Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2015, 4:47 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Walker County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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 18, 2015, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2015, 5:15 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), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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 18, 4:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ssw Noble, GA | THE WALKER COUNTY 911 CENTER REPORTED TREES DOWN FROM LAFAYETTE TO ROCK SPRING. |
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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 1028 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1226 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
647
WUUS52 KFFC 182047
SVRFFC
GAC047-295-313-182115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0134.150618T2047Z-150618T2115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
447 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL WHITFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN CATOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 446 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LA FAYETTE TO NEAR TRION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 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
LAFAYETTE...RINGGOLD...LA FAYETTE...NOBLE...NAOMI...BEAUMONT...ROCK
SPRING...SUTTLES MILL...LINWOOD...VILLANOW AND WOOD STATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
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 3493 8506 3460 8506 3460 8535 3481 8531
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 233DEG 16KT 3478 8526 3460 8528
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 8:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 36 min |
| Jun 17, 9:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 10:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Stewart | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 3:25 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Clarke and 43 more | 17 hr |
| Jun 18, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Jackson, Madison | 38 min |
| Jun 18, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 24 min |
| Jun 18, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 36 min |
| Jun 18, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 26 min |
| Jun 18, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett | 21 min |
| Jun 18, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry | 20 min |
| Jun 18, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 27 min |
| Jun 18, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 22 min |
| Jun 18, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Newton | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Taylor, Upson | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 22 min |
| Jun 18, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Walton | 26 min |
| Jun 18, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart | 26 min |
| Jun 18, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 24 min |
| Jun 18, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 26 min |
| Jun 18, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Twiggs | 24 min |
| Jun 18, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Monroe, Peach | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 31 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.