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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2015, 2:50 PM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 40 min. 6 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
- Aug 6, 2015, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2015, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Barrow County, GA, Butts County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Newton County, GA, Walton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2:56 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Leadmore, GA | SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON RIVER RD AND JACKSON LAKE ROAD...ONE ON A POWER LINE. |
| Aug 6, 2:56 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Riverside Park, GA | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON OLD SNAPPING SHOALS RD. |
| Aug 6, 3:07 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ene Malcolm Woods, GA | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON CAMPBELL RD. |
| Aug 6, 3:18 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Mansfield, GA | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON MILL POND RD. |
| Aug 6, 3:18 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mansfield Estates, GA | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON COUNTY RD 213. |
| Aug 6, 3:22 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nne Russell, GA | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN NORTHEAST OF RUSSELL. UNITS IN ROUTE AT THE TIME OF CALL. EXACT LOCATION NOT YET CONFIRMED |
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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 305 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 761 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WWUS82 KFFC 061850
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
250 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015
GAZ023-025-034-035-046>049-057>060-061930-
HENRY GA-MORGAN GA-NEWTON GA-GWINNETT GA-JASPER GA-ROCKDALE GA-
BARROW GA-BUTTS GA-PUTNAM GA-JACKSON GA-HALL GA-WALTON GA-
250 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENRY...WESTERN
MORGAN...NEWTON...EASTERN GWINNETT...JASPER...EASTERN ROCKDALE...
BARROW...BUTTS...SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM...JACKSON...SOUTHERN HALL AND
WALTON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...
AT 250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM REST HAVEN TO NEAR
JACKSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD
NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
GAINESVILLE...LAWRENCEVILLE...CONYERS...WINDER...MONROE...
COVINGTON...JEFFERSON...COMMERCE...JACKSON...MONTICELLO...SUGAR
HILL...SNELLVILLE...BUFORD...LOGANVILLE...BRASELTON...AUBURN...
FLOWERY BRANCH...DACULA...SOCIAL CIRCLE AND OAKWOOD.
LAT...LON 3426 8349 3399 8350 3391 8364 3381 8351
3317 8354 3315 8368 3316 8382 3320 8387
3320 8402 3420 8403 3419 8400 3421 8397
3422 8397 3423 8391
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 269DEG 32KT 3416 8397 3326 8403
$$What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 6, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 135 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015 .PREV DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... /ISSUED 344 AM EDT THU AUG 6 2015/ SHORTWAVE SITUATED ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE SHIFTING EAST AND TRACK ACROSS THE TN VALLEY AND GEORGIA TODAY. THIS WAVE WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE EAST OF THE CWA BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WILL MOVE THROUGH FRIDAY AND SHOULD CLEAR THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE CWA AROUND THE END OF THE SHORT TERM. THE MAIN IMPACT FROM THIS SHORTWAVE WILL BE FELT TODAY AND TONIGHT. RAIN CHANCES GREATLY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING INTO THE LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL RANGE. HI RES MODELS ARE NOT CONSISTENT IN TERMS OF TIMING...BUT OVERALL CONSENSUS IS FOR ACTIVITY TO INCREASE AFTER 17-18Z AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THEN A BETTER ORGANIZED CLUSTER OF STORMS SHOULD PUSH THROUGH THE CWA AFTER 00Z...BETTER ALIGNED TIMING WISE WITH THE AXIS OF THE UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE. INSTABILITY IS STILL PROGGED AROUND OR JUST ABOVE 2500 J/KG WHILE SHEAR IS MORE MARGINAL. STILL ENOUGH POTENTIAL WITH THE DYNAMICS FROM THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM AND THE INSTABILITY FOR SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE BETTER CHANCES WILL BE NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO DUBLIN AND SPC HAS ALMOST THE WHOLE CWA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK TODAY. THE MAIN THREAT CONTINUES TO BE DAMAGING WIND. PRECIPITATION WILL LINGER AROUND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR FRIDAY AND AS THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH...THE THREAT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL ALSO PUSH SOUTH OF THE CWA. WINDS WILL INCREASE FOR FRIDAY WITH THE FRONT WITH SUSTAINED VALUES AROUND 10-15MPH...BUT STILL WELL UNDER WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THE CLOUD COVERAGE TODAY WILL HELP TO MODERATE THE HIGH TEMPERATURES AND MOST AREAS WILL NOT GET OUT OF THE 80S ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. HIGHS TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE WITHIN THREE DEGREES OF NORMAL. 11 LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... /ISSUED 344 AM EDT THU AUG 6 2015/ LONGWAVE TROUGH IS SITUATED ACROSS THE EASTERN SEABOARD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LONG TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST. THE CWFA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN NW FLOW THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEKEND...WITH THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDING BACK EASTWARD FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK. BY THE MID TO LATTER PART OF THE WEEK...A DEEP TROUGH BEGINS TO DIG ACROSS THE EASTERN QUARTER OF THE COUNTRY WITH AN UPPER LOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES. AT THE SURFACE...COLD FRONT SHOULD BE SOUTH OF THE CWFA BY FRIDAY NIGHT. THE FRONT SHOULD REMAIN STATIONARY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY BEFORE DISSIPATING. POPS ARE EXPECTED TO BE PRETTY LOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH LOW END SCT/ISOLD MAINLY ACROSS THE MTNS AND IN THE SOUTH. PRECIP CHANCES WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE MONDAY AS ANOTHER FRONT BEGINS TO APPROACH THE CWFA. THE FRONT IS CURRENTLY PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THE FRONT SHOULD SETTLED TO THE SOUTH OF THE CWFA BY THURSDAY...WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE NORTH. NLISTEMAA && .AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION THROUGH 06Z. MVFR OR LOWER CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES DEVELOPING BETWEEN 06Z AND 09Z...CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST 14Z. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION CURRENTLY WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH 04Z...THEN DECREASE IN COVERAGE AFTER 06Z. SHOULD STILL SEE SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 06Z. WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST THROUGH THIS FORECAST PERIOD. WIND SPEEDS 7-10KT..WITH GUSTS 14-20KT THROUGH 02Z. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 08-12KT AFTER 14Z. WIND GUSTS 25KT OR HIGHER POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF CONVECTION. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... MEDIUM. 20 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 91 71 90 71 / 80 60 30 10 ATLANTA 87 72 88 73 / 80 70 20 10 BLAIRSVILLE 82 68 81 63 / 80 70 20 10 CARTERSVILLE 87 71 87 69 / 80 80 20 10 COLUMBUS 90 74 92 74 / 60 50 40 10 GAINESVILLE 85 71 86 71 / 80 70 20 10 MACON 92 75 93 73 / 60 50 40 10 ROME 88 71 89 69 / 90 80 20 10 PEACHTREE CITY 87 72 89 70 / 80 70 20 10 VIDALIA 93 74 93 75 / 60 50 50 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...11 LONG TERM....NLISTEMAA AVIATION...11
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 5:18 AM EDT, 9 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 518 AM EDT THU AUG 6 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-071200- BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA- CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA- CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL- FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE- GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON- JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON- MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY- MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH- PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON- SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS- TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN- WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES- WILKINSON- 518 AM EDT THU AUG 6 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WILL HELP SPARK SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO NEAR DUBLIN. SOUTH OF THIS LINE...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ALTHOUGH RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...ENOUGH MOISTURE AND FUEL FOR STORMS WILL EXIST TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY DURING AFTERNOON AND EVENING EACH DAY. ISOLATED STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BECOME NECESSARY LATER TODAY. IN THE MEANTIME...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 2:28 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
228 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015
GAZ104-106-061915-
SUMTER GA-CRISP GA-
228 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUMTER AND WESTERN
CRISP COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT...
AT 227 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LESLIE...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF LEESBURG...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD
NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
CORDELE...ARABI...LESLIE...DE SOTO...DESOTO...COBB...LAMAR...GEORGIA
VETERANS MEMORIAL ST PK...HUNTINGTON...WENONA...FORT EARLY AND
RAINES.
LAT...LON 3181 8383 3183 8384 3182 8385 3184 8386
3185 8394 3186 8394 3186 8393 3188 8393
3191 8392 3192 8418 3202 8418 3203 8392
3203 8376 3181 8373 3180 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 268DEG 27KT 3191 8410
16Special weather statement, Aug 6, 2:30 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
230 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015
GAZ027-038-061900-
MADISON GA-OGLETHORPE GA-
230 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MADISON AND NORTHERN
OGLETHORPE COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT...
AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER COLBERT...OR NEAR DANIELSVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD
NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
DANIELSVILLE...COMER...COLBERT...CARLTON...SMITHONIA...VESTA...POINT
PETER...PAOLI AND WATSON MILL BRIDGE STATE PARK.
LAT...LON 3386 8294 3401 8325 3413 8322 3413 8305
3410 8304 3408 8301 3408 8300 3405 8299
3403 8294 3401 8294 3400 8290
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 282DEG 18KT 3405 8319Special weather statement, Aug 6, 2:34 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
234 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015
GAZ080-091-092-061900-
MARION GA-TAYLOR GA-SCHLEY GA-
234 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MARION...SOUTHERN TAYLOR AND
SCHLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT...
AT 234 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BUENA VISTA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD
NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
BUENA VISTA...ELLAVILLE...PUTNAM...BRANTLEY...MURRAYS CROSSROADS...
DOYLE...TAZEWELL AND WALLS CROSSING.
LAT...LON 3240 8462 3243 8426 3224 8425 3223 8461
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 268DEG 27KT 3232 8450
16Special weather statement, Aug 6, 2:39 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
239 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015
GAZ079-089>091-061915-
MUSCOGEE GA-TALBOT GA-MARION GA-CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-
239 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MUSCOGEE...
SOUTHWESTERN TALBOT...NORTHERN MARION AND NORTHEASTERN CHATTAHOOCHEE
COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT...
AT 239 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR UPATOI...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF CUSSETA...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD
NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
GENEVA...UPATOI...EELBECK/WEST FORT BENNING...OAKLAND...MARION
ESTATES...BOX SPRINGS AND JUNIPER.
LAT...LON 3239 8475 3257 8476 3259 8444 3256 8444
3256 8445 3254 8445 3253 8444 3252 8444
3252 8443 3242 8442
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 268DEG 27KT 3248 8466
16Special weather statement, Aug 6, 2:48 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
248 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015
GAZ036-037-049-061915-
MORGAN GA-OCONEE GA-CLARKE GA-
248 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN MORGAN...OCONEE AND
CLARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT...
AT 248 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WATKINSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD
NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
WATKINSVILLE...ATHENS...WINTERVILLE...NORTH HIGH SHOALS...BISHOP...
HULL...ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY (BALANCE)...WHITEHALL...BARNETT SHOALS...
BEECHWOOD HILLS...FARMINGTON...STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GA...DUNLAP
AND EASTVILLE.
LAT...LON 3401 8329 3397 8326 3391 8324 3385 8327
3381 8330 3381 8329 3380 8329 3379 8328
3376 8328 3375 8329 3371 8348 3390 8354
3402 8331
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 242DEG 34KT 3386 8341Special weather statement, Aug 6, 2:50 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
250 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015
GAZ023-025-034-035-046>049-057>060-061930-
HENRY GA-MORGAN GA-NEWTON GA-GWINNETT GA-JASPER GA-ROCKDALE GA-
BARROW GA-BUTTS GA-PUTNAM GA-JACKSON GA-HALL GA-WALTON GA-
250 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENRY...WESTERN
MORGAN...NEWTON...EASTERN GWINNETT...JASPER...EASTERN ROCKDALE...
BARROW...BUTTS...SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM...JACKSON...SOUTHERN HALL AND
WALTON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...
AT 250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM REST HAVEN TO NEAR
JACKSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SHOULD
NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
GAINESVILLE...LAWRENCEVILLE...CONYERS...WINDER...MONROE...
COVINGTON...JEFFERSON...COMMERCE...JACKSON...MONTICELLO...SUGAR
HILL...SNELLVILLE...BUFORD...LOGANVILLE...BRASELTON...AUBURN...
FLOWERY BRANCH...DACULA...SOCIAL CIRCLE AND OAKWOOD.
LAT...LON 3426 8349 3399 8350 3391 8364 3381 8351
3317 8354 3315 8368 3316 8382 3320 8387
3320 8402 3420 8403 3419 8400 3421 8397
3422 8397 3423 8391
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 269DEG 32KT 3416 8397 3326 8403The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 10:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 6:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 24 min |
| Aug 6, 7:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Murray and 2 more | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 8:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton | 37 min |
| Aug 6, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee, Talbot | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Pulaski | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Jackson, Madison, Morgan, Oconee and 2 more | 66 min |
| Aug 6, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 52 min |
| Aug 6, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro, Wilkes | 62 min |
| Aug 6, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Morgan and 4 more | 42 min |
| Aug 6, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Warren | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 18 min |
| Aug 6, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Washington | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Johnson, Washington | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Candler | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee, Talbot | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 50 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.