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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Mar 15, 2012, 6:27 PM EDT for Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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
- Mar 15, 2012, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
County Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 866 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1034 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 15, 2:16 PM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 2:16 PM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
216 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
...EARLY SUMMERLIKE CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE...
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
LATEST MSAS ANALYSIS SHOWS SURFACE RIDGE AXIS FROM SE SURFACE
HIGH HAS CONTINUED TO SHIFT SOUTH...NOW SITUATED FROM OFFSHORE THE
CAROLINAS THROUGH SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA.
MOIST RETURN FLOW IN RESULTANT SOUTHWEST WIND IS ALLOWING FOR
DEWPOINTS TO SURGE INTO THE LOWER 60S OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA.
COMBINED WITH TEMPS IN THE LOWER 80S ALREADY AND WE ARE SEEING
IMPRESSIVE CAP VALUES OVER 2500 J/KG...VERY UNUSUAL FOR THIS TIME
OF YEAR. AS SUCH...RADAR VERY MUCH RESEMBLES A SUMMER TYPE REGIME
WITH ACTIVITY INITIATING OVER THE NE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING WITH A
SLOW DRIFT SOUTHWARD.
EXPECT AREAS TO THE WEST TO FILL IN AS WELL BASED ON ADEQUATE
INSTABILITY WITH AREA SHIFTING SOUTH TO AFFECT MUCH OF NORTH
GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS ALOFT ARE CERTAINLY NOT
SUMMER YET WITH FREEZING LEVEL JUST ABOVE 10K...SO WILL NOT TAKE
MUCH TO GET HAIL OUT OF THESE STORMS. GIVEN EXPECTED UPDRAFTS THIS
EVENING...HAVE ADDED MENTION OF ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS TO HAZARDS
AND GRAPHICAST. IN ADDITION...DCAPE ANALYSIS SHOWS SOME POTENTIAL
FOR STRONG DOWNDRAFTS IN THE MORE SIGNIFICANT CELLS THIS EVENING.
ALTHOUGH A MAJORITY OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE ON THE WANE
OVERNIGHT...NAM12 DOES TRY TO GEN UP ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY FROM 06Z
THROUGH 12Z AND WILL KEEP IN LOW END CHANCE POPS FOR THIS PERIOD.
GOING INTO FRIDAY...WILL CERTAINLY START OFF WITH MORE CLOUD COVER
ACROSS THE AREA WHICH MAY LIMIT INSTABILITY THROUGH MORNING...BUT
SHOULD SEE MORE IN THE WAY OF SHORTWAVE ACTIVITY BETWEEN 500MB-
700MB THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. TRAJECTORY OF THIS
ACTIVITY STILL FAVORS NORTH GEORGIA AND WILL CARRY LIKELY POPS IN
THIS REGION. THIS IS STILL SHY OF THE NAM12 WILL REMAINS BULLISH
WITH POPS...INDICATING NEAR CATEGORICAL. SHOULD SEE SIMILAR
THREATS TO TODAY...BUT MUCH WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH INSTABILITY WE
CAN SUSTAIN WITH THE CLOUD COVER.
SURFACE TROUGH SETTLES INTO THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY AND THIS
WILL ALLOW FOR CONTINUED HIGH END CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE SHORT
TERM. WITH ADDITIONAL SHORTWAVE ACTIVITY...COULD CERTAINLY SEE
THE NEED FOR THESE POPS TO BE RAISED TO LIKELY WITH SUBSEQUENT
FORECASTS SHOULD TRENDS CONTINUE. THIS WOULD BE ESPECIALLY TRUE
FOR AREAS OF EXTREME NORTH AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA.
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...UPPER LEVEL RIDGING STRENGTHENS
OVER THE SOUTHEAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. IMPULSES
ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL COMBINE WITH GOOD
MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIODS TO BRING
DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA. BY MONDAY IMPULSES
SLIDE FURTHER TO THE EAST...ALTHOUGH PRECIPITABLE WATER REMAINS IN
THE ONE TO ONE AND ONE-QUARTER INCH RANGE THROUGH THE EXTENDED
PERIODS. WHILE PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH
SOMEWHAT...THERE WILL STILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR ISOLATED
CONVECTION IN THE AFTERNOONS...ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF
FORECAST AREA AS EASTERLY FLOW BRINGS IN ADDITIONAL ATLANTIC
MOISTURE. GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TEN TO FIFTEEN DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL OVER THE WEEKEND...WHICH WILL REMAIN BELOW RECORD
HIGH TEMPERATURES.
DEESE
&&
.CLIMATE...
RECORDS FOR 03-15
MAX TEMPERATURE MIN TEMPERATURE
STATION HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
KAHN 84 1921 43 1960 62 1990 19 1993
1989
KATL 81 1973 39 1901 64 1989 20 1993
1946
KCSG 83 1989 44 1960 66 1973 21 1993
KMCN 86 1977 42 1960 65 1990 20 1993
1973
RECORDS FOR 03-16
MAX TEMPERATURE MIN TEMPERATURE
STATION HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
KAHN 82 1945 37 1960 62 2002 19 1890
KATL 84 1945 34 1900 64 2002 18 1890
KCSG 85 2002 51 1969 65 2002 27 1988
1949
KMCN 87 1955 42 1900 65 1942 26 1916
RECORDS FOR 03-17
MAX TEMPERATURE MIN TEMPERATURE
STATION HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
KAHN 85 1945 39 2005 62 1945 23 1924
KATL 86 1945 38 1892 65 2002 23 1895
KCSG 88 2002 45 2005 67 2002 30 1981
1954
KMCN 88 1945 44 2005 65 1908 27 1988
RECORDS FOR 03-18
MAX TEMPERATURE MIN TEMPERATURE
STATION HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
KAHN 87 1921 45 1998 63 1908 23 1967
1941
1902
KATL 84 1982 30 1892 67 1908 20 1902
KCSG 89 1982 49 1988 64 1982 29 1967
KMCN 88 1908 43 1902 67 1908 28 2007
1941
&&
.AVIATION...
18Z UPDATE...
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER CONVECTION
HAS STARTED OVER N GA AND CONFIDENCE IS LOW TO THE IMPACTS ON THE
TAF LOCATIONS. SURFACE WINDS VARIABLE AROUND 5 KTS BECOMING CALM
OR LIGHT OVERNIGHT. BDL
//ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z
HIGH CONFIDENCE FOR VFR CONDITIONS AND WINDS INTO TONIGHT.
LOW CONFIDENCE FOR IMPACTS OF THUNDERSTORMS.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS 57 82 57 82 / 20 40 30 30
ATLANTA 61 81 61 81 / 20 40 20 30
BLAIRSVILLE 53 77 53 78 / 30 40 40 30
CARTERSVILLE 53 80 52 83 / 30 40 30 30
COLUMBUS 58 83 59 83 / 10 30 20 30
GAINESVILLE 58 80 58 81 / 20 40 40 30
MACON 56 83 56 82 / 10 30 20 30
ROME 54 80 54 82 / 30 40 30 20
PEACHTREE CITY 53 80 53 83 / 20 30 20 30
VIDALIA 60 83 60 83 / 10 20 20 20
&&
.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 11:55 AM EDT, 6 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1155 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-161015- 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- 1155 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED SEVERE POSSIBLE OVER PRIMARILY NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST...AND WILL COMBINE WITH WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGING TO KEEP A WARM...MOIST AIRMASS OVER GEORGIA. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORM WILL BE STRONG WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY. THE BEST TIME FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM 4 PM TO 10 PM...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LA GRANGE...TO GRIFFIN...TO GREENSBORO. .DISCUSSION... A WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE. THIS AFTERNOON...CAPES WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 1000 ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS FAR NORTH GEORGIA. THIS PROXIMITY OF THIS IMPULSE WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED SEVERE ACTIVITY. STRONG WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 15, 5:57 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
557 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
GAZ021-152230-
557 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM EDT...
AT 553 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WALESKA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
CHEROKEE COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM INCLUDE WALESKA...SUTALLEE...LAKE ARROWHEAD...SALACOA
VALLEY...BALL GROUND...REAVIS MOUNTAIN...WOODSTOCK...LEBANON...HOLLY
SPRINGS...FREE HOME...BUFFINGTON...CANTON...HOLBROOK...LATHEMTOWN AND
UNION HILL. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3438 8458 3438 8445 3439 8444 3437 8440
3438 8426 3419 8426 3417 8435 3413 8436
3411 8442 3407 8442 3408 8466 3441 8465
3441 8459
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 317DEG 5KT 3430 8450Special weather statement, Mar 15, 6:06 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
606 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
GAZ020-152230-
606 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN BARTOW COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM EDT...
AT 602 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CASSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
BARTOW COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM INCLUDE CARTERSVILLE...EUHARLEE...CASSVILLE...KINGSTON...FOLSOM
AND ADAIRSVILLE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3435 8501 3438 8501 3439 8498 3439 8496
3440 8492 3440 8478 3417 8473 3413 8494
3432 8502 3434 8502
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 165DEG 7KT 3424 8486Special weather statement, Mar 15, 6:11 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
611 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
GAZ030-031-041-043-044-152245-
611 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN POLK...PAULDING...DOUGLAS...HARALSON AND SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTIES
UNTIL 645 PM EDT...
AT 607 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM VAN WERT TO PALMETTO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
5 MPH.
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS POLK...PAULDING...DOUGLAS...HARALSON AND SOUTHERN FULTON
COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS INCLUDE UNION...CHATTAHOOCHEE HILL COUNTRY...PALMETTO...BILL
ARP...WINSTON...NEW GEORGIA...YORKVILLE...EUBANK
LAKE...ANTIOCH...FISH CREEK...DOUGLASVILLE...CHAPEL
HILL...CAMPBELLTON...BROWNSVILLE AND VAN WERT. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3410 8509 3408 8493 3397 8474 3395 8474
3394 8472 3381 8473 3380 8463 3374 8455
3360 8447 3350 8461 3351 8473 3373 8486
3376 8491 3378 8490 3379 8496 3397 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 224DEG 6KT 3398 8508 3380 8479
3357 8465Special weather statement, Mar 15, 6:12 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
612 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
GAZ022-033-152245-
612 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN FORSYTH AND NORTHERN FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...
AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALPHARETTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
FORSYTH AND NORTHERN FULTON COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MOUNTAIN
PARK...ALPHARETTA...MILTON...BIRMINGHAM...JOHNS
CREEK...BROOKWOOD...DREW AND DUCKTOWN. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3416 8408 3409 8410 3400 8424 3400 8425
3397 8427 3410 8442 3413 8436 3417 8436
3418 8435 3419 8426 3427 8426 3429 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 223DEG 5KT 3410 8428Special weather statement, Mar 15, 6:23 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
623 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
GAZ021-152300-
623 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM EDT...
AT 621 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WALESKA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DIME SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
CHEROKEE COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM INCLUDE WALESKA...SUTALLEE...LAKE ARROWHEAD...SALACOA
VALLEY...KELLOGG CREEK...LITTLE RIVER LANDING...OAK GROVE...HOBGOOD
PARK...BRIDGEMILL...WOODSTOCK...LEBANON...HOLLY SPRINGS...FREE
HOME...BUFFINGTON AND CANTON. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3438 8458 3438 8445 3439 8443 3437 8439
3438 8426 3419 8426 3417 8435 3413 8436
3411 8442 3407 8442 3408 8466 3441 8465
3441 8459
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 296DEG 1KT 3429 8450Special weather statement, Mar 15, 6:27 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
627 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
GAZ030-031-152300-
627 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH
WINDS IN POLK AND PAULDING COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT...
AT 625 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VAN WERT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE NICKEL SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
POLK AND PAULDING COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ANTIOCH...YORKVILLE...BRASWELL...FISH
CREEK...VAN WERT...ROCKMART AND ARAGON. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA
OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.
&&
LAT...LON 3410 8511 3410 8505 3400 8487 3382 8504
3390 8504 3390 8522 3391 8523
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 213DEG 4KT 3393 8508The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 12:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 28 min |
| Mar 15, 12:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 12:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 31 min |
| Mar 15, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 32 min |
| Mar 15, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 30 min |
| Mar 15, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin | 31 min |
| Mar 15, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin | 49 min |
| Mar 15, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 30 min |
| Mar 15, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 3:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson | 3 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 25 min |
| Mar 15, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 31 min |
| Mar 15, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 30 min |
| Mar 15, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 31 min |
| Mar 15, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 21 min |
| Mar 15, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 24 min |
| Mar 15, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Paulding | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 29 min |
| Mar 15, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas, Paulding | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 24 min |
| Mar 15, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas, Paulding, Polk | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 37 min |
| Mar 15, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding, Polk | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Polk | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 28 min |
| Mar 15, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 25 min |
| Mar 15, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 32 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.