Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2015, 5:44 PM EDT for Bartow County, Floyd County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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 31, 2015, 5:44 PM EDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2015, 6:18 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bartow County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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, 5:50 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Rockmart, GA | NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT THE INGALLS IN DOWNTOWN ROCKMART. |
| May 31, 6:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Se Rockmart, GA | GAS STATION 2.75 MILES SE OF ROCKMART REPORTED UP TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL AROUND 6 PM ON SUNDAY... 5 31 2015. |
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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 312144
SVRFFC
GAC015-115-233-312230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0087.150531T2144Z-150531T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
544 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
EASTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 544 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ROCKMART...
OR 10 MILES WEST OF DALLAS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 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
ROME...ROCKMART...EUHARLEE...ARAGON...KINGSTON...BRASWELL...
TAYLORSVILLE...FISH CREEK...LINDALE...VAN WERT AND SENEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND 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 3424 8495 3408 8493 3406 8493 3397 8497
3395 8500 3395 8505 3392 8505 3391 8506
3402 8515 3421 8518
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 172DEG 17KT 3397 8502
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
586
WWUS52 KFFC 312218
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
618 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
GAC015-115-233-312228-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-150531T2230Z/
BARTOW GA-POLK GA-FLOYD GA-
618 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BARTOW...EASTERN
POLK AND SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
PEACHTREE CITY.
LAT...LON 3424 8495 3408 8493 3406 8493 3397 8497
3395 8500 3395 8505 3392 8505 3391 8506
3402 8515 3421 8518
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 172DEG 17KT 3413 8505
$$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, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall | 41 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, 5:49 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.