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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 356, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 23, 20158 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2015, 11:05 AM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 40 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 23, 2015, 11:05 AM EDT (15:05 UTC)
Expired: Aug 23, 2015, 11:45 AM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jones County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:06 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 135 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: 536 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 949 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

056 
WUUS52 KFFC 231505
SVRFFC
GAC009-021-023-153-169-235-289-319-231545-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0356.150823T1505Z-150823T1545Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1105 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  WILKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  BLECKLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  EASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT

* AT 1105 AM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED EXTENDING FROM
  NEAR MACON TO NEAR ROBINS AFB TO NEAR UNADILLA...MOVING EAST 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
  MACON...MILLEDGEVILLE...PERRY...COCHRAN...JEFFERSONVILLE...
  IRWINTON...GORDON...IVEY...MCINTYRE...TOOMSBORO...DANVILLE...
  ALLENTOWN...MIDWAY-HARDWICK...MARION...SCOTTSBORO...OCMULGEE PUBLIC
  FISHING AREA...ROYAL...CARY...GRISWOLDVILLE AND MYRICKS 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3261 8354 3294 8370 3306 8313 3275 8297
      3267 8304 3258 8323 3251 8319 3237 8331
      3229 8383
TIME...MOT...LOC 1505Z 255DEG 36KT 3289 8362 3263 8350 3230 8382 

HAIL...<.75IN
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 23, 7:21 AM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 7:21 AM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
721 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 352 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015/

SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
THERE ARE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LEFT OVER FROM THE
SHORTWAVE THAT MOVED ACROSS THE AREA EARLIER THIS MORNING. THESE
STORMS ARE DIMINISHING BUT ANOTHER SHORTWAVE NOW OVER NORTHERN MS
WILL MAKE ITS WAY EAST INTO N GA LATER THIS MORNING. THIS WAVE IS
DEVELOPING AND THE HI RES MODELS SHOW IT EXPLODING AS IT PUSHES
EAST THROUGH AL AND INTO N GA BY 12-14Z. ALL THE HI RES MODELS ARE
IN GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER N
GA THIS MORNING THEN MOVING SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH THE DAY.
INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE DECENT ACROSS THE AREA WITH CAPES IN
THE 500 TO 1500 RANGE AND DECENT LAPSE RATES ALSO. LOOKS LIKE THE
BIGGEST THREAT MAY BE THE HEAVY RAIN WITH PWS IN THE 2.0 TO 2.16
RANGE THROUGH 12Z MONDAY. WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVING ALREADY FALLEN
ACROSS N GA THIS MORNING ALREADY...ANY MORE RAIN LATER TODAY MAY
PUSH SOME OF THE RIVERS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS. MAY ALSO
SEE SOME ISOLATED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN
FORSYTH...GWINNETT...WHITE AND WALTON COUNTIES WHERE THE LARGEST
RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE FALLEN. AS THIS WAVE AND ASSOCIATED STORMS
MOVE EAST OF THE AREA TONIGHT...A LITTLE BIT DRIER AIRMASS MOVES
IN BUT A SECOND FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES BACK INTO N GA BETWEEN 12-18Z
MONDAY. THIS FRONT IN VERY WEAK AND DOES NOT HAVE MUCH MOISTURE
ASSOCIATED WITH IT. WILL SEE SOME SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY WITH THIS
FRONTAL PASSAGE BUT NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING SEVERE THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING.

01

LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
MID TO LONG RANGE MODELS SHOW GOOD AGREEMENT WITH A COLD FRONT
PUSHING SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON... WITH A
DRIER... MUCH MORE STABLE AIR MASS IN ITS WAKE. THE PREVAILING
NORTHWEST FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT WILL RESULT IN A DRY AND COOLER
FORECAST FOR MUCH OF THE EXTENDED... WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
CONVECTION OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST ZONES FOR THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY WHERE THE SEA BREEZE FRONT COULD SPARK A FEW STORMS.
OROGRAPHIC LIFT MAY SPARK A FEW AFTERNOON OR EVENING SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS ON FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY. OTHERWISE... THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA REMAINS POP
FREE. MOS GUIDANCES ARE SHOWING MUCH COOLER LOWS IN THE 60S FOR
MOST AREAS... WHILE HIGHS IN THE MID AND UPPER 80S... WITH SOME
LOWER 90S ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL.

39

&&

.AVIATION...
12Z UPDATE...
AN UPPER SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING BRINGING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO N GA. A FEW OF THE TAF SITES SEEING
PRECIPITATION BUT IT IS STILL DEVELOPING SO EXPECT THEM TO ALL SEE
SOME PRECIP BY 12-14Z. CEILINGS SHOULD STAY IN THE VFR TO MVFR
RANGE WITH SOME ISOLATED IFR READINGS IN AND AROUND ANY STRONGER
STORMS. WINDS ARE OUT OF THE E TO SE BUT WILL TURN TO THE W TO NW
BY 14Z. WIND SPEEDS WILL STAY IN THE 5-10KT RANGE.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...12Z UPDATE...
CONFIDENCE MEDIUM TO HIGH ON ALL ELEMENTS.

01

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          88  71  92  69 /  70  40  30  10
ATLANTA         88  73  89  67 /  60  20  30   5
BLAIRSVILLE     83  66  83  58 /  60  20  20   5
CARTERSVILLE    88  70  88  63 /  70  20  20   5
COLUMBUS        91  74  93  70 /  60  20  30  20
GAINESVILLE     86  71  88  67 /  70  30  30   5
MACON           91  73  93  71 /  60  40  30  20
ROME            89  71  88  62 /  70  20  20   5
PEACHTREE CITY  89  71  90  66 /  60  20  30  10
VIDALIA         91  73  94  74 /  60  50  30  20

&&

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

SHORT TERM...01
LONG TERM....39
AVIATION...01

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 3:12 AM EDT, 7 hours 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
312 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-240715-
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-
312 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...
...A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
THE MAIN STORM THREATS TODAY WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING... STRONG TO POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS... SMALL
HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. MINOR FLOODING ALONG LOW LYING...
FLOOD PRONE CREEKS AND ROADWAYS IS POSSIBLE.

DISCUSSION...
A STRONG UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL SPARK SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. A FEW
STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG... AND POSSIBLY SEVERE.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING
AND AFTERNOON... WHILE THE BEST THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ACROSS
CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE UPPER
DISTURBANCE AND THUNDERSTORM THREAT SHOULD PUSH EAST OF THE AREA
BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH
TUESDAY FOR MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING TO BE THE MOST LIKELY
HAZARDS. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH OF THE AREA BY TUESDAY
NIGHT... WITH A DRIER MORE STABLE AIR MASS SETTLING OVER THE AREA
INTO SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT 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 23, 9:07 AM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
907 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

GAZ006>008-014-015-022-023-033-034-045>048-057-231345-
DEKALB GA-DAWSON GA-NORTH FULTON GA-LUMPKIN GA-NEWTON GA-GWINNETT GA-
UNION GA-ROCKDALE GA-FANNIN GA-HALL GA-FORSYTH GA-WALTON GA-HENRY GA-
GILMER GA-
907 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN DEKALB...DAWSON...
NORTHEASTERN NORTH FULTON...LUMPKIN...WESTERN NEWTON...GWINNETT...
SOUTHWESTERN UNION...ROCKDALE...SOUTHEASTERN FANNIN...WESTERN HALL...
FORSYTH...NORTHWESTERN WALTON...HENRY AND EASTERN GILMER COUNTIES
UNTIL 945 AM EDT...

AT 907 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS EXTENDING FROM 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUCHES TO NEAR MCDONOUGH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.

  HAZARD...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
           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
GAINESVILLE...LAWRENCEVILLE...MCDONOUGH...CONYERS...COVINGTON...
CUMMING...DAHLONEGA...DAWSONVILLE...JOHNS CREEK...ALPHARETTA...
DULUTH...STOCKBRIDGE...SUGAR HILL...SNELLVILLE...SUWANEE...BUFORD...
LILBURN...LOGANVILLE...NORCROSS AND STONE MOUNTAIN.

LAT...LON 3347 8385 3334 8420 3467 8426 3478 8390
TIME...MOT...LOC 1307Z 233DEG 20KT 3463 8418 3339 8415

Special weather statement, Aug 23, 9:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
926 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

GAZ069>071-080>082-091>093-231415-
UPSON GA-MARION GA-MACON GA-TAYLOR GA-SCHLEY GA-CRAWFORD GA-LAMAR GA-
MONROE GA-BIBB GA-
926 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN UPSON...NORTHEASTERN
MARION...NORTHWESTERN MACON...TAYLOR...NORTHERN SCHLEY...CRAWFORD...
LAMAR...MONROE AND WESTERN BIBB COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 AM EDT...

AT 926 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS EXTENDING FROM
NEAR BARNESVILLE TO NEAR BUTLER TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BUENA
VISTA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 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
BARNESVILLE...FORSYTH...BUTLER...ROBERTA...REYNOLDS...MILNER...
IDEAL...YATESVILLE...CULLODEN...ALDORA...THE ROCK...RUPERT...
COLLIER...POTTERVILLE...SALEM...MUSELLA...LOGTOWN...JOHNSTONVILLE...
HORNS AND CARSONVILLE.

LAT...LON 3239 8450 3268 8437 3268 8434 3272 8434
      3274 8429 3276 8429 3276 8434 3314 8418
      3311 8380 3308 8377 3267 8390 3237 8419
TIME...MOT...LOC 1326Z 255DEG 22KT 3303 8410 3260 8424 3240 8445

Special weather statement, Aug 23, 9:43 AM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
943 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

GAZ014-021>025-027-033>037-044>049-054>059-231430-
DEKALB GA-MADISON GA-MORGAN GA-DAWSON GA-NORTH FULTON GA-
SOUTH FULTON GA-OCONEE GA-NEWTON GA-CLAYTON GA-GWINNETT GA-JASPER GA-
ROCKDALE GA-FAYETTE GA-JACKSON GA-FORSYTH GA-HALL GA-WALTON GA-
HENRY GA-SPALDING GA-BARROW GA-BANKS GA-BUTTS GA-CLARKE GA-
CHEROKEE GA-
943 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DEKALB...SOUTHWESTERN MADISON...
MORGAN...SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON...NORTH FULTON...EASTERN SOUTH FULTON...
OCONEE...NEWTON...CLAYTON...GWINNETT...JASPER...ROCKDALE...
NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE...JACKSON...FORSYTH...HALL...WALTON...HENRY...
NORTHEASTERN SPALDING...BARROW...BANKS...BUTTS...CLARKE AND
SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 AM EDT...

AT 942 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS EXTENDING FROM
NEAR OAKWOOD TO NEAR BETHLEHEM TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON...AND
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
           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.

LAT...LON 3444 8346 3393 8328 3344 8350 3342 8354
      3323 8359 3334 8453 3393 8442 3398 8438
      3401 8440 3432 8433
TIME...MOT...LOC 1342Z 264DEG 30KT 3427 8390 3389 8376 3321 8406

Special weather statement, Aug 23, 10:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1003 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

GAZ080>082-093-094-231445-
MACON GA-TAYLOR GA-CRAWFORD GA-PEACH GA-BIBB GA-
1003 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN MACON...SOUTHEASTERN
TAYLOR...CRAWFORD...PEACH AND SOUTHWESTERN BIBB COUNTIES UNTIL 1045
AM EDT...

AT 1003 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS EXTENDING FROM
NEAR CULLODEN TO NEAR REYNOLDS TO NEAR IDEAL...AND MOVING EAST 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 THESE STORMS INCLUDE
FORT VALLEY...ROBERTA...BYRON...MARSHALLVILLE...REYNOLDS...IDEAL...
POTTERVILLE...GARDEN VALLEY...HICKS...LEE POPE...LIZELLA...MUSELLA...
HORNS...LAKE TOBESOFKEE...KNOXVILLE...POWERVILLE...NAKOMIS...SANDY
POINT...WINCHESTER AND JACK BROWN ESTATES.

LAT...LON 3237 8425 3256 8411 3283 8408 3285 8394
      3285 8390 3286 8388 3287 8378 3262 8377
      3236 8401
TIME...MOT...LOC 1403Z 258DEG 18KT 3280 8406 3258 8404 3239 8422

Special weather statement, Aug 23, 10:26 AM EDT, 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1026 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

GAZ024-025-027-035>038-047>050-059-060-071>073-231515-
MADISON GA-MORGAN GA-OCONEE GA-NEWTON GA-JONES GA-JASPER GA-
GREENE GA-PUTNAM GA-MONROE GA-JACKSON GA-WALTON GA-OGLETHORPE GA-
BALDWIN GA-BARROW GA-BANKS GA-CLARKE GA-
1026 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MADISON...MORGAN...OCONEE...
EASTERN NEWTON...JONES...JASPER...GREENE...PUTNAM...SOUTHEASTERN
MONROE...JACKSON...EASTERN WALTON...OGLETHORPE...BALDWIN...
SOUTHEASTERN BARROW...SOUTHERN BANKS AND CLARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 1115
AM EDT...

AT 1026 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS EXTENDING FROM
MAYSVILLE TO NEAR RUTLEDGE TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF PAYNE CITY...AND
MOVING EAST AT 35 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
MILLEDGEVILLE...MONROE...JEFFERSON...COMMERCE...EATONTON...MADISON...
GREENSBORO...GRAY...WATKINSVILLE...MONTICELLO...HOMER...
DANIELSVILLE...LEXINGTON...ATHENS...SOCIAL CIRCLE...STATHAM...
MAYSVILLE...ARCADE...NICHOLSON AND UNION POINT.

LAT...LON 3424 8334 3426 8330 3424 8317 3427 8311
      3423 8308 3417 8310 3407 8300 3341 8309
      3336 8316 3331 8315 3326 8325 3320 8327
      3316 8314 3297 8318 3289 8343 3289 8366
      3295 8373 3288 8383 3428 8364 3437 8339
TIME...MOT...LOC 1426Z 258DEG 29KT 3424 8359 3358 8364 3295 8377

Local storm report, Aug 23, 10:56 AM EDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1056 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

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

1155 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NE AUBURN             34.03N  83.80W
08/22/2015                   BARROW             GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A BARN ON DEE KENNEDY ROAD.
            SOME FARM EQUIPMENT WAS OVERTURNED AND SEVERAL TREES
            WERE KNOCKED DOWN.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1500645

FRANTZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 22, 9:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	38 min
Aug 22, 10:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	37 min
Aug 22, 10:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga	44 min
Aug 22, 10:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	36 min
Aug 22, 10:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	44 min
Aug 22, 11:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pickens	45 min
Aug 22, 11:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth, Gwinnett	36 min
Aug 22, 11:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	42 min
Aug 22, 11:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Floyd	38 min
Aug 22, 11:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	40 min
Aug 22, 11:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Walton	37 min
Aug 22, 11:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	41 min
Aug 22, 11:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	31 min
Aug 23, 12:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	24 min
Aug 23, 12:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jackson	32 min
Aug 23, 12:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oconee, Walton	45 min
Aug 23, 12:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Gwinnett	38 min
Aug 23, 12:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks	33 min
Aug 23, 12:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth, Hall	31 min
Aug 23, 1:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Rockdale, Walton	29 min
Aug 23, 1:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oconee	36 min
Aug 23, 1:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan, Rockdale, Walton	30 min
Aug 23, 1:54 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Walton	4 hr
Aug 23, 1:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan, Oconee, Walton	33 min
Aug 23, 2:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene	34 min
Aug 23, 3:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Greene, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes	40 min
Aug 23, 4:15 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth	7 days
Aug 23, 5:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson, Polk	31 min
Aug 23, 6:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Troup	23 min
Aug 23, 6:14 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett, Walton	7 days
Aug 23, 6:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	37 min
Aug 23, 6:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Coweta	31 min
Aug 23, 6:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Haralson, Polk	31 min
Aug 23, 7:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	30 min
Aug 23, 7:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	39 min
Aug 23, 7:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas, Fulton	31 min
Aug 23, 7:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Heard	49 min
Aug 23, 8:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Cobb, Fayette, Fulton	33 min
Aug 23, 8:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Henry	23 min
Aug 23, 8:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup	49 min
Aug 23, 8:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Fayette	37 min
Aug 23, 8:55 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Fulton	33 hr
Aug 23, 9:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar, Upson	28 min
Aug 23, 9:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Henry, Lumpkin, Rockdale	38 min
Aug 23, 9:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Taylor	49 min
Aug 23, 9:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Butts, Clarke, Clayton, DeKalb and 12 more	47 min
Aug 23, 10:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford, Macon, Peach	42 min
Aug 23, 10:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Macon, Peach	42 min
Aug 23, 10:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Jasper, Jones and 5 more	49 min
Aug 23, 10:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston, Jones, Peach, Twiggs	53 min
Aug 23, 11:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Oconee, Putnam	48 min
Aug 23, 11:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	39 min
Aug 23, 11:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bleckley, Laurens, Wilkinson	49 min
Aug 23, 11:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes	38 min
Aug 23, 12:03 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	9 hr
Aug 23, 12:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Pulaski	42 min
Aug 23, 12:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Treutlen, Washington	60 min
Aug 23, 12:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock, Warren	41 min
Aug 23, 12:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Washington	46 min
Aug 23, 12:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler, Wilcox	41 min
Aug 23, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Emanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler	45 min
Aug 23, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	24 min
Aug 23, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crisp	42 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.