Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2015, 6:48 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 42 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 14, 2015, 6:48 PM EDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2015, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, White County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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 14, 7:29 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Mossy Creek, GA | TREE DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF AIRPORT ROAD AND LOTHRIDGE ROAD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 1704 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
897
WUUS52 KFFC 142248
SVRFFC
GAC085-111-123-187-311-142330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0271.150714T2248Z-150714T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
648 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LUMPKIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
CENTRAL FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT
* AT 646 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED EXTENDING FROM
SOUTHWEST OF LAKE BURTON TO NEAR HELEN AND SUCHES TO NORTHWEST OF
DAHLONEGA AND EAST OF ELLIJAY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60 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
DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...ELLIJAY...EAST ELLIJAY...HELEN...UNICOI
STATE PARK...SAUTEE...AMICALOLA FALLS STATE PARK...MOUNTAINTOWN...
THE SMITHGALL WOODS CONSERVATION AREA...LEAF...QUALATCHEE LAKE...
THE STOVER CREEK SHELTER...TALONA...TURNERS CORNER...THE BLACK GAP
SHELTER...THE LEN FOOTE HIKE INN...MOSSY CREEK...GARLAND AND
NIMBLEWILL.
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.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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 3473 8437 3465 8415 3464 8404 3474 8395
3472 8384 3478 8382 3480 8368 3476 8363
3465 8366 3455 8362 3450 8367 3452 8379
3447 8392 3446 8393 3447 8395 3459 8457
3473 8466 3482 8458 3485 8461 3486 8450
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 297DEG 53KT 3476 8362 3469 8382 3467 8409 3467
8419 3467 8433
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 29 min |
| Jul 14, 3:24 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 29 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union | 59 min |
| Jul 14, 11:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns, Union | 35 min |
| Jul 14, 12:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 12:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns, Union | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 12:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 23 min |
| Jul 14, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 12:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 1:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson, Washington | 35 min |
| Jul 14, 1:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 25 min |
| Jul 14, 1:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 23 min |
| Jul 14, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Union, White | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 28 min |
| Jul 14, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 25 min |
| Jul 14, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair and 3 more | 59 min |
| Jul 14, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 27 min |
| Jul 14, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Towns, Union | 58 min |
| Jul 14, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Fannin, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 51 min |
| Jul 14, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Lumpkin, White | 24 min |
| Jul 14, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Dawson, Gordon, Hall, Pickens | 29 min |
| Jul 14, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Walker, Whitfield | 51 min |
| Jul 14, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Pickens | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall, Jackson, Madison | 24 min |
| Jul 14, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 49 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.