Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2015, 1:49 PM EDT for Forsyth County, Gwinnett County, Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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 31, 2015, 1:49 PM EDT (17:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2015, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Forsyth County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2:00 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 N Buford, GA | HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED PENHY SIZE HAIL ABOUR 3 MILES NORTH OF BUFORD... GA. |
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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 518 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS52 KFFC 311749
SVRFFC
GAC117-135-139-311830-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0083.150531T1749Z-150531T1830Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
149 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN HALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
CENTRAL FORSYTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT
* AT 148 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER REST
HAVEN...OR 10 MILES EAST OF CUMMING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS... NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GAINESVILLE...CUMMING...SUGAR HILL...SUWANEE...BUFORD...
BRASELTON...FLOWERY BRANCH...OAKWOOD...REST HAVEN...CANDLER...
BUFORD DAM-LAKE LANIER PARKS...AQUALAND PARK...LAKE LANIER
ISLANDS...ROAD ATLANTA-LANIER SPEEDWAY...CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN...HOG
MOUNTAIN AND OSCARVILLE.
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 3430 8388 3423 8377 3401 8387 3404 8410
3422 8413
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 247DEG 7KT 3416 8397
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
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WWUS52 KFFC 311818
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
218 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
GAC117-311826-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-150531T1830Z/
FORSYTH GA-
218 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL FORSYTH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3430 8388 3423 8377 3401 8387 3404 8410
3410 8411 3418 8406 3420 8404 3419 8401
3420 8399 3422 8396 3423 8397 3424 8395
3427 8395 3429 8393
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 247DEG 7KT 3418 8391
$$
GAC135-139-311830-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-150531T1830Z/
GWINNETT GA-HALL GA-
218 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN GWINNETT AND SOUTHWESTERN HALL COUNTIES...
AT 216 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FLOWERY
BRANCH...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GAINESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. AT 2PM EDT PENNY SIZED HAIL WAS
REPORTED NEAR BUFORD.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GAINESVILLE...SUGAR HILL...SUWANEE...BUFORD...BRASELTON...FLOWERY
BRANCH...OAKWOOD...REST HAVEN...CANDLER...BUFORD DAM-LAKE LANIER
PARKS...AQUALAND PARK...LAKE LANIER ISLANDS...ROAD ATLANTA-LANIER
SPEEDWAY...CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN AND HOG MOUNTAIN.
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 3430 8388 3423 8377 3401 8387 3404 8410
3410 8411 3418 8406 3420 8404 3419 8401
3420 8399 3422 8396 3423 8397 3424 8395
3427 8395 3429 8393
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 247DEG 7KT 3418 8391
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 12:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 30 min |
| May 31, 12:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 31 min |
| May 31, 12:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 40 min |
| May 31, 12:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 22 min |
| May 31, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 51 min |
| May 31, 1:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 28 min |
| May 31, 1:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 37 min |
| May 31, 1:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 40 min |
| May 31, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 35 min |
| May 31, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 34 min |
| May 31, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett | 41 min |
| May 31, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 39 min |
| May 31, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 51 min |
| May 31, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale | 39 min |
| May 31, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 36 min |
| May 31, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens | 45 min |
| May 31, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 34 min |
| May 31, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 52 min |
| May 31, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 44 min |
| May 31, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 32 min |
| May 31, 4:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 7 days |
| May 31, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton | 38 min |
| May 31, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 46 min |
| May 31, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 43 min |
| May 31, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 26 min |
| May 31, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 34 min |
| May 31, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 27 min |
| May 31, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 29 min |
| May 31, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 39 min |
| May 31, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 51 min |
| May 31, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 43 min |
| May 31, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Taylor, Upson | 40 min |
| May 31, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 38 min |
| May 31, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 33 min |
| May 31, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Polk | 34 min |
| May 31, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 26 min |
| May 31, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 38 min |
| May 31, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Talbot | 51 min |
| May 31, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Macon, Peach, Taylor | 47 min |
| May 31, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 43 min |
| May 31, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 45 min |
| May 31, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 45 min |
| May 31, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 44 min |
| May 31, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 25 min |
| May 31, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 35 min |
| May 31, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 43 min |
| May 31, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 54 min |
| May 31, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 33 min |
| May 31, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 42 min |
| May 31, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Spalding | 26 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.