Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2015, 3:46 PM EDT for Harris County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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
- Jun 9, 2015, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2015, 4:17 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Harris County, GA, Muscogee County, GA
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 3:54 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Twin Chapel, GA | DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. REPORT FROM SUMMIT GAS STATION. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 1411 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 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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WUUS52 KFFC 091946
SVRFFC
GAC145-215-092030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0121.150609T1946Z-150609T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
346 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHEASTERN MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 344 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED NEAR
FORTSON...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN AIRPORT
...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR 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
UPATOI...EDGEWOOD...KENWOOD...ELLERSLIE...VISTA TERRACE...COLUMBUS
METROPOLITAN AIRPORT...CATAULA...MULBERRY GROVE...FORTSON...FLAT
ROCK AND MIDLAND.
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 3270 8495 3262 8469 3260 8469 3248 8474
3247 8475 3243 8489 3261 8502
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 317DEG 14KT 3263 8496
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
089
WWUS52 KFFC 092017
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
417 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015
GAC145-215-092026-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-150609T2030Z/
HARRIS GA-MUSCOGEE GA-
417 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARRIS AND
NORTHEASTERN MUSCOGEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 445 PM EDT.
LAT...LON 3270 8495 3262 8469 3260 8469 3248 8474
3247 8475 3243 8489 3261 8502
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 317DEG 14KT 3254 8486
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 30 min |
| Jun 8, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Union | 51 min |
| Jun 8, 8:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Morgan | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 8:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union, White | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 9:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 33 min |
| Jun 9, 1:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 2:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 3:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 26 min |
| Jun 9, 3:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 3:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 3:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 22 min |
| Jun 9, 4:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 4:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union, White | 63 min |
| Jun 9, 4:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 4:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Pickens | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 4:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 5:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall, White | 58 min |
| Jun 9, 5:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 6:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 56 min |
| Jun 9, 6:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 6:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 39 min |
| Jun 9, 6:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 29 min |
| Jun 9, 6:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 7:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oglethorpe | 64 min |
| Jun 9, 7:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 7:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee, Walton | 58 min |
| Jun 9, 7:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 7:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Union | 33 min |
| Jun 9, 9:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee | 52 min |
| Jun 9, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Stewart, Webster | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Putnam | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Pike, Upson | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 39 min |
| Jun 9, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Rockdale | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren | 23 min |
| Jun 9, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee, Oglethorpe | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry, Rockdale | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 24 min |
| Jun 9, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 33 min |
| Jun 9, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 29 min |
| Jun 9, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 29 min |
| Jun 9, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 23 min |
| Jun 9, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Walton | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette, Henry | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 29 min |
| Jun 9, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Taliaferro | 59 min |
| Jun 9, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Jun 9, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 23 min |
| Jun 9, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 33 min |
| Jun 9, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.