Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2015, 5:25 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 50 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
- May 26, 2015, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2015, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Greene County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Putnam County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 5:33 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nnw Aikenton, GA | POWERLINES DOWN ALONG HWY 142. |
| May 26, 5:37 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Willard, GA | COUPLE OF TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 16 WEST OF EATONTON. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS52 KFFC 262125
SVRFFC
GAC133-159-211-237-262215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0080.150526T2125Z-150526T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
525 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
EASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 525 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHADY
DALE...OR NEAR MONTICELLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
EATONTON...GREENSBORO...SHADY DALE...REYNOLDS PLANTATION...
PHOENIX...SWORDS...WARFIELD...HARMONY...STANFORDVILLE...ROCK EAGLE
4-H CENTER...GODFREY...PARKS MILL...WILLARD...CENTRAL GEORGIA
EXPERIMENT STN AND CAREY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 3322 8333 3318 8363 3334 8368 3348 8361
3355 8335 3363 8323 3346 8313
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 224DEG 34KT 3332 8357
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
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WWUS52 KFFC 262154
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
554 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2015
GAC133-159-211-237-262215-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-150526T2215Z/
GREENE GA-JASPER GA-MORGAN GA-PUTNAM GA-
554 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN GREENE...NORTHEASTERN JASPER...SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN
AND PUTNAM COUNTIES...
AT 554 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SHADY DALE TO NEAR EATONTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
EATONTON...GREENSBORO...SHADY DALE...REYNOLDS PLANTATION...PHOENIX...
SWORDS...WARFIELD...HARMONY...ROCK EAGLE 4-H CENTER...GODFREY...PARKS
MILL...WILLARD...CENTRAL GEORGIA EXPERIMENT STN AND CAREY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 OR TWEET US YOUR REPORT AT NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3323 8332 3329 8358 3334 8363 3348 8361
3355 8335 3363 8323 3346 8313
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 211DEG 30KT 3344 8356 3334 8332
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$461
WWUS52 KFFC 262211
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
611 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2015
GAC133-159-211-237-262221-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-150526T2215Z/
GREENE GA-JASPER GA-MORGAN GA-PUTNAM GA-
611 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN GREENE...
NORTHEASTERN JASPER...SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN AND PUTNAM COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 615 PM EDT...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 3323 8332 3329 8358 3334 8363 3348 8361
3355 8335 3363 8323 3346 8313
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 224DEG 34KT 3344 8356 3334 8332
$$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, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Morgan, Newton and 4 more | 45 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.