Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2015, 6:43 PM EDT for Heard County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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
- Mar 31, 2015, 6:43 PM EDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2015, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Heard County, GA, Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 7:05 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | La Grange, GA | PUBLIC REPORT OF GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL ON RIDLEY AVENUE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
132
WUUS52 KFFC 312243
SVRFFC
GAC149-285-312330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0009.150331T2243Z-150331T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
643 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN HEARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT
* AT 642 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO PING PONG BALL SIZE AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ROANOKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAGRANGE...HOGANSVILLE...HILLCREST...MOUNTVILLE...HARRISONVILLE...
ABBOTTSFORD...WARES CROSSROADS...LOUISE...GLENN AND BIG SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
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 3319 8486 3292 8486 3304 8522 3322 8525
3321 8518
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 283DEG 33KT 3315 8531
$$1 follow-up statement
864
WWUS52 KFFC 312314
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
714 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015
GAC149-312323-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150331T2330Z/
HEARD GA-
714 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HEARD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3319 8486 3292 8486 3306 8508 3318 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 283DEG 33KT 3310 8492
$$
GAC285-312330-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150331T2330Z/
TROUP GA-
714 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN TROUP COUNTY...
AT 713 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOGANSVILLE...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST
OF LAGRANGE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAGRANGE...HOGANSVILLE...HILLCREST...MOUNTVILLE...HARRISONVILLE...
LOUISE AND BIG SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT 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 3319 8486 3292 8486 3306 8508 3318 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 283DEG 33KT 3310 8492
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 21 min |
| Mar 31, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Coweta | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Coweta | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Monroe | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Upson | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Union | 34 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.