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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 1, 2015Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2015, 8:23 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 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: Jul 1, 2015, 8:23 PM EDT (00:23 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2015, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Laurens County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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
Jul 1, 8:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Harlow, GA	911 CALL CENTER HAS RECEIVED A REPORT OF 1 TREE DOWN ON EASTMAN ROAD AS WELL AS SEVERAL CALLS REGARDING A FEW DOWNED POWERLINES. EMPLOYEE FROM PILOT TRAVEL CENTER NEAR HARLOW ALSO REPORTED A LINE DOWN AND THAT THE COMPANY WAS WITHOUT POWER.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 27 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 192 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 81 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

936 
WUUS52 KFFC 020023
SVRFFC
GAC175-020115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0233.150702T0023Z-150702T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
823 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 823 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DEXTER...OR
  8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUBLIN...MOVING EAST AT 35 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
  DUBLIN...EAST DUBLIN...DEXTER...DUDLEY...RENTZ...ROCKLEDGE...
  MINTER...BREWTON AND HARLOW.

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 3246 8266 3246 8269 3243 8270 3241 8270
      3239 8272 3236 8273 3238 8308 3256 8312
      3264 8273 3261 8267 3252 8267 3252 8265
      3247 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 266DEG 29KT 3248 8302 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

1 follow-up statement

587 
WWUS52 KFFC 020034
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
834 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

GAC175-020115-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0233.000000T0000Z-150702T0115Z/
LAURENS GA-
834 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTY...

AT 834 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DUBLIN...
MOVING EAST AT 35 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
DUBLIN...EAST DUBLIN...RENTZ...ROCKLEDGE...MINTER...BREWTON AND
HARLOW.

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 3246 8266 3246 8269 3243 8270 3241 8270
      3239 8272 3236 8273 3238 8301 3257 8304
      3264 8273 3261 8267 3252 8267 3252 8265
      3247 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 266DEG 29KT 3249 8291 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 1, 7:40 PM EDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 7:40 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
740 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 957 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2015/

UPDATE...
IT HAS BEEN A QUIETER FIRST HALF OF THE DAY AS COMPARED TO
YESTERDAY...BUT THIS WILL CHANGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING AS ANOTHER DISTURBANCE RIDES DOWN THE NORTHWEST FLOW AND
SPARKS MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE A GOOD BIT OF
SMOKE FROM CANADIAN WILDFIRES WILL GIVE THE SKY A HAZY LOOK THIS
MORNING. FORECAST CONTINUES ON TRACK.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 738 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2015/

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 439 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2015/

SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
ACTIVE...DYNAMIC PATTERN CONTINUES THROUGH THE SHORT TERM FOR NORTH
AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AS A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES IMPACT THE AREA AS A
RESULT OF BROAD UPPER TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN US. AS THESE
DISTURBANCES INTERACT WITH THE MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER THE
AREA...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. ALTHOUGH
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO NORTH GEORGIA BY LATE
MORNING...THE HIGHEST CHANCES FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS IS BETWEEN
2 AND 10 PM AND NORTH/WEST OF THE I-85 CORRIDOR /OR NORTH OF A LINE
FROM LAGRANGE TO GAINESVILLE/ WHERE DIURNAL HEATING WILL COMBINE
WITH THE BEST UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT. SHORT TERM MODELS CONTINUE TO
ADVERTISE CAPES IN THE 1500-2000 J/KG RANGE...AND WITH MODERATELY
STEEP LAPSE RATES...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...AND
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. SPC DOES HAVE PORTIONS OF NORTH
AND WESTERN GEORGIA OUTLOOKED IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS
TODAY AND TONIGHT. GIVEN THE ENVIRONMENT...THE GREATEST RISK
CONTINUES TO BE STRONG...DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. HAIL
UP TO 1.00 INCH IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

ADDITIONALLY...MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW AMPLE MOISTURE ACROSS THE
STATE WITH ANOMALOUSLY HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES APPROACHING
THE 90TH PERCENTILE. ANTICIPATE STORMS TO BE HEAVY RAINFALL
PRODUCERS...AND FLASH FLOODING OF LOCALIZED AREAS...PARTICULARLY LOW-
LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS...IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.

HAVE OPTED TO CONTINUE WITH LIKELY POPS ACROSS FAR NORTH GEORGIA
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THROUGH THURSDAY AS ANOTHER DISTURBANCE IMPACTS
THE STATE AND FOCUSES ON THE NORTHERN ZONES. THERE WAS SOME
CONSIDERATION OF A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT
AS THIS NEXT SYSTEM CONTINUES TO DROP HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER
THE SAME GENERAL AREA...BUT AT THIS TIME...MODEL QPF CONTINUES TO BE
LOW ENOUGH THAT HAVE TABLED IT FOR NOW. SUBSEQUENT SHIFTS WILL NEED
TO MONITOR NEW QPF TO DETERMINE IF A WATCH MAY BE NECESSARY. SPC
CONTINUES TO HIGHLIGHT NORTH GEORGIA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE
WEATHER AGAIN THURSDAY...AND ONCE AGAIN DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE
MAIN HAZARD.

THE SILVER LINING TO THE ACTIVE NORTHWEST FLOW IS THE TEMPERATURES.
HIGHS THROUGH THE SHORT TERM CONTINUE TO BE AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW
NORMAL. HAVE GENERALLY USED A BLEND OF GUIDANCE.

31

LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
GFS AND ECMWF MODELS ARE SHOWING GOOD AGREEMENT WITH AN ACTIVE
PATTERN PERSISTING AS AN UPPER LONG WAVE TROUGH REMAINS ANCHORED
OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE COUNTRY. ALTHOUGH SUBTLE DIFFERENCES
ARE NOTED IN STRENGTH AND TIMING OF DISTURBANCES THAT TRAVERSE
THROUGH THE LONG WAVE TROUGH... THE MODELS SHOW A VERY ACTIVE
PATTERN THROUGH AT LEAST THE WEEKEND... WARRANTING A GOOD CHANCE
TO LIKELY POPS OVER THE AREA EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH
THE WEEKEND... WITH A LOW CHANCE OVERNIGHT.

MODERATE CAPE VALUES OF 2000-2500 J/KG AND 20-25KTS OF DEEP LAYER
SHEAR SUGGEST A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE EACH
AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ESPECIALLY FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WHEN
THE AREA REMAINS ON THE ACTIVE EAST SIDE OF THE UPPER TROUGH.

THE LONG RANGE MODELS ARE SHOWING THE UPPER TROUGH WEAKENING AND
POSSIBLY SHEARING OFF TO THE EAST BY MONDAY. HOWEVER... THE GFS
SHOWS A WEAKNESS IN THE UPPER LEVELS LINGERING OVER THE STATE ON
TUESDAY WHILE THE ECMWF SHOWS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE. WILL REMAIN
OPTIMISTIC AND SHOW A LOW CHANCE OF POPS FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY
FOR NOW.

39

&&

.AVIATION...
00Z UPDATE...

WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA IS BEGINNING TO
DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE...AND THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE
THROUGH 06Z. CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM
AFTER 06Z...BUT CHANCES INCREASE ONCE AGAIN AFTER 16Z. OTHERWISE A
MIXTURE OF MAINLY MVFR TO VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 14Z.
LOCAL IFR OR LOWER VISIBILITIES OR CEILINGS ARE POSSIBLE..MAINLY
BETWEEN 06Z AND 12Z. WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHWEST TO WEST 4-10KT.
EXPECT VARIABLE WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 25KT IN THE VICINITY OF
CONVECTION.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...00Z UPDATE...
HIGH CONFIDENCE ON WINDS. MEDIUM CONFIDENCE OTHER ELEMENTS.

20

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          89  70  88  71 /  50  50  50  40
ATLANTA         86  70  84  72 /  50  50  60  40
BLAIRSVILLE     80  66  79  66 /  60  60  70  60
CARTERSVILLE    86  69  84  71 /  60  60  60  60
COLUMBUS        89  72  89  73 /  50  50  60  40
GAINESVILLE     84  69  83  70 /  60  60  60  50
MACON           90  70  89  72 /  40  40  50  30
ROME            85  70  85  71 /  60  60  70  60
PEACHTREE CITY  87  69  85  71 /  50  50  60  40
VIDALIA         92  73  91  73 /  30  30  50  30

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: BARTOW...CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...CHEROKEE...
DADE...DAWSON...FANNIN...FLOYD...GILMER...GORDON...LUMPKIN...
MURRAY...PICKENS...TOWNS...UNION...WALKER...WHITE...WHITFIELD.

&&

SHORT TERM...RW
AVIATION...RW

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 10:55 AM EDT, 9 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1055 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-021215-
BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA-
CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA-
CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL-
FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE-
GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON-
JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON-
MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY-
MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH-
PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON-
SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS-
TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN-
WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES-
WILKINSON-
1055 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL INTERACT WITH A MOIST
AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. A
FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE... ESPECIALLY THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LA GRANGE TO GAINESVILLE LINE. HOWEVER...
AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT ANYWHERE TODAY.

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.
HOWEVER... AN ISOLATED LARGE HAIL REPORT CANNOT BE RULED OUT. IN
ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. THE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. THE BEST
CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE THURSDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE WILL BE
POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO
WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:31 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
731 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

GAZ051-060-061-073-074-020000-
TALIAFERRO GA-WASHINGTON GA-BALDWIN GA-PUTNAM GA-HANCOCK GA-
731 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TALIAFERRO...WASHINGTON...
BALDWIN...PUTNAM AND HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 731 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF EATONTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD
           NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IN
           LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY.
           MOTORISTS SHOULD REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
MILLEDGEVILLE...EATONTON...SANDERSVILLE...SPARTA...DEEPSTEP...
MIDWAY-HARDWICK...MERIWETHER...SPRINGFIELD...WARTHEN...SCOTTSBORO...
WARFIELD...CULVERTON...ROCKVILLE...ALLENWOOD...UNDERWOOD...BROWNS
CROSSING...HARDWICK...POWELTON...BEULAH AND DEVEREUX.

LAT...LON 3295 8269 3300 8312 3301 8314 3300 8315
      3302 8336 3331 8343 3339 8319 3336 8317
      3336 8316 3344 8306 3351 8284 3349 8284
      3346 8287 3343 8285 3343 8282 3339 8283
      3336 8280 3332 8280 3331 8279
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 265DEG 49KT 3321 8329

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:41 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
741 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

GAZ036>039-050-051-020015-
TALIAFERRO GA-OGLETHORPE GA-OCONEE GA-GREENE GA-CLARKE GA-WILKES GA-
741 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TALIAFERRO...OGLETHORPE...
OCONEE...GREENE...CLARKE AND WILKES COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

AT 741 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED NEAR GREENSBORO...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD
           NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IN
           LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY.
           MOTORISTS SHOULD REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
GREENSBORO...WATKINSVILLE...LEXINGTON...UNION POINT...CRAWFORD...
ARNOLDSVILLE...WOODVILLE...MAXEYS...BISHOP...RAYLE...ATHENS-CLARKE
COUNTY (BALANCE)...STEPHENS...PENFIELD...BARNETT SHOALS...
WRAYSWOOD...SANDY CROSS...GRESHAMVILLE...HUTCHINGS...LYNEVILLE AND
CELESTE.

LAT...LON 3358 8277 3356 8331 3358 8333 3384 8344
      3404 8297 3403 8294 3402 8294 3401 8293
      3401 8291 3400 8291 3400 8289
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 268DEG 27KT 3361 8323

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:43 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
743 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

GAZ083-084-095>097-109-020015-
TWIGGS GA-BLECKLEY GA-DODGE GA-WILKINSON GA-LAURENS GA-HOUSTON GA-
743 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TWIGGS...BLECKLEY...DODGE...
WILKINSON...LAURENS AND HOUSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

AT 743 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
ROBINS AFB...OR 11 MILES EAST OF PERRY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD
           NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IN
           LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY.
           MOTORISTS SHOULD REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
COCHRAN...WARNER ROBINS...CHESTER...DEXTER...DUDLEY...DANVILLE...
MONTROSE...ALLENTOWN...ROBINS AFB...DISTRICT PATH...MAGNOLIA...
BONAIRE...ROYAL...TARVERSVILLE...REBIE...CARY...ROWLAND...KATHLEEN...
NICKLESVILLE AND COLEY STATION.

LAT...LON 3242 8362 3260 8363 3272 8309 3235 8305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 268DEG 27KT 3251 8354

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:53 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
753 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

GAZ024-025-027-020100-
MADISON GA-BANKS GA-JACKSON GA-
753 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MADISON...BANKS AND JACKSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...

AT 752 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED OVER COMMERCE...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
           AND HEAVY RAIN.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD
           NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IN
           LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY.
           MOTORISTS SHOULD REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
JEFFERSON...COMMERCE...HOMER...DANIELSVILLE...MAYSVILLE...
NICHOLSON...ILA...APPLE VALLEY...PEACH STATE SPEEDWAY...PAOLI...BANKS
CROSSING...POCATALIGO AND VANNA.

LAT...LON 3426 8334 3424 8334 3426 8330 3425 8327
      3424 8317 3427 8311 3426 8312 3423 8308
      3417 8310 3415 8306 3412 8305 3411 8303
      3410 8304 3406 8299 3413 8358 3431 8359
      3433 8339
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 268DEG 27KT 3423 8350

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:58 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
758 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

GAZ060>062-073>076-020030-
GLASCOCK GA-WASHINGTON GA-BALDWIN GA-JEFFERSON GA-PUTNAM GA-
HANCOCK GA-WARREN GA-
758 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GLASCOCK...WASHINGTON...
BALDWIN...JEFFERSON...PUTNAM...HANCOCK AND WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 830
PM EDT...

AT 758 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SPARTA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
           AND HEAVY RAIN.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD
           NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IN
           LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY.
           MOTORISTS SHOULD REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
WARRENTON...SPARTA...GIBSON...MITCHELL...CAMAK...EDGE HILL...
EDGEHILL...WARTHEN...CULVERTON...BEULAH...JEWELL...ROCKVILLE...
DEVEREUX...HAMBURG STATE PARK...MAYFIELD...BEALL SPRINGS...SHOALS...
LINTON...UNDERWOOD AND OCONEE SPRINGS PARK.

LAT...LON 3306 8256 3313 8319 3334 8322 3345 8264
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 268DEG 27KT 3322 8311

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:11 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
811 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

GAZ096-097-109-020115-
BLECKLEY GA-DODGE GA-LAURENS GA-
811 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLECKLEY...DODGE AND LAURENS
COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM EDT...

AT 811 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED NEAR CHESTER...OR
13 MILES NORTHEAST OF COCHRAN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
           AND HEAVY RAIN.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD
           NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IN
           LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY.
           MOTORISTS SHOULD REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
DUBLIN...EAST DUBLIN...CHESTER...DEXTER...DUDLEY...CADWELL...RENTZ...
MONTROSE...REBIE...HARLOW...ROWLAND...YONKERS...MINTER...LOWERY AND
BREWTON.

LAT...LON 3236 8322 3255 8323 3260 8273 3233 8275
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 268DEG 27KT 3246 8314

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 8:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	64 min
Jul 1, 8:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Warren	30 min
Jul 1, 8:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson, Treutlen	64 min
Jul 2, 12:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin	32 min
Jul 2, 12:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Dade	25 min
Jul 2, 12:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fannin	32 min
Jul 2, 1:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	30 min
Jul 2, 1:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Walker	25 min
Jul 2, 1:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield	23 min
Jul 2, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Madison	36 min
Jul 2, 1:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Murray, Walker, Whitfield	43 min
Jul 2, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks	42 min
Jul 2, 1:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Madison	37 min
Jul 2, 2:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	27 min
Jul 2, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lumpkin, White	31 min
Jul 2, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson, Gordon, Pickens	40 min
Jul 2, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	49 min
Jul 2, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	33 min
Jul 2, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Stewart	24 min
Jul 2, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe	52 min
Jul 2, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Gordon	31 min
Jul 2, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion, Schley	41 min
Jul 2, 2:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	35 min
Jul 2, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Walker	44 min
Jul 2, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	37 min
Jul 2, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	35 min
Jul 2, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Gordon	33 min
Jul 2, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	29 min
Jul 2, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall, Jackson	27 min
Jul 2, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Pulaski	26 min
Jul 2, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon, Taylor	35 min
Jul 2, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	34 min
Jul 2, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	32 min
Jul 2, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Jackson	36 min
Jul 2, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilcox	30 min
Jul 2, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge	23 min
Jul 2, 3:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	37 min
Jul 2, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston, Peach	34 min
Jul 2, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe	32 min
Jul 2, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe	25 min
Jul 2, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Telfair, Wheeler	39 min
Jul 2, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	35 min
Jul 2, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow	30 min
Jul 2, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Houston, Twiggs	29 min
Jul 2, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Bleckley, Houston, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson	53 min
Jul 2, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe, Wilkes	29 min
Jul 2, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	50 min
Jul 2, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oconee, Walton	33 min
Jul 2, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler	57 min
Jul 2, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bleckley, Johnson, Laurens, Twiggs, Washington, Wilkinson	52 min
Jul 2, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel	35 min
Jul 2, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Warren	33 min
Jul 2, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	23 min
Jul 2, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Johnson	27 min
Jul 2, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	35 min
Jul 2, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Warren	32 min
Jul 2, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	30 min
Jul 2, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	29 min
Jul 2, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson, Washington	40 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.