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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 26, 201510 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2015, 5:15 PM EDT for 10 counties in 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: May 26, 2015, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2015, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barrow County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Greene County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Walton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 26, 5:44 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nw Bostwick, GA	SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 83 NEAR BOSTWICK. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
May 26, 5:49 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Statham, GA	TREES DOWN AROUND STATHAM NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HAMMOND RD AND RAT KINNEY RD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
May 26, 6:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Stonemill Run, GA	SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. HARDEST HIT AREA WAS IN THE LEXINGTON RD AND OCONEE STREET AREA.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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: 485 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 586 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.1

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The text

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

743 
WUUS52 KFFC 262115
SVRFFC
GAC013-059-133-157-211-217-219-221-247-297-262200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0079.150526T2115Z-150526T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
515 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN ROCKDALE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN BARROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
  OCONEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
  WESTERN OGLETHORPE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
  MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 515 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR LOGANVILLE TO NEAR JERSEY TO NEAR MANSFIELD...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 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
  CONYERS...WINDER...MONROE...MADISON...WATKINSVILLE...ATHENS...
  LOGANVILLE...SOCIAL CIRCLE...STATHAM...WALNUT GROVE...
  WINTERVILLE...BOGART...CRAWFORD...RUTLEDGE...NEWBORN...NORTH HIGH
  SHOALS...BETHLEHEM...BOSTWICK...ARNOLDSVILLE AND BETWEEN.

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 3405 8339 3400 8328 3401 8320 3370 8311
      3355 8335 3348 8361 3353 8368 3349 8367
      3348 8369 3350 8371 3349 8371 3363 8377
      3371 8406 3399 8374 3406 8338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 230DEG 51KT 3379 8395 3367 8381 3349 8377 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

2 follow-up statements

785 
WWUS52 KFFC 262138
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
538 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2015

GAC247-262146-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-150526T2200Z/
ROCKDALE GA-
538 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ROCKDALE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3405 8339 3400 8328 3401 8320 3370 8311
      3355 8335 3348 8361 3353 8368 3349 8367
      3348 8369 3350 8371 3349 8371 3363 8377
      3366 8386 3385 8390 3399 8374 3406 8338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 230DEG 51KT 3399 8367 3387 8353 3369 8349 

$$

GAC013-059-133-157-211-217-219-221-297-262200-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-150526T2200Z/
GREENE GA-BARROW GA-CLARKE GA-OCONEE GA-OGLETHORPE GA-JACKSON GA-
NEWTON GA-WALTON GA-MORGAN GA-
538 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENE...SOUTHEASTERN BARROW...CLARKE...OCONEE...
WESTERN OGLETHORPE...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...NORTHEASTERN NEWTON...
WALTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES...

AT 536 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WINDER TO NEAR NORTH HIGH SHOALS TO NEAR
BOSTWICK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT. 

IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE 
         HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WINDER...MONROE...MADISON...WATKINSVILLE...ATHENS...LOGANVILLE...
SOCIAL CIRCLE...STATHAM...WALNUT GROVE...WINTERVILLE...BOGART...
CRAWFORD...RUTLEDGE...NEWBORN...NORTH HIGH SHOALS...BETHLEHEM...
BOSTWICK...ARNOLDSVILLE...BETWEEN AND GOOD HOPE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
WIND DAMAGE. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS.
 
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 3405 8339 3400 8328 3401 8320 3370 8311
      3355 8335 3348 8361 3353 8368 3349 8367
      3348 8369 3350 8371 3349 8371 3363 8377
      3366 8386 3385 8390 3399 8374 3406 8338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 230DEG 51KT 3399 8367 3387 8353 3369 8349 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

040 
WWUS52 KFFC 262151
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
551 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2015

GAC217-262201-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-150526T2200Z/
NEWTON GA-
551 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3405 8339 3400 8328 3401 8320 3370 8311
      3355 8335 3348 8361 3353 8363 3362 8363
      3375 8368 3395 8379 3399 8374 3406 8338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 253DEG 35KT 3400 8363 3388 8349 3370 8345 

$$

GAC013-059-133-157-211-219-221-297-262200-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-150526T2200Z/
GREENE GA-BARROW GA-CLARKE GA-OCONEE GA-OGLETHORPE GA-JACKSON GA-
WALTON GA-MORGAN GA-
551 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENE...SOUTHEASTERN BARROW...CLARKE...OCONEE...
WESTERN OGLETHORPE...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...EASTERN WALTON AND MORGAN
COUNTIES...

AT 551 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR STATHAM TO NEAR NORTH HIGH SHOALS TO NEAR
BOSTWICK...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT. 

IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE 
         HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WINDER...MONROE...MADISON...WATKINSVILLE...ATHENS...STATHAM...
WINTERVILLE...BOGART...CRAWFORD...RUTLEDGE...NORTH HIGH SHOALS...
BETHLEHEM...BOSTWICK...ARNOLDSVILLE...GOOD HOPE...BISHOP...MAXEYS...
BUCKHEAD...ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY (BALANCE) AND WHITEHALL.

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 3405 8339 3400 8328 3401 8320 3370 8311
      3355 8335 3348 8361 3353 8363 3362 8363
      3375 8368 3395 8379 3399 8374 3406 8338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 253DEG 35KT 3400 8363 3388 8349 3370 8345 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Spalding	29 min
May 25, 8:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry, Rockdale	30 min
May 25, 8:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	DeKalb, Gwinnett	34 min
May 25, 9:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Walton	30 min
May 25, 9:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Hall, Jackson	31 min
May 26, 1:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Upson	30 min
May 26, 1:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	33 min
May 26, 1:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar	29 min
May 26, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Haralson	23 min
May 26, 2:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow	26 min
May 26, 2:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Heard	6 hr
May 26, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Paulding	29 min
May 26, 2:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Heard	38 min
May 26, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts	36 min
May 26, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pickens	33 min
May 26, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Webster	32 min
May 26, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Upson	30 min
May 26, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll	27 min
May 26, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	26 min
May 26, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattahoochee	24 min
May 26, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Muscogee	30 min
May 26, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee, Pickens	29 min
May 26, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	26 min
May 26, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Muscogee	24 min
May 26, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	37 min
May 26, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris	46 min
May 26, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Meriwether	23 min
May 26, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Pike	35 min
May 26, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson, Lumpkin	31 min
May 26, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	25 min
May 26, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Pike, Spalding	29 min
May 26, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and 2 more	50 min
May 26, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Monroe, Peach	43 min
May 26, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton, Rockdale, Spalding	51 min
May 26, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	31 min
May 26, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall, White	33 min
May 26, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Jasper, Jones, Putnam	30 min
May 26, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam	50 min
May 26, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Houston, Twiggs	26 min
May 26, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	White	24 min
May 26, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	33 min
May 26, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	24 min
May 26, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Telfair	35 min
May 26, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Madison and 3 more	45 min
May 26, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Hancock	36 min
May 26, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkinson	26 min
May 26, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	23 min
May 26, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Laurens	33 min
May 26, 7:27 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth	10 hr
May 26, 7:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Wheeler	33 min
May 26, 7:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jefferson	33 min
May 26, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Treutlen	37 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.