Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2015, 4:13 PM EDT for Banks County, Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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 24, 2015, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2015, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Banks County, GA, Hall County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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 24, 4:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 E Gainesville, GA | MULTIPLE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS HALL COUNTY. |
| Jun 24, 4:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.7 | 1 Wnw Rabbitown, GA | DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED NEAR I-985 AND JESSE JEWELL PARKWAY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 2208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
424
WUUS52 KFFC 242013
SVRFFC
GAC011-139-242100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0182.150624T2013Z-150624T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
413 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
WEST CENTRAL BANKS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT
* AT 412 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LULA...OR 11
MILES NORTHEAST OF GAINESVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GAINESVILLE...LULA...CLERMONT AND GILLSVILLE.
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 3450 8378 3450 8367 3443 8361 3444 8361
3430 8353 3429 8361 3429 8363 3426 8381
3450 8380 3451 8378
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 351DEG 13KT 3442 8370
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 56 min |
| Jun 24, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Wilkes | 52 min |
| Jun 24, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Taylor | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 23 min |
| Jun 24, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 28 min |
| Jun 24, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 24 min |
| Jun 24, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 50 min |
| Jun 24, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 3:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Spalding | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall, Jackson | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 52 min |
| Jun 24, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 52 min |
| Jun 24, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton, Walton | 25 min |
| Jun 24, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 39 min |
| Jun 24, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Meriwether, Pike and 1 more | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 39 min |
| Jun 24, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin | 35 min |
| Jun 24, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Wilkinson | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Jasper, Newton | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 65 min |
| Jun 24, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 22 min |
| Jun 24, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 22 min |
| Jun 24, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Taylor, Upson | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 50 min |
| Jun 24, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Putnam | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 27 min |
| Jun 24, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Paulding, Polk | 51 min |
| Jun 24, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Pickens | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 28 min |
| Jun 24, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Candler | 23 min |
| Jun 24, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 28 min |
| Jun 24, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 35 min |
| Jun 24, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Muscogee | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 34 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.