 8493 3226 8490 3231 8493
3232 8466
TIME...MOT...LOC 1422Z 193DEG 30KT 3216 8491
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 021435
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1035 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009
GAC053-259-021500-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-090402T1500Z/
STEWART GA-CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-
1035 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN CHATTAHOOCHEE AND NORTH CENTRAL STEWART COUNTIES...
AT 1033 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JAMESTOWN/SOUTH FORT BENNING...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RENFROE...CUSSETA...MANTA AND CHRISTOPHER.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3216 8471 3222 8493 3226 8490 3231 8493
3232 8466
TIME...MOT...LOC 1435Z 221DEG 34KT 3227 8481
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 021443
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1043 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009
GAC053-259-021452-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-090402T1500Z/
STEWART GA-CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-
1043 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CHATTAHOOCHEE AND
NORTH CENTRAL STEWART COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CHRISTOPHER.
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3216 8471 3222 8493 3226 8490 3231 8493
3232 8466
TIME...MOT...LOC 1442Z 221DEG 34KT 3232 8476
$$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 2, 5:08 AM EDT, 5 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 5:08 AM EDT, 5 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 508 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... CURRENT SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS LARGE MOISTURE PLUMB EXTENDING FROM THE CAROLINA COAST DOWN THROUGH GA AND INTO THE NORTHERN GULF. CURRENT RADAR LOOP SHOWS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHWARD IN SOUTHERLY FLOW WITH A FEW STORMS GOING SEVERE ACROSS THE AREA. STORMS THIS MORNING PRODUCING DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS. THERE IS A WARM FRONT ACROSS SOUTH GA THAT IS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 60S MOVING INTO CENTRAL GA. DEEPER MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE CWA TODAY AS THE BOUNDARY MEANDERS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AT THE SAME TIME MID TO UPPER LEVEL FLOW INCREASES AND SHEAR PROFILES BECOME QUITE STRONG. FORECAST SOUNDINGS TOADY ARE IMPRESSIVE WITH SHEAR/INSTABILITY INDICATIVE OF SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF GENERATING TORNADOES. THE BIGGEST THREATS TODAY LOOK TO BE VERY HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING...AND LARGE HAIL. LOOKS LIKE THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALL AMOUNTS WILL STAY SOUTH OF OUR AREA BUT STILL LOOKING FOR 1 TO 3 INCH TOTALS THROUGH FRI. MODELS SHOW THE LOW LIFTING INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY 12Z FRI WITH ITS ASSOCIATED FRONT MOVING OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND THIS SYSTEM FRI KEEPING THE AREA PRECIPITATION FREE THROUGH SUN MORNING. .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... MODELS SHOW THIS RIDGE MOVING OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AS A SECOND LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEEPENS AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AND BECOMES POSITIONED OVER THE NEW ENGLAND STATES BY 12Z MON. ITS COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH GA SUN EVENING/MONDAY MORNING BUT WITH THE LOW CENTER BEING SO FAR NORTH THE BEST DYNAMICS AND INSTABILITY STAY NORTH OF THE AREA. SHOULD SEE SOME SHRA/TSRA BUT NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF SEVERE WEATHER. THE BIGGEST THREAT FROM THIS NEXT SYSTEM WILL BE THE COLD AIR MASS THIS LOW CENTER PULLS DOWN FROM CANADA INTO THE SOUTHERN U.S. AS THIS LOW MOVES EAST...A VERY COLD AIRMASS GETS WRAPPED AROUND THE BACK SIDE AND MOVES SOUTH. LOOKING FOR DAY TIME HIGHS MON/TUE IN THE 40S AND 50S WITH LOW TEMPS MON NIGHT/TUE NIGHT IN THE 20S AND 30S. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES RE-ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST U.S. TUESDAY WITH DRY FORECAST FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA EXPECTED THROUGH WED NIGHT. && .AVIATION... BOTH GFS AND NAM ARE SUGGESTING THAT CIGS WILL REMAIN IFR THRU MUCH OF TODAY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AND SEE NO REASON TO DEVIATE FROM THIS. THERE WILL BE A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND UNTIL THE COLD FRONT PASSES. CURRENT PROGS HAVE FROPA AT ATL/CSG BETWEEN 06Z AND 08Z TONIGHT...AND AHN/MCN BETWEEN 09Z AND 11Z. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE (IFR TO MVFR CIGS) REMAINS BEHIND THE FRONT THRU 12Z TO 15Z FRI AND THEN SKIES SCATTERING OUT. WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHEAST TO EAST...BECOMING WEST TO SOUTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 67 54 67 40 75 / 70 60 10 5 5 ATLANTA 67 52 63 45 73 / 60 60 5 5 5 BLAIRSVILLE 63 51 57 37 73 / 60 80 20 10 10 CARTERSVILLE 69 52 60 39 73 / 60 80 20 10 10 COLUMBUS 68 57 70 45 79 / 60 60 5 5 5 GAINESVILLE 64 51 61 44 74 / 70 80 20 10 10 MACON 69 55 71 44 77 / 80 60 5 5 5 ROME 73 55 64 42 75 / 50 80 10 10 10 PEACHTREE CITY 68 53 64 36 75 / 60 60 5 5 5 VIDALIA 70 60 76 44 79 / 90 70 10 5 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 01
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 7:03 AM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 703 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-030900- 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- 703 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT. .SYNOPSIS... A STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST TODAY. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. .DISCUSSION... A WARM FRONT...CURRENTLY LIFTING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...WILL BECOME STATIONARY JUST NORTH OF AN ATLANTA TO ATHENS LINE. SOUTH OF THIS LINE THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE THIS MORNING. CAPES WILL REMAIN IN THE 400 TO 600 RANGE THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 800 TO 1000 THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SHEAR WILL ALSO INCREASE RAPIDLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE NIGHT TIME HOURS. WHILE JUST ABOUT ANY PART OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA COULD SEE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE WEST OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON...TO WARNER ROBINS...TO VIDALIA. THE MAIN THREAT THIS MORNING WILL BE PENNY TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL. HOWEVER AS WIND SHEAR INCREASES THIS AFTERNOON...THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED ON THE REMAINING DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION TODAY AND TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 7:28 AM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 728 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 GAZ079-089>091-021200- 728 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 35 MPH WINDS IN CHATTAHOOCHEE...MARION...MUSCOGEE AND TALBOT COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM EDT... AT 725 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BENNING HILLS OR 5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS...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 CHATTAHOOCHEE...MARION...MUSCOGEE AND TALBOT COUNTIES THROUGH 800 AM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE FORT BENNING/LAWSON ARMY AIR FIELD...CARTER ACRES...BATTLE PARK... SAND HILL...FORT BENNING...BOX SPRINGS...MARION ESTATES...OAKLAND AND JUNIPER.
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 7:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 730 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 GAZ102-103-021200- 730 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 35 MPH WINDS IN WEBSTER AND STEWART COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM EDT... AT 729 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED NEAR KIMBROUGH...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST 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 WEBSTER AND STEWART COUNTIES THROUGH 800 AM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE WESTVILLE...TROUTMAN...KIMBROUGH... LEVERETTS...WESTON...RICHLAND...CENTERPOINT...PRESTON AND DUMAS.
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 7:51 AM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 751 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 GAZ072-073-021215- 751 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS IN NORTHERN JONES AND BALDWIN COUNTIES UNTIL 815 AM EDT... AT 750 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WAYSIDE...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS JONES AND BALDWIN COUNTIES THROUGH 815 AM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CLINTON...BRADLEY...WAYSIDE...ROUND OAK... GRAY...BLOUNTSVILLE...ETHRIDGE...HADDOCK...BROWNS CROSSING... ALLENWOOD...HARDWICK...MERIWETHER AND MILLEDGEVILLE.
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 8:14 AM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 814 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 GAZ061-073-074-021300- 814 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN IN BALDWIN...WASHINGTON AND HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 845 AM EDT... AT 811 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MERIWETHER...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 900 AM. RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS BALDWIN...WASHINGTON AND HANCOCK COUNTIES...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND ALLENWOOD...HARDWICK...MERIWETHER...MILLEDGEVILLE...UNDERWOOD... DEVEREUX...BEULAH...LINTON...SPARTA AND WARTHEN. ADDITIONALLY... COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 8:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 817 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 GAZ093-104-105-021245- 817 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL IN SUMTER...MACON AND DOOLY COUNTIES UNTIL 845 AM EDT... AT 816 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF ANDERSONVILLE...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 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 SUMTER...MACON AND DOOLY COUNTIES THROUGH 845 AM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE NEW ERA...ANDERSONVILLE... ANDERSONVILLE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE...PENNINGTON...METHVINS... CLEARVIEW...FLINT RIVER WMA...OGLETHORPE...MONTEZUMA...DOOLING... BYROMVILLE...FIVE POINTS AND LILLY.
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 10:06 AM EDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1006 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 GAZ102-021430- 1006 AM EDT THU APR 2 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS IN STEWART COUNTY UNTIL 1030 AM EDT... AT 1006 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PROVIDENCE CANYON STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS STEWART COUNTY THROUGH 1030 AM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE FLORENCE MARINA STATE PARK...SANFORD...PROVIDENCE CANYON STATE PARK...WESTVILLE...LUMPKIN...LOUVALE...CHARLES... BROOKLYN AND RICHLAND.
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, 4:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 24 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, 10:43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.