Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2015, 8:42 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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 25, 2015, 8:42 PM EDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2015, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Pike County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 8:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | High Falls, GA | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON BOXANKLE RD |
| Apr 25, 8:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | High Falls, GA | TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ON BOXANKLE RD |
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 25, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 1037 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
816
WUUS52 KFFC 260042
SVRFFC
GAC159-169-171-207-231-260130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0069.150426T0042Z-150426T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
842 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MONROE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
EAST CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
CENTRAL LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 842 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF ORCHARD HILL TO MILNER...MOVING EAST
AT 45 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
BARNESVILLE...FORSYTH...ZEBULON...MILNER...ALDORA...JULIETTE...
COLLIER...BLOUNT...JARRELL PLANTATION...BERNER...DAMES FERRY...
JOHNSTONVILLE...GOGGINS...HILLSBORO...BOLINGBROKE...PLANT
SCHERER...HIGH FALLS STATE PARK AND LIBERTY HILL.
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 3319 8406 3319 8384 3318 8382 3319 8381
3319 8362 3293 8374 3292 8376 3308 8435
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 277DEG 41KT 3316 8406 3311 8419
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
115
WWUS52 KFFC 260055
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
855 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
GAC231-260104-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-150426T0130Z/
PIKE GA-
855 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3319 8406 3319 8384 3318 8382 3319 8381
3319 8362 3293 8374 3292 8376 3306 8424
3312 8418
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 277DEG 41KT 3314 8391 3309 8404
$$
GAC159-169-171-207-260130-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-150426T0130Z/
MONROE GA-JONES GA-JASPER GA-LAMAR GA-
855 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR MONROE...NORTHWESTERN JONES...SOUTH CENTRAL JASPER AND NORTHERN
LAMAR COUNTIES...
AT 854 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF FLOVILLA TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
FORSYTH...MOVING EAST AT 45 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
BARNESVILLE...FORSYTH...MILNER...ALDORA...JULIETTE...COLLIER...
BLOUNT...JARRELL PLANTATION...BERNER...DAMES FERRY...JOHNSTONVILLE...
GOGGINS...HILLSBORO...BOLINGBROKE...PLANT SCHERER AND HIGH FALLS
STATE PARK.
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 3319 8406 3319 8384 3318 8382 3319 8381
3319 8362 3293 8374 3292 8376 3306 8424
3312 8418
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 277DEG 41KT 3314 8391 3309 8404
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$836
WWUS52 KFFC 260104
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
904 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
GAC159-169-171-207-260130-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-150426T0130Z/
MONROE GA-JONES GA-JASPER GA-LAMAR GA-
904 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN MONROE...NORTHWESTERN JONES...SOUTH CENTRAL JASPER AND
NORTHEASTERN LAMAR COUNTIES...
AT 904 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FLOVILLA TO NEAR FORSYTH...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
JULIETTE...BLOUNT...HILLSBORO...BERNER...HIGH FALLS STATE PARK AND
JOHNSTONVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3319 8406 3319 8384 3318 8382 3319 8381
3319 8362 3310 8367 3307 8376 3305 8403
3309 8410
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 277DEG 41KT 3313 8381 3308 8394
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Washington | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 8:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Pike | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 8:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 11:30 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Washington, Wilkinson | 7 days |
| Apr 26, 1:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Gordon | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 3:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Fannin, Murray, Whitfield | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 4:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 38 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.