Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2015, 5:32 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Johnson County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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
- Aug 6, 2015, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2015, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Washington County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 5:58 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Wadley, GA | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON NORTH MAIN STREET IN WADLEY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 305 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 761 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
046
WUUS52 KFFC 062132
SVRFFC
GAC163-167-303-062215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0331.150806T2132Z-150806T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
532 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 531 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BARTOW...OR
12 MILES NORTHEAST OF WRIGHTSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 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
LOUISVILLE...WADLEY...DAVISBORO...BARTOW...RIDDLEVILLE...MOXLEY...
NEW HOME AND PRINGLE.
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 3284 8231 3284 8233 3282 8236 3281 8241
3278 8240 3272 8261 3296 8268 3310 8228
3305 8229 3293 8227
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 256DEG 27KT 3282 8253
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
16The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 10:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 6:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 24 min |
| Aug 6, 7:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Murray and 2 more | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 8:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Butts, Gwinnett, Jackson, Jasper, Newton and 1 more | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton | 37 min |
| Aug 6, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee, Talbot | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Pulaski | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Madison, Morgan, Oconee and 2 more | 66 min |
| Aug 6, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 52 min |
| Aug 6, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro, Wilkes | 62 min |
| Aug 6, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Morgan and 4 more | 42 min |
| Aug 6, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Warren | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 18 min |
| Aug 6, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Washington | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Candler | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee, Talbot | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 50 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.