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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 347, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 10, 2015Newton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2015, 7:03 PM EDT for Newton County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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 10, 2015, 7:03 PM EDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2015, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Newton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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 nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 64 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: 374 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1079 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

081 
WUUS52 KFFC 102303
SVRFFC
GAC217-102330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0347.150810T2303Z-150810T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
703 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 702 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  PORTERDALE...OR NEAR COVINGTON...AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  COVINGTON...OXFORD...PORTERDALE...ALMON...ROCKY PLAINS AND OAK
  HILL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

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 3365 8393 3369 8392 3371 8393 3371 8391
      3370 8383 3365 8376 3364 8374 3347 8385
      3352 8405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 195DEG 4KT 3357 8393 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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 10, 3:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 3:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
330 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
LATEST REGIONAL RADARS SHOW A LINE OF ORGANIZED STRONG CONVECTION
MOVING INTO FAR NW GA THIS AFTERNOON... AND HIRES MODELS SUPPORT
THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING ACROSS THE REST OF
NORTH GA THROUGH 8 TO 9 PM THIS EVENING. TIMING TOOL INDICATES THESE
STRONG STORMS WILL PUSH ACROSS THE ATLANTA METRO AREA BETWEEN 6 PM
AND 9 PM THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN STRONG
AND EVEN A FEW POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS
ACROSS NORTH GA WHERE SPC HAS A MARGINAL RISK INDICATED. EXPECT THIS
CONVECTION TO DIVE SOUTH TOWARD THE COLUMBUS AND MACON AREAS DURING
THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY TUE MORNING HOUR... BUT EXPECT A
WEAKENING TREND BY LATE THIS EVENING WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.
ALL THIS ACTIVITY IS BEING DRIVEN BY A SERIES OF UPPER DISTURBANCES
THAT WILL HELP PUSH A COLD FRONT INTO NORTH GA BY 6-8 AM TUE
MORNING... THEN ACROSS ATLANTA METRO AREA SOMETIME EARLY-MID TUE
AFTERNOON. ALL THIS WILL WARRANT HOLDING ONTO A CHANCE A SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT... WITH DIMINISHING
RAIN CHANCES EXPECTED ACROSS THE FAR NORTH TUE MORNING AS DRIER AIR
FILTERS IN BEHIND THE FRONT. WILL SHOW A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORM ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL GA ON TUE WHERE THE FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO PROVIDE A BETTER FOCUS DURING DAYTIME HEATING. MODELS
AGREE ON THE FRONT PUSHING SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA TUE NIGHT...
WARRANTING DECREASING POPS OVER CENTRAL GA AT THAT TIME.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH TUESDAY WILL GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 0.5 TO
1.0 INCHES... SO NO WIDESPREAD FLOOD PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED.
TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD IN THE 70S TONIGHT FOR MOST AREAS... BUT
SHOULD SEE HIGHS ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH GA ON TUE HOLD IN THE LOWER
TO MID 80S BEHIND THE FRONT... WITH UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S EXPECTED
SOUTH OF THE FRONT. GUIDANCE IS SHOWING COOLER LOWS FOR TUE NIGHT
FOR AT LEAST NORTH GA... WITH LOWS MOSTLY IN THE 60S NORTH OF
ATLANTA... LOWER 70S ATLANTA AND SOUTHWARD. ENJOY.

39

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
EXTENDED MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN GOOD CONSENSUS WITH THE COLD
FRONT PUSHING INTO THE SOUTHERN CWA AND INTO SOUTHERN GA IN THE
INITIAL LONG TERM PERIODS. HAVE ONLY MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO
ACCOUNT FOR LATEST MODEL TIMING. HAVE ALSO MADE SLIGHT CHANGES TO
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURES AND DEW POINTS GIVEN THE LATEST MODEL TRENDS.
PREVIOUS FORECAST DISCUSSION IS INCLUDED BELOW.

31

/ISSUED 413 AM EDT MON AUG 10 2015/
GUIDANCE IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH AFOREMENTIONED FRONTAL BOUNDARY
IN THE SHORT TERM LINGERING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF THE CWA
FOR TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN FINALLY PUSHING JUST SOUTH
OF THE AREA AND BECOMING MORE DIFFUSE THRU THE REST OF THE WORK
WEEK. HAVE TRENDED CHANCE TO SLIGHT POPS ACCORDINGLY AND ADVECTION
OF ABNORMALLY DRY AIR IN FROM THE NW WILL ALLOW FOR A RATHER
PLEASANT WED AND THURS WITH SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL HIGHS AND
RESULTANT AFTERNOON RH VALUES IN THE 40S.

FOR FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND...A BROAD/WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
LOOKS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO ALLOWING FOR
SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TRANSPORT OFF THE ATLANTIC. HAVE CONTINUED
TO ADVERTISE A RETURN OF SLIGHT TO LOW END CHANCE POPS FOR PORTIONS
OF THE AREA...MAINLY FOR DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION. NO OTHER CLEAR
FORCING MECHANISM LOOKS TO BE PRESENT SO NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING
WIDESPREAD AND RATHER STAGNANT AIRMASS IN PLACE SO DEVELOPMENT
SHOULD BE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME OUTFLOW DRIVEN. TEMPS SHOULD BE
SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN MIDWEEK BUT CLOSE TO NORMAL OR SLIGHTLY BELOW
WITH ENHANCED CLOUD COVERAGE.

BAKER

&&

.AVIATION...
18Z UPDATE...
CURRENT RADAR SHOWS SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING AROUND ALL TAF
SITES. A MORE ORGANIZED AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NOTED
OVER NE AL AND MOVING ESE. HI-RES MODELS BRING THE MORE ORGANIZED
CONVECTION TO THE NW ACROSS THE ATLANTA AREA TAF SITES BETWEEN 20-
24Z. WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW TEMPO TSRA 20-24Z FOR NOW... WITH VCSH
HANDLING THE CURRENT SHOWERS UNTIL 20Z. SCATTERED SHOWERS MAY
LINGER OVERNIGHT... WITH MVFR CIGS EXPECTED TO SETTLE IN OVER MOST
TAF SITES BY 09Z TUE... THEN PERSIST THROUGH 15-16Z TUE. A PRE-
FRONTAL TROUGH SHOULD PUSH SOUTH OF ATLANTA TAF SITES BY 17-18Z...
WITH A DRIER NW FLOW SPREADING VFR CONDITIONS INTO THE AREA TUE
AFTERNOON.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE...
MED CONFIDENCE ALL ELEMENTS.
/39

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          72  88  71  91 /  50  40  30  10
ATLANTA         74  88  72  89 /  60  30  20  10
BLAIRSVILLE     67  82  64  85 /  60  30  10   5
CARTERSVILLE    71  88  69  89 /  60  30  20   5
COLUMBUS        75  92  73  93 /  40  40  40  20
GAINESVILLE     72  85  71  87 /  60  30  20  10
MACON           73  90  73  92 /  40  50  40  20
ROME            72  88  69  89 /  60  30  10   5
PEACHTREE CITY  73  88  71  89 /  60  30  30  10
VIDALIA         73  91  74  92 /  30  70  60  30

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...39
LONG TERM....31
AVIATION...39

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 11:56 AM EDT, 7 hours 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1156 AM EDT MON AUG 10 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-111600-
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-
1156 AM EDT MON AUG 10 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA
AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

DISCUSSION...

AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL ALLOW FOR
INCREASING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS THIS
SYSTEM MOVES SOUTHEAST. A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS AND SETTLE INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA LATE THIS EVENING
AND TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE...ESPECIALLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LAGRANGE TO WASHINGTON LINE. HIGHEST CHANCES
OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE BETWEEN 3 PM AND MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
THE FRONT WILL PUSH SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA ON
TUESDAY ALLOWING FOR THE CONTINUED THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE
STORMS MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON TO EVENING PERIOD. DAMAGING WINDS
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL AGAIN BE THE MAIN THREATS.

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY HAVE STORM CHANCES LIMITED TO SOUTHERN PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL GEORGIA AS THE FRONT LOOKS TO SLOW DOWN AND STALL.
SLIGHT TO LOW END CHANCES OF STORMS RETURN TO THE REST OF THE AREA
FOR THE END OF THE WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED...THOUGH SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY
GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 5:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
554 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015

GAZ049-050-060-102230-
MORGAN GA-GREENE GA-PUTNAM GA-
554 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN...
SOUTHWESTERN GREENE AND NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM
EDT...

AT 554 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BUCKHEAD...OR NEAR MADISON...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 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
MADISON...GREENSBORO...BUCKHEAD...REYNOLDS PLANTATION...PHOENIX...
SWORDS...PARKS MILL...HARMONY...CAREY AND GRESHAMVILLE.

LAT...LON 3350 8353 3367 8344 3364 8311 3335 8325
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 295DEG 13KT 3356 8341

Local storm report, Aug 10, 5:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
555 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015

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

0436 PM     TSTM WND DMG     AMICALOLA               34.55N  84.25W
08/10/2015                   DAWSON             GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            THE DAWSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED ONE TREE
            DOWN ON HWY 52. THE TREE WAS BLOCKING THE HIGHWAY.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1500626

JLF

Local storm report, Aug 10, 6:06 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
606 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015

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

0349 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 S ATHENS              33.90N  83.38W
08/10/2015                   CLARKE             GA   911 CALL CENTER

            THE CLARKE COUNTY 911 CENTER REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES
            AND POWERLINES DOWN WITH SOME DAMAGE TO HOMES AND
            BUSINESSES. TIME IS BASED ON RADAR ESTIMATE. ADDITIONAL
            DETAILS WILL BE ADDED WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1500627

JLF

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 6:07 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
607 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015

GAZ048-102230-
NEWTON GA-
607 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NEWTON COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

AT 607 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PORTERDALE...OR NEAR COVINGTON...MOVING EAST
AT 10 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
COVINGTON...OXFORD...PORTERDALE...MANSFIELD...STARRSVILLE...BRICK
STORE...ALMON AND ROCKY PLAINS.

LAT...LON 3364 8395 3368 8381 3365 8376 3364 8374
      3351 8371 3349 8371 3348 8374 3345 8377
      3344 8381 3343 8392 3348 8395 3349 8399
      3357 8401
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 257DEG 7KT 3354 8392

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 6:15 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
615 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015

GAZ033-044-045-102245-
DEKALB GA-NORTH FULTON GA-SOUTH FULTON GA-
615 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN DEKALB...SOUTHWESTERN
NORTH FULTON AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM
EDT...

AT 615 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ATLANTA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND AND HEAVY RAIN.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
           MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
           LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. 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
ATLANTA...DECATUR...EAST POINT...COLLEGE PARK...CHAMBLEE...
DORAVILLE...CLARKSTON...HAPEVILLE...AVONDALE ESTATES...PINE LAKE...
NORTH ATLANTA...MIDTOWN...DRUID HILLS...NORTH DECATUR...
CANDLER-MCAFEE...BELVEDERE PARK...GRANT PARK-ZOO ATLANTA...TUCKER...
NORTH DRUID HILLS AND SNAPFINGER.

LAT...LON 3382 8448 3390 8424 3388 8421 3365 8414
      3365 8446 3364 8446 3380 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 259DEG 15KT 3375 8439

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 6:38 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
638 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015

GAZ025-027-033>039-044>051-053>060-068-070-102330-
MADISON GA-DEKALB GA-GWINNETT GA-PIKE GA-GREENE GA-LAMAR GA-
PUTNAM GA-WILKES GA-HENRY GA-OGLETHORPE GA-BUTTS GA-CLARKE GA-
MORGAN GA-NORTH FULTON GA-SOUTH FULTON GA-OCONEE GA-NEWTON GA-
CLAYTON GA-ROCKDALE GA-JASPER GA-FAYETTE GA-JACKSON GA-WALTON GA-
TALIAFERRO GA-SPALDING GA-COWETA GA-BARROW GA-
638 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MADISON...SOUTHERN DEKALB...
SOUTHEASTERN GWINNETT...NORTHEASTERN PIKE...GREENE...NORTHERN
LAMAR...NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM...WILKES...HENRY...OGLETHORPE...BUTTS...
CLARKE...MORGAN...SOUTHERN NORTH FULTON...SOUTH FULTON...OCONEE...
NEWTON...CLAYTON...ROCKDALE...NORTHERN JASPER...FAYETTE...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...WALTON...NORTHWESTERN TALIAFERRO...SPALDING...
NORTHEASTERN COWETA AND SOUTHEASTERN BARROW COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM
EDT...

AT 638 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM COMER TO NEAR JERSEY TO
NEAR TYRONE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 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 THESE STORMS INCLUDE
ATLANTA...GRIFFIN...MCDONOUGH...FAYETTEVILLE...CONYERS...WINDER...
MONROE...COVINGTON...JACKSON...JONESBORO...WASHINGTON...MADISON...
GREENSBORO...WATKINSVILLE...MONTICELLO...DANIELSVILLE...LEXINGTON...
ATHENS...PEACHTREE CITY AND EAST POINT.

LAT...LON 3383 8260 3380 8258 3344 8325 3320 8404
      3319 8404 3311 8429 3356 8482 3389 8387
      3424 8319 3419 8309 3417 8310 3415 8306
      3405 8299 3403 8293 3401 8294 3397 8278
      3398 8270 3395 8263 3386 8261 3387 8257
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 304DEG 44KT 3408 8312 3373 8375 3345 8463

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 10, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade, Walker	32 min
Aug 10, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke	28 min
Aug 10, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Walker	44 min
Aug 10, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield	36 min
Aug 10, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clarke, Oconee	26 min
Aug 10, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Polk	30 min
Aug 10, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Murray	24 min
Aug 10, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Oconee	35 min
Aug 10, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Haralson and 4 more	48 min
Aug 10, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Morgan, Oconee	31 min
Aug 10, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin, Towns, Union and 1 more	51 min
Aug 10, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Morgan	28 min
Aug 10, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton	24 min
Aug 10, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Morgan, Oconee	36 min
Aug 10, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hall	33 min
Aug 10, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	30 min
Aug 10, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks	24 min
Aug 10, 5:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Morgan	6 hr
Aug 10, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fulton	23 min
Aug 10, 5:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Greene	6 hr
Aug 10, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Sumter	34 min
Aug 10, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jackson	31 min
Aug 10, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	25 min
Aug 10, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Taylor	37 min
Aug 10, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	36 min
Aug 10, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow, Jackson	28 min
Aug 10, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Newton	23 min
Aug 10, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton	30 min
Aug 10, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Clarke, Clayton, Fayette, Greene, Henry and 10 more	52 min
Aug 10, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts	45 min
Aug 10, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Clarke, Greene, Henry, Jasper, Madison and 5 more	30 min
Aug 10, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Butts, Hancock, Jasper, Putnam	49 min
Aug 10, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	61 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.