Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2015, 7:02 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Walker County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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
- Jun 8, 2015, 7:02 PM EDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2015, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 311 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 913 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
159
WUUS52 KFFC 082302
SVRFFC
GAC047-295-313-082330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0108.150608T2302Z-150608T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
702 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL WHITFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
SOUTHERN CATOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
EAST CENTRAL WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT
* AT 702 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF RINGGOLD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
VARNELL...TUNNEL HILL...BEAUMONT AND WOOD STATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
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 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3472 8519 3485 8521 3485 8525 3490 8501
3486 8498 3478 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 256DEG 28KT 3482 8517
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
074
WWUS52 KFFC 082321
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
721 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015
GAC295-082330-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0108.000000T0000Z-150608T2330Z/
WALKER GA-
721 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WALKER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3490 8501 3486 8498 3478 8506 3473 8516
3475 8516 3477 8515 3477 8516 3482 8515
3487 8517
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 256DEG 28KT 3486 8500
$$
GAC047-313-082330-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0108.000000T0000Z-150608T2330Z/
WHITFIELD GA-CATOOSA GA-
721 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL WHITFIELD AND SOUTHEASTERN CATOOSA COUNTIES...
AT 720 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER TUNNEL HILL...
OR NEAR DALTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
VARNELL...TUNNEL HILL AND WOOD STATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
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 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3490 8501 3486 8498 3478 8506 3473 8516
3475 8516 3477 8515 3477 8516 3482 8515
3487 8517
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 256DEG 28KT 3486 8500
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 10 min |
| Jun 8, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 30 min |
| Jun 8, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 35 min |
| Jun 8, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 36 min |
| Jun 8, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Warren | 32 min |
| Jun 8, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 26 min |
| Jun 8, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Murray, Whitfield | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 30 min |
| Jun 8, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 27 min |
| Jun 8, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 50 min |
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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.