Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 15, 2012, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)

Expired

Mar 15, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT

In force

23 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Bartow County, GA, Paulding County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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996 
WUUS52 KFFC 152122
SVRFFC
GAC015-223-152145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0055.120315T2122Z-120315T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
522 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  NORTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 518 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 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF EMERSON...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  EMERSON...CARTERSVILLE AND EUHARLEE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR 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. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.

&&

LAT...LON 3422 8475 3408 8472 3408 8474 3398 8474
      3394 8491 3402 8495 3408 8493 3408 8498
      3417 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 165DEG 5KT 3405 8484

$$

522 
WWUS52 KFFC 152141
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
541 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

GAC015-223-152149-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-120315T2145Z/
PAULDING GA-BARTOW GA-
541 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BARTOW AND
NORTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 545 PM EDT...

AT 537 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
WEAKENING THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL...AND 
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BURNT 
HICKORY RIDGE...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
STILESBORO...EMERSON...CARTERSVILLE AND EUHARLEE.

NICKEL-SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR BURNT HICKORY RIDGE IN PAULDING 
COUNTY BY THE PUBLIC AROUND 525 PM EDT.

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR 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. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.

LAT...LON 3422 8475 3408 8472 3408 8474 3398 8474
      3394 8491 3402 8495 3408 8493 3408 8498
      3417 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 165DEG 5KT 3407 8485

$$

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.