Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2015, 5:33 PM EDT for Carroll County, Coweta County, Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2015, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carroll County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Heard County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 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, 5:57 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 Wsw Plant Yates, GA | NICKEL SIZED HAIL NEAR MCINTOSH RESERVE PARK. |
| Mar 31, 5:58 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 E Newnan, GA | DIME SIZED HAIL IN IN SUMMERGROVE NEIGHBORHOOD. |
| Mar 31, 6:22 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Newnan, GA | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN NEWNAN. REPORT FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 38 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.
849
WUUS52 KFFC 312133
SVRFFC
GAC045-077-149-312215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0006.150331T2133Z-150331T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
533 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HEARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 533 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 ROOPVILLE...OR 10
MILES SOUTH OF CARROLLTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
NEWNAN...GRANTVILLE...LUTHERSVILLE...WHITESBURG...CENTRALHATCHEE...
MORELAND...ROOPVILLE...EAST NEWNAN...LOWELL...POWERS CROSSROADS...
TYUS...PLANT WANSLEY...THOMAS CROSSROADS...HANDY...ARNCO-SARGENT...
MADRAS AND PLANT YATES.
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 3353 8523 3348 8490 3342 8462 3341 8462
3322 8474 3322 8485 3319 8485 3319 8486
3322 8486 3322 8491 3347 8527
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 293DEG 32KT 3343 8507
$$1 follow-up statement
692
WWUS52 KFFC 312203
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
603 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015
GAC045-149-312211-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150331T2215Z/
HEARD GA-CARROLL GA-
603 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HEARD AND
SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3344 8498 3346 8498 3344 8495 3344 8494
3345 8492 3347 8491 3348 8489 3342 8462
3341 8462 3322 8474 3341 8499 3341 8501
3343 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 293DEG 32KT 3339 8485
$$
GAC077-312215-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150331T2215Z/
COWETA GA-
603 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL COWETA COUNTY...
AT 601 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 OVER NEWNAN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
NEWNAN...LUTHERSVILLE...MORELAND...EAST NEWNAN...MADRAS...PLANT
YATES...THOMAS CROSSROADS AND ARNCO-SARGENT.
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 3344 8498 3346 8498 3344 8495 3344 8494
3345 8492 3347 8491 3348 8489 3342 8462
3341 8462 3322 8474 3341 8499 3341 8501
3343 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 293DEG 32KT 3339 8485
$$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, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 45 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, 5:43 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.