Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 4, 2015, 11:37 AM EST for Dodge County, Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 min. 4 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
- Jan 4, 2015, 11:37 AM EST (16:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2015, 12:00 PM EST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dodge County, GA, Pulaski County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 11:44 AM EST | TORNADO | 1 Ne Ocmulgee Banks, GA | ANOTHER EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN EASTERN PULASKI COUNTY ON RALIEGH COBB RD AND TRAVELED EAST NORTHEAST FOR 2.2 MILES. A TIN COVERED BARN WITH 4 INCH LOOSELY ATTACHED CONCRETE FOOTINGS WAS BLOWN OVER. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OF A HOME. TWO TREES WERE DOWNED |
| Jan 4, 11:45 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Ocmulgee Banks, GA | ROOF OF BARN BLOWN OFF ON RALEIGH COBB RD. |
| Jan 4, 11:55 AM EST | TORNADO | 1 Wsw Dodge High, GA | A BRIEF EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF LOG CABIN ROAD AND ANTIOCH CHURCH ROAD AND TRAVELED JUST 0.3 MILES THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. ABOUT 10 TREES WERE DOWNED NARROWLY MISSING HOMES AND CARS. MAX WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 95 MPH...MAX |
| Jan 4, 11:58 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Eastman, GA | SKYWARN COORDINATOR REPORTED POWERLINES DOWN AND TREES DOWN AND BLOCKING THE ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF LOG CABIN ROAD AND ANTIOCH CHURCH ROAD NEAR EASTMAN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 11:37 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
911
WUUS52 KFFC 041637
SVRFFC
GAC091-235-041700-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0002.150104T1637Z-150104T1700Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1137 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 1200 PM EST
* AT 1136 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF PINEVIEW...
OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAWKINSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
EASTMAN...CHESTER...DUBOIS...WALLACE...OCMULGEE BANKS...RODDY...
GRESSTON...YONKERS AND PLAINFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. ALTHOUGH
CURRENT DATA DOES NOT INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF A TORNADO...A TORNADO
MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
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 3219 8351 3229 8336 3229 8334 3232 8329
3233 8329 3242 8316 3240 8313 3222 8303
3221 8303 3213 8336 3213 8341 3212 8342
3213 8344 3212 8344 3212 8345
TIME...MOT...LOC 1636Z 242DEG 40KT 3219 8342
$$2 follow-up statements
820
WWUS52 KFFC 041649
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1149 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
GAC235-041658-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150104T1700Z/
PULASKI GA-
1149 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING MOVED OUT OF THE
COUNTY...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3225 8337 3228 8334 3229 8334 3232 8329
3233 8329 3234 8327 3242 8316 3240 8313
3222 8303 3221 8303 3218 8329
TIME...MOT...LOC 1648Z 242DEG 29KT 3224 8330
$$
GAC091-041700-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150104T1700Z/
DODGE GA-
1149 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 PM EST
FOR NORTHWESTERN DODGE COUNTY...
AT 1148 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS CENTERED 7 MILES WEST OF EASTMAN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
EASTMAN...CHESTER...DUBOIS...RODDY...GRESSTON...YONKERS AND
PLAINFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. ALTHOUGH
CURRENT DATA DOES NOT INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF A TORNADO...A
TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND
MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH A
TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY
AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 3225 8337 3228 8334 3229 8334 3232 8329
3233 8329 3234 8327 3242 8316 3240 8313
3222 8303 3221 8303 3218 8329
TIME...MOT...LOC 1648Z 242DEG 29KT 3224 8330
$$807
WWUS52 KFFC 041658
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1158 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
GAC091-041707-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150104T1700Z/
DODGE GA-
1158 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DODGE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1200 PM EST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER IS
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 1230 PM EST.
LAT...LON 3225 8337 3228 8334 3229 8334 3232 8329
3233 8329 3234 8327 3242 8316 3240 8313
3222 8303 3221 8303 3218 8329
TIME...MOT...LOC 1655Z 242DEG 40KT 3224 8330
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 7:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 39 min |
| Jan 3, 7:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 21 min |
| Jan 3, 7:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Paulding | 37 min |
| Jan 3, 8:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Union | 26 min |
| Jan 3, 9:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 36 min |
| Jan 3, 9:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 49 min |
| Jan 3, 9:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 35 min |
| Jan 3, 10:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Polk | 22 min |
| Jan 3, 10:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Paulding | 34 min |
| Jan 3, 10:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 27 min |
| Jan 3, 10:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 25 min |
| Jan 4, 1:15 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 1:42 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Haralson, Polk | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 2:32 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 26 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 37 min |
| Jan 4, 3:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Paulding | 28 min |
| Jan 4, 3:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 22 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 30 min |
| Jan 4, 4:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Paulding | 34 min |
| Jan 4, 4:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 30 min |
| Jan 4, 5:04 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 5:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton | 35 min |
| Jan 4, 5:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Troup | 34 min |
| Jan 4, 5:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 23 min |
| Jan 4, 5:40 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 35 min |
| Jan 4, 5:53 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 10 hr |
| Jan 4, 5:53 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 46 hr |
| Jan 4, 6:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 30 min |
| Jan 4, 6:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Newton, Pike, Spalding | 35 min |
| Jan 4, 6:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 30 min |
| Jan 4, 6:40 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Spalding | 35 min |
| Jan 4, 6:42 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 33 min |
| Jan 4, 6:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Talbot | 31 min |
| Jan 4, 7:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 4 hr |
| Jan 4, 7:23 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 14 hr |
| Jan 4, 7:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 29 min |
| Jan 4, 8:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 27 min |
| Jan 4, 8:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Monroe | 24 min |
| Jan 4, 9:12 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 7 hr |
| Jan 4, 9:39 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 7 days |
| Jan 4, 10:34 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Haralson | 7 days |
| Jan 4, 10:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb | 7 days |
| Jan 4, 10:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 7 days |
| Jan 4, 11:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 23 min |
| Jan 4, 12:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 29 min |
| Jan 4, 12:02 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 12:31 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 7 days |
| Jan 4, 12:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 29 min |
| Jan 4, 12:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Laurens, Treutlen | 37 min |
| Jan 4, 12:52 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 7 days |
| Jan 4, 1:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 24 min |
| Jan 4, 1:38 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 19 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:39 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 10 hr |
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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.