Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2015, 1:23 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. 3 reports 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
- Apr 19, 2015, 1:23 PM EDT (17:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2015, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Laurens County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 1:23 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Alcorns, GA | 3 LARGE PECAN LIMBS DOWN ON MCDANIELS RD NEAR DODGE COUNTY LINE. |
| Apr 19, 1:23 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Wsw Alcorns, GA | NWS SURVEY DETERMINED EF1 TORNADO WITH MAX WINDS OF 95 MPH TOUCHED DOWN NEAR WEST ALCORN FARM RD TRAVELING NORTHEAST 11.6 MILES. 200-300 TREES DOWNED ALONG THE PATH. METAL ROOFS WERE BLOWN OFF A BARN AND STORAGE SHED. ABOUT 40 TREES WERE BLOWN ONTO EASTBOUND L |
| Apr 19, 1:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Dublin, GA | AT LEAST 20 TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN NEAR MILE MARKER 44 ON INTERSTATE 16. ADDITIONAL TREES WERE DOWN NEAR ROUTE 257. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:57 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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.
856
WUUS52 KFFC 191723
SVRFFC
GAC175-191800-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0035.150419T1723Z-150419T1800Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
123 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 200 PM EDT
* AT 122 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH WEAK ROTATION WAS
LOCATED NEAR CHESTER...OR 13 MILES EAST OF COCHRAN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 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...EAST DUBLIN...DEXTER...DUDLEY...MONTROSE...LOVETT...
TUCKERS CROSSROAD...BREWTON...HARLOW AND CHAPPELLS 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 EAST CENTRAL
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3235 8310 3253 8320 3262 8316 3271 8296
3272 8287 3269 8279 3266 8279 3263 8272
TIME...MOT...LOC 1722Z 214DEG 36KT 3243 8313
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
174
WWUS52 KFFC 191732
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
132 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
GAC175-191800-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-150419T1800Z/
LAURENS GA-
132 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTY...
AT 131 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH WEAK ROTATION WAS LOCATED
BETWEEN DUDLEY AND DEXTER...OR 10 MILES WEST OF DUBLIN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DUBLIN...EAST DUBLIN...DEXTER...DUDLEY...LOVETT...TUCKERS CROSSROAD
AND HARLOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3242 8306 3249 8315 3269 8300 3271 8296
3272 8287 3269 8279 3266 8279 3264 8275
3264 8276
TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 216DEG 33KT 3249 8307
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$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, 11:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Lamar, Pike, Spalding | 41 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, 1:33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.