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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 332, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 6, 2015Marion County, Schley County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2015, 7:16 PM EDT for Marion County, Schley County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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: Aug 6, 2015, 7:16 PM EDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2015, 7:46 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Marion County, GA, Schley County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

494 
WUUS52 KFFC 062316
SVRFFC
GAC197-249-070000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0332.150806T2316Z-150807T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
716 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  WESTERN SCHLEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 715 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUENA
  VISTA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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
  BUENA VISTA...PUTNAM...BRANTLEY...MURRAYS CROSSROADS...DOYLE...
  TAZEWELL...WALLS CROSSING AND OAKLAND.

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 3218 8439 3237 8461 3249 8452 3243 8439
      3241 8439 3242 8438 3243 8438 3242 8436
      3240 8436 3240 8435 3238 8435 3240 8434
      3240 8432 3237 8432 3237 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 305DEG 18KT 3241 8452 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

1 follow-up statement

529 
WWUS52 KFFC 062346
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
746 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

GAC197-249-062355-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0332.000000T0000Z-150807T0000Z/
MARION GA-SCHLEY GA-
746 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MARION AND WESTERN
SCHLEY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3218 8439 3237 8461 3249 8452 3243 8439
      3241 8439 3242 8438 3243 8438 3242 8436
      3240 8436 3240 8435 3238 8435 3240 8434
      3240 8432 3237 8432 3237 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 305DEG 18KT 3232 8437 

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 6, 6:28 PM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 6:28 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
628 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

.UPDATE...
UPDATED TO CLEAR SEVERAL COUNTIES FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
475... BASICALLY FROM HENRY COUNTY EAST TO WILKES COUNTY AND
NORTHWARD. ALTHOUGH SOME REDEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE
EVENING... SEVERE STORMS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED FOR THESE COUNTIES
THROUGH THE EVENING. COUNTIES REMAINING IN THE WATCH STILL COULD
SEE A FEW STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS... BUT THE SEVERE THREAT IS GREATLY DIMINISHING WITH LOSS OF
DAYTIME HEATING. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR CLOSELY FOR OPPORTUNITY
TO CLEAR MORE COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. STAY TUNED. 39

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 351 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015/

SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION AND EMBEDDED CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH
THE MAIN SHORT WAVE APPROACHING OUT OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AT THIS
TIME. MORE SCATTERED CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH GOOD DIURNAL HEATING
HAS ALSO BEEN DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE
FORECAST AREA. STILL SOME POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH
THESE BOTH OF THESE AREA OF STORMS. INSTABILITY HAS REMAINED A BIT
LIMITED IS ASSOCIATION WITH THE CONVECTION TIED TO THE SHORT WAVE...
BUT MODERATE TO STRONG DYNAMICS KEEPS THE SEVERE THREAT IN PLACE.
NOT A LOT OF CHANGES TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST TRENDS WITH THIS
CYCLE...HIGH POPS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE BETTER FORCING
PASSES WITH THE SHORT WAVE...DIMINISHING BEHIND THE WAVE INTO
FRIDAY.

LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
NO MAJOR CHANGES MADE TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST. LONGWAVE TROUGH
IS SITUATED ACROSS THE EASTERN SEABOARD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
LONG TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST. THE CWFA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN
IN NW FLOW THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEKEND...WITH THE UPPER RIDGE
BUILDING BACK EASTWARD FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK. BY THE MID
TO LATTER PART OF THE WEEK...A DEEP TROUGH BEGINS TO DIG ACROSS
THE EASTERN QUARTER OF THE COUNTRY WITH AN UPPER LOW ACROSS THE
CENTRAL GREAT LAKES.

AT THE SURFACE...COLD FRONT SHOULD BE SOUTH OF THE CWFA BY FRIDAY
NIGHT. THE FRONT SHOULD REMAIN STATIONARY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY
BEFORE DISSIPATING. POPS ARE EXPECTED TO BE PRETTY LOW THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...WITH LOW END SCT/ISOLD MAINLY ACROSS THE MTNS AND IN THE
SOUTH. PRECIP CHANCES WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE MONDAY AS ANOTHER FRONT
BEGINS TO APPROACH THE CWFA. THE FRONT IS CURRENTLY PROGGED TO MOVE
THROUGH TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THE FRONT SHOULD SETTLED TO THE
SOUTH OF THE CWFA BY THURSDAY...WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM
THE NORTH.

NLISTEMAA/01

&&

.AVIATION...
18Z UPDATE...
/ISSUED AT 135 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015/
MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION THROUGH 06Z.
MVFR OR LOWER CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES DEVELOPING BETWEEN 06Z AND
09Z...CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST 14Z. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
CONVECTION CURRENTLY WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH
04Z...THEN DECREASE IN COVERAGE AFTER 06Z. SHOULD STILL SEE SOME
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 06Z.
WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST THROUGH THIS FORECAST
PERIOD. WIND SPEEDS 7-10KT..WITH GUSTS 14-20KT THROUGH 02Z. WIND
SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 08-12KT AFTER 14Z. WIND GUSTS 25KT OR
HIGHER POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF CONVECTION.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE...

MEDIUM.

20

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          72  90  71  92 /  70  30  10  20
ATLANTA         72  87  72  91 /  70  30  10  10
BLAIRSVILLE     70  82  66  86 /  70  20  10  20
CARTERSVILLE    72  87  68  91 /  70  20  10  10
COLUMBUS        74  92  73  94 /  60  40  20  20
GAINESVILLE     72  86  71  90 /  70  30  10  20
MACON           74  91  72  95 /  60  40  20  20
ROME            72  88  68  92 /  70  20  10  10
PEACHTREE CITY  72  88  69  92 /  70  30  10  10
VIDALIA         74  90  74  95 /  60  50  20  20

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: BALDWIN...BIBB...BLECKLEY...BUTTS...
CHATTAHOOCHEE...CRAWFORD...CRISP...DODGE...DOOLY...EMANUEL...
GLASCOCK...HANCOCK...HOUSTON...JASPER...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...
JONES...LAMAR...LAURENS...MACON...MARION...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...
MUSCOGEE...PEACH...PIKE...PULASKI...PUTNAM...SCHLEY...SPALDING...
STEWART...SUMTER...TALBOT...TAYLOR...TELFAIR...TOOMBS...
TREUTLEN...TWIGGS...UPSON...WARREN...WASHINGTON...WEBSTER...
WHEELER...WILCOX...WILKINSON.

&&

SHORT TERM...20/39
LONG TERM....01
AVIATION...20

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 6:42 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
642 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-071200-
BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA-
CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA-
CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL-
FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE-
GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON-
JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON-
MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY-
MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH-
PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON-
SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS-
TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN-
WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES-
WILKINSON-
642 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO SPARK SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING... WITH A FEW STORMS
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. SEVERAL OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE THROUGH
THE EVENING... WITH THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT GENERALLY ALONG AND
SOUTHEAST OF A COLUMBUS TO MONTICELLO TO WARRENTON LINE. THE SEVERE
STORM THREAT WILL GREATLY DIMINISH BY 10 PM WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME
HEATING.

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL COULD ALSO RESULT IN SOME BRIEF MINOR FLOODING ALONG LOW
LYING... FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

ALTHOUGH RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...ENOUGH
MOISTURE AND FUEL FOR STORMS WILL EXIST TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL
ACTIVITY DURING AFTERNOON AND EVENING EACH DAY. ISOLATED STRONG
STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND
HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BECOME NECESSARY LATER TODAY. IN THE
MEANTIME...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE
WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 6, 6:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
608 PM EDT THU AUG 06 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0545 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SWAINSBORO              32.60N  82.33W
08/06/2015                   EMANUEL            GA   911 CALL CENTER

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS
            THE COUNTY. MANY AREAS OF THE COUNTY ARE WITHOUT POWER.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1500608

RWILLIS

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 6:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
614 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

GAZ058>060-071-072-062300-
JONES GA-JASPER GA-BUTTS GA-MONROE GA-PUTNAM GA-
614 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN JONES...SOUTHERN
JASPER...SOUTHEASTERN BUTTS...NORTHERN MONROE AND SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM
COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
FORSYTH TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTICELLO...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

  HAZARD...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD
           NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IN
           LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY.
           MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE
           LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO HYDROPLANING. WHEN WATER COVERS
           THE ROAD...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
JULIETTE...BLOUNT...JARRELL PLANTATION...STANFORDVILLE...BERNER...
RESSEAUS CROSSROADS...ADGATEVILLE...BLOUNTSVILLE...DAMES FERRY...
BRADLEY...WAYSIDE...ROUND OAK...MCELHENEYS CROSSROADS...HILLSBORO...
PLANT SCHERER AND ETHRIDGE.

LAT...LON 3318 8339 3318 8343 3314 8342 3296 8361
      3312 8404 3315 8404 3329 8379 3322 8333
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 275DEG 39KT 3312 8398 3321 8359

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 6:17 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
617 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

GAZ078-079-089>091-062245-
MUSCOGEE GA-HARRIS GA-TALBOT GA-MARION GA-CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-
617 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MUSCOGEE...
SOUTHEASTERN HARRIS...SOUTHWESTERN TALBOT...NORTHWESTERN MARION AND
NORTHEASTERN CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

AT 617 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER UPATOI...OR 13 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND...PEA SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
           GROUND LIGHTNING.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD
           NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
GENEVA...UPATOI...EELBECK/WEST FORT BENNING...MARION ESTATES...BOX
SPRINGS AND JUNIPER.

LAT...LON 3249 8484 3261 8480 3260 8450 3235 8458
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 284DEG 19KT 3253 8477

Local storm report, Aug 6, 6:19 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
619 PM EDT THU AUG 06 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0558 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WADLEY                  32.87N  82.40W
08/06/2015                   JEFFERSON          GA   911 CALL CENTER

            A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON NORTH MAIN STREET IN WADLEY.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1500609

RWILLIS

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 6:42 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
642 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

GAZ090-091-062315-
MARION GA-CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-
642 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN MARION AND NORTHEASTERN
CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

AT 642 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UPATOI...OR 13 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BUENA VISTA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD
           NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IN
           LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY.
           MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE
           LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO HYDROPLANING. WHEN WATER COVERS
           THE ROAD...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
BUENA VISTA...BRANTLEY...OAKLAND AND MARION ESTATES.

LAT...LON 3229 8450 3247 8472 3252 8468 3253 8465
      3253 8461 3252 8460 3253 8456 3250 8443
      3248 8442 3249 8441 3245 8441
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 298DEG 26KT 3248 8463

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 7:12 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
712 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

GAZ091-092-070000-
MARION GA-SCHLEY GA-
712 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MARION AND NORTHWESTERN SCHLEY
COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 712 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF BUENA VISTA...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
           AND HEAVY RAIN.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD
           NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IN
           LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY.
           MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE
           LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO HYDROPLANING. WHEN WATER COVERS
           THE ROAD...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
BUENA VISTA...PUTNAM...BRANTLEY...DOYLE...TAZEWELL...OAKLAND...WALLS
CROSSING AND MARION ESTATES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3240 8463 3250 8456 3243 8439 3241 8439
      3242 8438 3243 8438 3242 8436 3240 8436
      3240 8435 3238 8435 3240 8434 3240 8432
      3237 8432 3237 8428 3221 8439
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 305DEG 18KT 3242 8454

The 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, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson, Johnson, Washington	43 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, 7:19 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.