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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 31, 20154 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2015, 6:09 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 51 min. 5 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, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2015, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clayton County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Spalding County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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, 6:22 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Newnan, GA	QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN NEWNAN. REPORT FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 31, 6:30 PM EDT	HAIL 1	1 N Jade Lake Village, GA	NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL ALONG HWY 16 BETWEEN NEWNAN AND TURIN.
Mar 31, 6:32 PM EDT	HAIL 1.5	1 Sw Newnan, GA	HAIL OF ALL SIZES FELL. LARGEST WAS PING PONG BALL SIZED.
Mar 31, 6:45 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	Senoia, GA	QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL IN SENOIA. RELAYED TO NWS FFC FROM NWS GSP.
Mar 31, 6:52 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Senoia, GA	QUARTER SIZED HAIL FELL.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 5 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 13 minutes after it went out.

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 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 13 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: 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

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The text

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

026 
WUUS52 KFFC 312209
SVRFFC
GAC063-077-113-255-312300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0007.150331T2209Z-150331T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
609 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  WESTERN SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 608 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO PING PONG BALL SIZE AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  NEWNAN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...SENOIA...BROOKS...SHARPSBURG...TURIN...
  HARALSON...WOOLSEY...EAST NEWNAN...DIGBEY...THOMAS CROSSROADS...
  ARNCO-SARGENT...MADRAS...VAUGHN...BIRDIE...STARRS MILL AND LAKE
  HORTON.

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 3348 8488 3334 8434 3321 8442 3321 8445
      3320 8446 3320 8447 3319 8448 3319 8450
      3322 8451 3322 8461 3339 8493
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 293DEG 32KT 3340 8484 

$$
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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 Mar 31, 4:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 4:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
424 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015

.UPDATE...
HAVE ADDED THE EXTREME NORTHWEST COUNTIES TO THE SVR WATCH. NO
OTHER CHANGES AT THIS TIME.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 303 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015/

QUICK UPDATE...
TO ADD HARALSON AND CARROLL COUNTIES TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 9 THAT GOES UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. STRONG STORMS
DEVELOPING IN NORTH ALABAMA HAVE A TRAJECTORY THAT MAY TRACK THEM
INTO THESE COUNTIES BETWEEN AROUND 5-6 PM IF THEY HOLD TOGETHER.
/39

SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
/ISSUED AT 249 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015/
SPC HAS POSTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR AREAS GENERALLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF A FRANKLIN TO FAYETTEVILE TO SWAINSBORO LINE
UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING...BUT THINK WE WILL LIKELY SEE THIS THREAT
GO A BIT LONGER INTO THE EVENING. LATEST ANALYSIS AND HIRES MODEL
DATA CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS
FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE MID EVENING HOURS... AS AN UPPER
DISTURBANCE INTERACTS WITH INCREASING INSTABILITY AND AN OLD
BOUNDARY STALLED ACROSS CENTRAL GA. A FEW OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE... WITH STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE
RATES... COLD AIR ALOFT AND MID LEVEL DRY AIR ALL SUPPORTING THE
POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL... STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. EXPECT THE MAIN SEVERE STORM
THREAT TO BE BETWEEN 4 PM AND 10 PM TODAY... AND GENERALLY IN AND
AROUND THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MEANS ATLANTA METRO AREA IS CLOSE...
SO CANNOT RULE OUT A SEVERE STORM BRUSHING THE DOWNTOWN ATLANTA
AREA. ALL INTEREST ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR STORM
DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE EVENING. HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO HEADLINE
THE WATCH.

OTHERWISE... THE UPPER DISTURBANCE PUSHES EAST TONIGHT... WHICH
WILL INCREASE RIDGING OVERHEAD FOR WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL HELP
REDUCE ANY THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY... EXCEPT MAYBE
DOWN ALONG THE FAR SOUTHERN REACHES IN CENTRAL GA DURING THE
AFTERNOON. WILL HOLD ONTO A LOW CHANCE NEAR COLUMBUS TO MACON AND
SOUTHWARD WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... BUT SUSPECT THE GREATER CHANCES
WILL BE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA ON WEDNESDAY. AN UPPER
DISTURBANCE APPROACHING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL WARRANT A LOW
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST ZONES
AFTER MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT... WITH INCREASING CHANCES INTO
THURSDAY MORNING.

A MAV AND MET BLEND ON TEMPS LOOKED GOOD THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...
SO DID NOT STRAY FAR.

39

LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
/ISSUED AT 249 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015/
NO CHANGES PLANNED TO EXTENDED PORTIONS. MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY
GOOD AGREEMENT WITH SOME DISCREPANCIES NOTED WITH SYSTEM FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. FOR NEXT WEEK GFS BULLISH ON BRINGING GULF
MOISTURE BACK ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY WITH DIURNALLY DRIVEN POPS
ACROSS THE AREA ONCE AGAIN.

PREVIOUS FORECAST DISCUSSION APPENDED BELOW...

ATWELL

PREV LONG TERM DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 434 AM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015/

LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
THE EXTENDED STARTS OFF WITH WEAKENING HIGH PRESSURE MOVING OFF
THE CAROLINA COAST WED NIGHT SETTING UP A BERMUDA LIKE RIDGE OVER
THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL SET UP NEAR ZONAL SOUTHWESTERLY
FLOW THU AND FRI. WITH DECENT DIURNAL DRIVEN INSTABILITY AND
AVAILABLE MOISTURE EXPECTING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS THU AND FRI. BY FRIDAY
NIGHT A CLOSED LOW CENTER MOVING EAST THROUGH THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO RIVER VALLEYS PULLS A TRAILING COLD FRONT
INTO NW GA BY 06Z SAT. THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM HAS DECENT MOISTURE
AND INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH IT BUT ITS A VERY FAST MOVING
FRONT. IT MOVES ALMOST COMPLETELY THROUGH OUR CWA BY 18Z SAT. WILL
SEE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM THIS FRONT BUT NOT TO
SURE ABOUT THE SEVERE THREAT AS IT MOVES THROUGH MAINLY AT NIGHT.
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA RIGHT BEHIND THIS
FRONT SAT WITH THE STATE CLEARING OUR FROM NW TO SE DURING THE
DAY. THIS RIDGE KEEPS THINGS MOSTLY CLEAR THROUGH EASTER SUN
BEFORE IT PUSHES OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD SUNDAY NIGHT. TEMPS WILL
NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL NORMS THROUGH THE EXTENDED.

01

&&

.AVIATION...
/ISSUED AT 137 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015/
18Z UPDATE...
VFR CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD. AN UPPER DISTURBANCE
WILL MOVE ACROSS THAT STATE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... WITH
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM NEAR
ROME TO AROUND ATLANTA AND DOWN EAST OF MACON. A FEW STORMS COULD BE
STRONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 35KTS OR GREATER... MAINLY BETWEEN 20Z TUE
TO 03Z WED. EXPECT THE CONVECTION TO PUSH EAST AND SOUTH OF ATL BY
04-05Z... WITH MID LEVEL CIGS SCATTERING BY 09Z TONIGHT. EXPECT SCT
MID CLOUDS BY 16-18Z WED WITH AFTN HEATING. WEST WINDS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BECOME NW TONIGHT AND PERSIST ON WED.
SPEEDS AROUND 10-12KTS THIS AFTERNOON... THEN 5-8KTS TONIGHT AND
WED.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE...
HIGH CONFIDENCE ALL ELEMENTS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          74  53  79  53 /  20  20  10  20
ATLANTA         74  55  77  57 /  50  50  20  30
BLAIRSVILLE     72  48  73  49 /  20  20  10  30
CARTERSVILLE    74  51  78  56 /  40  40  20  30
COLUMBUS        77  57  80  57 /  60  60  30  20
GAINESVILLE     71  53  76  53 /  20  30  10  30
MACON           77  56  81  54 /  50  60  20  20
ROME            74  52  78  54 /  40  40  20  30
PEACHTREE CITY  75  53  79  53 /  60  60  20  30
VIDALIA         77  59  80  58 /  30  40  20  10

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: BARTOW...BIBB...BLECKLEY...CARROLL...
CHATTAHOOCHEE...CHATTOOGA...COWETA...CRAWFORD...CRISP...DODGE...
DOOLY...DOUGLAS...EMANUEL...FAYETTE...FLOYD...GORDON...
HARALSON...HARRIS...HEARD...HOUSTON...JOHNSON...JONES...LAMAR...
LAURENS...MACON...MARION...MERIWETHER...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...
MUSCOGEE...PAULDING...PEACH...PIKE...POLK...PULASKI...SCHLEY...
SPALDING...STEWART...SUMTER...TALBOT...TAYLOR...TELFAIR...
TOOMBS...TREUTLEN...TROUP...TWIGGS...UPSON...WEBSTER...WHEELER...
WILCOX...WILKINSON.

&&

SHORT TERM...17
LONG TERM....SNELSON
AVIATION...17

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 11:19 AM EDT, 6 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1119 AM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-011530-
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-
1119 AM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

..ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS... LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL INTERACT WITH A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY
AND INCREASING INSTABILITY DURING AFTERNOON HEATING TO PRODUCE
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...
MAINLY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 10 PM... AND GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A
SUMMERVILLE TO STONE MOUNTAIN TO SWAINSBORO LINE... WHICH INCLUDES
THE ATLANTA METRO AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
A SERIES OF UPPER DISTURBANCES COMBINED WITH MARGINAL INSTABILITY
DURING DAYTIME HEATING WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS
THAT DEVELOP.

.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, Mar 31, 5:14 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
514 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015

GAZ042-053-312145-
CARROLL GA-COWETA GA-
514 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN CARROLL AND COWETA COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT...

AT 513 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CARROLLTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE NICKEL SIZE SIZED HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT
MOVES ACROSS CARROLL AND COWETA COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
NEWNAN...CARROLLTON...TYRONE...PALMETTO...WHITESBURG...SHARPSBURG...
TURIN...EAST NEWNAN...LOWELL...THOMAS CROSSROADS...ARNCO-SARGENT...
ABILENE...MADRAS...BYERS CROSSROADS...DUNAWAY GARDENS...CLEM...
ROSCOE...PLANT YATES...SEATON LAKE AND CANNONGATE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3365 8505 3360 8491 3357 8490 3357 8482
      3354 8483 3353 8482 3351 8482 3351 8467
      3349 8461 3344 8463 3340 8461 3325 8468
      3349 8515
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 297DEG 42KT 3354 8502

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 5:15 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
515 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015

GAZ042-053-312145-
CARROLL GA-COWETA GA-
515 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN CARROLL AND COWETA COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT...

AT 513 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CARROLLTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE NICKEL SIZE SIZED HAIL...
OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT
MOVES ACROSS CARROLL AND COWETA COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
NEWNAN...CARROLLTON...TYRONE...PALMETTO...WHITESBURG...SHARPSBURG...
TURIN...EAST NEWNAN...LOWELL...THOMAS CROSSROADS...ARNCO-SARGENT...
ABILENE...MADRAS...BYERS CROSSROADS...DUNAWAY GARDENS...CLEM...
ROSCOE...PLANT YATES...SEATON LAKE AND CANNONGATE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3365 8505 3360 8491 3357 8490 3357 8482
      3354 8483 3353 8482 3351 8482 3351 8467
      3349 8461 3344 8463 3340 8461 3325 8468
      3349 8515
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 297DEG 42KT 3354 8502

Local storm report, Mar 31, 5:17 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
517 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015

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

0415 PM     HAIL             2 SE RICHWOOD           32.02N  83.77W
03/31/2015  E1.00 INCH       CRISP              GA   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL. REPORT CAME FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1500168

RWILLIS

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 5:43 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
543 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015

GAZ058-059-312215-
JASPER GA-BUTTS GA-
543 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN JASPER AND BUTTS COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT...

AT 543 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER JENKINSBURG...OR NEAR JACKSON...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE NICKEL SIZE SIZED HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT
MOVES ACROSS JASPER AND BUTTS COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
JACKSON...MONTICELLO...FLOVILLA...JENKINSBURG...MCELHENEYS
CROSSROADS...STARK...HILLSBORO...INDIAN SPRINGS STATE PARK AND
ADGATEVILLE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3334 8403 3336 8403 3336 8401 3339 8398
      3330 8356 3316 8365 3313 8380 3314 8382
      3318 8382 3320 8384 3320 8391 3330 8407
      3332 8407
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 294DEG 15KT 3334 8402

Local storm report, Mar 31, 6:03 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
603 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015

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

0557 PM     HAIL             3 WSW PLANT YATES       33.45N  84.95W
03/31/2015  E0.88 INCH       CARROLL            GA   PUBLIC

            NICKEL SIZED HAIL NEAR MCINTOSH RESERVE PARK.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1500169

RWILLIS

Local storm report, Mar 31, 6:07 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
607 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015

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

0558 PM     HAIL             3 E NEWNAN              33.37N  84.75W
03/31/2015  E0.75 INCH       COWETA             GA   NWS EMPLOYEE

            DIME SIZED HAIL IN IN SUMMERGROVE NEIGHBORHOOD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1500170

RWILLIS

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, 5:33 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, 6:24 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.