Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2015, 5:07 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Treutlen County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports 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 22, 2015, 5:07 PM EDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2015, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Emanuel County, GA, Treutlen County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 5:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Gillis Springs, GA | RECEIVED REPORT FROM NWS CHARLESTON STATING THAT MEMBER OF PUBLIC REPORTED MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AT EXIT 78 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 16W AND HIGHWAY 221. |
| Jun 22, 5:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Gillis Springs, GA | 911 CALL CENTER IS RECEIVING REPORTS OF MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON INTERSTATE 16 VERY NEAR DOWNTOWN GILLIS SPRINGS. |
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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 1131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1124 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 222107
SVRFFC
GAC107-283-222145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0155.150622T2107Z-150622T2145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
507 PM EDT MON JUN 22 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
* AT 506 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ADRIAN...OR
8 MILES NORTHEAST OF SOPERTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SOPERTON...ADRIAN...OAK PARK...NUNEZ...GILLIS SPRINGS...COVENA...
ZAIDEE...ORIANNA...NORRISTOWN JUNCTION...BLACKVILLE AND NORRISTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 3233 8237 3234 8238 3234 8239 3235 8241
3233 8256 3247 8265 3249 8264 3250 8265
3252 8261 3252 8260 3253 8259 3253 8257
3254 8257 3260 8248 3240 8225
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 324DEG 9KT 3249 8253
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 25 min |
| Jun 21, 9:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 24 min |
| Jun 22, 12:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Washington | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 2:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 2:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 3:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 32 min |
| Jun 22, 2:49 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Crisp, Dodge and 36 more | 29 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 31 min |
| Jun 22, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 25 min |
| Jun 22, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 31 min |
| Jun 22, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 33 min |
| Jun 22, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 31 min |
| Jun 22, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 28 min |
| Jun 22, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Wheeler | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 28 min |
| Jun 22, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 25 min |
| Jun 22, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Washington | 9 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.