Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2015, 5:54 PM EDT for Meriwether County, Talbot County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 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, 5:54 PM EDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2015, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Meriwether County, GA, Talbot County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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, 6:12 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Flint Hill, GA | MULTIPLE TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN NEAR FLINT HILL. |
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 58 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.
992
WUUS52 KFFC 312154
SVRFFC
GAC199-263-312245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0089.150531T2154Z-150531T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
554 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
NORTHWESTERN TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 554 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODLAND...
OR NEAR TALBOTTON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 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
TALBOTTON...MANCHESTER...WARM SPRINGS...WOODLAND...OLIVE BRANCH...
PO BIDDY CROSSROADS...PLEASANT HILL AND FLINT HILL.
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 3293 8453 3291 8453 3291 8451 3288 8451
3288 8448 3287 8448 3286 8449 3285 8446
3281 8444 3269 8445 3267 8464 3278 8469
3283 8469 3284 8470 3286 8473 3291 8476
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 147DEG 14KT 3275 8460
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
539
WWUS52 KFFC 312230
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
630 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
GAC263-312239-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-150531T2245Z/
TALBOT GA-
630 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TALBOT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3291 8476 3293 8453 3291 8453 3291 8451
3288 8451 3285 8457 3284 8470 3286 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 147DEG 14KT 3287 8469
$$
GAC199-312245-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-150531T2245Z/
MERIWETHER GA-
630 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY...
AT 629 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WARM
SPRINGS...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15
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
MANCHESTER AND WARM SPRINGS.
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 3291 8476 3293 8453 3291 8453 3291 8451
3288 8451 3285 8457 3284 8470 3286 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 147DEG 14KT 3287 8469
HAIL...1.00IN
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, 1:49 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, 5:44 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, 5:58 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.