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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2015, 11:49 AM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 2015, 11:49 AM EDT (15:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2015, 12:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Butts County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Pike County, GA, Spalding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:57 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS52 KFFC 191549
SVRFFC
GAC035-171-231-255-191630-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0032.150419T1549Z-150419T1630Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1149 AM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN BUTTS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
EASTERN SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT
* AT 1149 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES
NORTH OF ZEBULON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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
GRIFFIN...ZEBULON...MILNER...ORCHARD HILL...EAST GRIFFIN...CHAPPEL
MILL...MCKIBBEN...WALKER MILL AND LIBERTY HILL.
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.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3334 8417 3333 8415 3332 8415 3330 8413
3330 8407 3331 8407 3330 8401 3320 8403
3320 8404 3316 8404 3307 8431 3315 8439
TIME...MOT...LOC 1549Z 237DEG 20KT 3313 8431
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
973
WWUS52 KFFC 191611
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1211 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
GAC171-231-191620-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-150419T1630Z/
PIKE GA-LAMAR GA-
1211 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PIKE AND NORTHERN
LAMAR COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT.
LAT...LON 3334 8417 3333 8415 3332 8415 3330 8413
3330 8407 3331 8407 3331 8406 3330 8401
3320 8403 3320 8412 3318 8413 3318 8422
3319 8423 3319 8429 3322 8432
TIME...MOT...LOC 1610Z 237DEG 20KT 3319 8419
$$
GAC035-255-191630-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-150419T1630Z/
BUTTS GA-SPALDING GA-
1211 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BUTTS AND EASTERN SPALDING COUNTIES...
AT 1210 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH WEAK ROTATION WAS
CENTERED 2 MILES EAST OF GRIFFIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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
GRIFFIN...ORCHARD HILL...EAST GRIFFIN...MCKIBBEN AND WALKER MILL.
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.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3334 8417 3333 8415 3332 8415 3330 8413
3330 8407 3331 8407 3331 8406 3330 8401
3320 8403 3320 8412 3318 8413 3318 8422
3319 8423 3319 8429 3322 8432
TIME...MOT...LOC 1610Z 237DEG 20KT 3319 8419
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 9:48 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 4 days |
| Apr 19, 8:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 26 min |
| Apr 19, 9:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 10:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Paulding and 1 more | 52 min |
| Apr 19, 10:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 10:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 10:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 11:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Stewart, Sumter, Webster | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 11:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 11:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 11:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray and 3 more | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 11:26 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 25 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 12 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Macon, Schley, Sumter | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 12:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 12:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 12:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 12:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 12:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 1:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 57 min |
| Apr 19, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 22 min |
| Apr 19, 1:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 26 min |
| Apr 19, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 1:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, Towns, White | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 2:06 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 7 days |
| Apr 19, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 24 min |
| Apr 19, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Toombs | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 4:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Lamar, Spalding | 7 days |
| Apr 19, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens and 1 more | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.