Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2015, 2:42 PM EDT for Johnson County, Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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 31, 2015, 2:42 PM EDT (18:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2015, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 3:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Dublin, GA | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED 15-20 TREES DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY 19 IN DUBLIN AND EXTENDING INTO PARTS OF EAST DUBLIN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1196 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
506
WUUS52 KFFC 311842
SVRFFC
GAC167-175-311930-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0310.150731T1842Z-150731T1930Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
242 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT
* AT 242 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WRIGHTSVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DUBLIN...WRIGHTSVILLE...EAST DUBLIN...LOVETT...TUCKERS CROSSROAD...
SPANN AND BREWTON.
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 3249 8272 3256 8303 3271 8296 3271 8295
3276 8294 3278 8289 3277 8277 3277 8269
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 014DEG 7KT 3271 8282
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 43 min |
| Jul 31, 12:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery | 35 min |
| Jul 31, 1:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 29 min |
| Jul 31, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 31 min |
| Jul 31, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 32 min |
| Jul 31, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 35 min |
| Jul 31, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 13 min |
| Jul 31, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 32 min |
| Jul 31, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 29 min |
| Jul 31, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 27 min |
| Jul 31, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 38 min |
| Jul 31, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 49 min |
| Jul 31, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 25 min |
| Jul 31, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 36 min |
| Jul 31, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Twiggs | 32 min |
| Jul 31, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 37 min |
| Jul 31, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski | 34 min |
| Jul 31, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly, Wilcox | 27 min |
| Jul 31, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Wilcox | 45 min |
| Jul 31, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 31 min |
| Jul 31, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 37 min |
| Jul 31, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 27 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.