Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2015, 3:42 PM EDT for Crisp County, Dooly County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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
- Mar 31, 2015, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2015, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 4:10 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Nne Cordele, GA | DIME SIZED HAIL ON I-75 NEAR FARMERS MARKET RD. |
| Mar 31, 4:15 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Se Richwood, GA | QUARTER SIZE HAIL. REPORT CAME FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 1726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
772
WUUS52 KFFC 311942
SVRFFC
GAC081-093-312030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0003.150331T1942Z-150331T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
342 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CRISP COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHERN DOOLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 342 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LILLY...OR NEAR VIENNA...AND
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CORDELE...VIENNA...TREMONT...DRAYTON...RICHWOOD AND EAST CRISP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
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 3203 8396 3204 8397 3205 8397 3205 8398
3212 8396 3209 8361 3208 8361 3192 8370
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 282DEG 19KT 3208 8391
$$2 follow-up statements
319
WWUS52 KFFC 312000
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
400 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015
GAC081-093-312030-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150331T2030Z/
CRISP GA-DOOLY GA-
400 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CRISP AND SOUTHEASTERN DOOLY COUNTIES...
AT 359 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CORDELE TO NEAR VIENNA...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CORDELE...TREMONT AND RICHWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3195 8378 3204 8389 3209 8368 3207 8362
3192 8370
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 292DEG 17KT 3206 8370 3204 8387
$$970
WWUS52 KFFC 312025
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
425 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015
GAC081-093-312034-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150331T2030Z/
CRISP GA-DOOLY GA-
425 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CRISP AND
SOUTHEASTERN DOOLY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM EDT...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3195 8378 3204 8389 3209 8368 3207 8362
3192 8370
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 282DEG 19KT 3206 8370 3204 8387
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 21 min |
| Mar 31, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Coweta | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Coweta | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Monroe | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Upson | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Union | 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.