Severe Thunderstorm Warning 359, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Sep 3, 2015, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)

Expired

Sep 3, 2015, 4:42 PM EDT

In force

26 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Hail

1.0 in

Wind

60.0 mph

Counties Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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963 
WUUS52 KFFC 032016
SVRFFC
GAC113-121-032100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0359.150903T2016Z-150903T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
416 PM EDT THU SEP 3 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 415 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER UNION
  CITY...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15
  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
  EAST POINT...UNION CITY...COLLEGE PARK...FAIRBURN...TYRONE AND
  SANDY CREEK.

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 3366 8448 3362 8446 3355 8446 3355 8444
      3352 8443 3351 8443 3345 8454 3362 8461
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 347DEG 14KT 3355 8453 

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

178 
WWUS52 KFFC 032042
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
442 PM EDT THU SEP 3 2015

GAC113-121-032050-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0359.000000T0000Z-150903T2100Z/
FAYETTE GA-FULTON GA-
442 PM EDT THU SEP 3 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL FAYETTE AND
SOUTH CENTRAL FULTON 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 UP TO 45 MPH... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF 
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL LIKELY WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVES SOUTH 
OF FULTON COUNTY AND ACROSS MUCH OF FAYETTE COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM. 

LAT...LON 3366 8448 3362 8446 3355 8446 3355 8444
      3352 8443 3351 8443 3345 8454 3362 8461
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 347DEG 14KT 3345 8450 

$$

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2015Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.