Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2015, 3:45 PM EDT for Meriwether County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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
- Mar 31, 2015, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2015, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Meriwether County, GA, Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:56 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Sw Lagrange, GA | |
| Mar 31, 4:05 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 Wsw Lagrange, GA | |
| Mar 31, 4:05 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 S Lagrange, GA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
592
WUUS52 KFFC 311945
SVRFFC
GAC199-285-312030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0004.150331T1945Z-150331T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
345 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 344 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VEASEY CREEK PARK...
OR 7 MILES WEST OF LAGRANGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAGRANGE...GREENVILLE...PINE MOUNTAIN...BAUGHS CROSSROADS...
DURAND...BIG SPRINGS...MOUNTVILLE...ABBOTTSFORD...WARES
CROSSROADS...LOUISE...ODESSADALE...STOVALL...CANNONVILLE AND SMITHS
CROSSROAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
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 3312 8520 3308 8470 3287 8476 3287 8492
3300 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 288DEG 24KT 3305 8516
$$2 follow-up statements
583
WWUS52 KFFC 312013
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
413 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015
GAC199-285-312030-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150331T2030Z/
TROUP GA-MERIWETHER GA-
413 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN TROUP AND SOUTHWESTERN MERIWETHER COUNTIES...
AT 411 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR LAGRANGE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL HAS
BEEN REPORTED.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAGRANGE...GREENVILLE...PINE MOUNTAIN...MOUNTVILLE...DURAND...
ODESSADALE...STOVALL...BIG SPRINGS AND SMITHS CROSSROAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3306 8500 3308 8470 3287 8476 3287 8492
3296 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 288DEG 24KT 3299 8495
$$608 WWUS52 KFFC 312021 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 421 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015 GAC199-285-312030- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150331T2030Z/ TROUP GA-MERIWETHER GA- 421 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN TROUP AND SOUTHWESTERN MERIWETHER COUNTIES... AT 419 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF PINE MOUNTAIN...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAGRANGE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GREENVILLE...PINE MOUNTAIN...MOUNTVILLE...DURAND...ODESSADALE... STOVALL AND BIG SPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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 3305 8491 3304 8472 3287 8476 3287 8492 TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 288DEG 24KT 3298 8489 $$ KOVACIK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 21 min |
| Mar 31, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Coweta | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Coweta | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Monroe | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Upson | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Union | 34 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.