Daytime heating and an easterly upper level wave generated widespread convection across the northern half of Georgia on the 28th. Storms moving south to north produced pockets of wind damage and hail across Gordon and Whitfield counties in northwest Georgia during the late afternoon hours.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
Daytime heating and an easterly upper level wave generated widespread convection across the northern half of Georgia on the 28th. Storms moving south to north produced pockets of wind damage and hail across Gordon and Whitfield counties in northwest Georgia during the late afternoon hours.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at May 28, 2:19 PM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 319 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2015 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... CURRENT RADAR LOOP SHOWS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ACROSS ORIENTED ROUGHLY 50 MILES EITHER SIDE OF THE I85 CORRIDOR. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHWARD IN THE MOIST GULF FLOW. WHERE THESE STORMS ARE FORMING LINES UP WELL WITH THE SHORT RANGE MODELS SHOWING THE BEST MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN THIS LOCATION. WITH THIS IN MIND THE MODELS ARE SHOWING A BIT OF A DRY SLOT MOVING IN ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FROM THE SE PUSHING THE DEEPER MOISTURE NORTH OF THE AREA. THINKING WE WILL STILL SEE SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION FRIDAY AFTERNOON BUT IT SHOULD BE CONFINED TO AREA NORTH AND WEST OF LAGRANGE TO ATLANTA TO ATHENS LINE. THIS ALSO LINES UP WELL WITH SPC HAVING THAT SAME AREA IN A GENERAL THUNDERSTORMS RISK AREA. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO MAINLY BE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH OR LESS. TEMPS EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY IN THE 80S FRI AS WELL. 01 .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL WEATHER/UPPER LVL PATTERN WILL EXIST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH A SLOW-MOVING UPR LVL TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS CAUGHT BETWEEN A STRENGTHENING UPR RIDGE ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND A WEAK RIDGE OFF THE SOUTHEAST ATLANTIC COAST. DEEP YET RATHER WEAK SOUTH/SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION YIELDING ISOLD TO SCATTERED MAINLY AFTN/EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SAT/SUN. FUELED MAINLY FROM SFC HEATING AND RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...SEVERE THREAT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LOW BUT CANNOT RULE OUT A STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORM GIVEN INSTABILITY FIELDS. MAX TEMPS THIS WEEKEND WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE MID 80S TO NEAR 90F ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20 WITH 80-85F TEMPS NORTH GA. EARLY NEXT WEEK (MON/TUES)...SLOW-MOVING UPPER LEVEL "FEATURE" WILL APPROACH AND GRADUALLY CROSS THE MS RIVER. THIS WILL INCREASE MOISTURE AND UPR LVL SUPPORT/LIFT. DIURNAL CONVECTION/REMNANT MCS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES COULD ENHANCE INITIATION AND INTENSITY BUT STILL NOT LOOKING AT ANY WIDESPREAD HIGH-IMPACT EVENT. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS SUGGEST THE UPR LVL LOW BECOMING CUT-OFF SOMEWHERE BETWEEN WESTERN MS AND SOUTHEAST TX BY WED/THU WITH A PLUME OF SUB-TROPICAL MOISTURE /PWAT VALUES AOA 1.5"/ REMAINING FIRMLY ENTRENCHED ACROSS MS/AL/TN AND GA. THE BIGGEST CONCERN INTO NEXT WEEK MAY BE THE LOCALIZED FLOODING/FLASH FLOODING THREAT...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A MACON TO COLUMBUS LINE...THAT RECEIVE 1-2 INCHES OF RAINFALL EACH DAY OVER THE NEXT 5-6 DAYS. SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND AND MONITOR. DJN.83 && AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WILL AFFECT THE TAF SITES THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN TO DISSIPATE THROUGH 02-04Z FRI. CONDITIONS SHOULD BE VFR OVERNIGHT WITH MORE AFTERNOON SHRA/TSRA FRIDAY. WINDS EXPECTED TO STAY OUT OF THE S TO SE AT 10KT OF LESS THROUGH THE PERIOD. MAY SEE SOME VARIABLE GUST TO 20 OR 25KT IN AND AROUND ANY STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. VSBYS WILL STAY VFR EXCEPT IN AND AROUND ANY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... CONFIDENCE MEDIUM TO HIGH ON ALL ELEMENTS. 01 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 65 84 64 86 / 30 30 10 10 ATLANTA 67 83 66 84 / 40 40 10 10 BLAIRSVILLE 62 79 61 80 / 40 40 20 20 CARTERSVILLE 64 84 64 85 / 40 40 20 10 COLUMBUS 67 87 66 87 / 20 30 10 10 GAINESVILLE 66 82 65 83 / 40 40 20 10 MACON 63 87 64 87 / 20 20 5 20 ROME 65 84 64 85 / 40 50 20 20 PEACHTREE CITY 64 84 63 85 / 30 40 10 10 VIDALIA 65 87 68 87 / 10 10 5 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...01 LONG TERM....DJN.83 AVIATION...01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1154 AM EDT THU MAY 28 2015 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-291000- 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- 1154 AM EDT THU MAY 28 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNSET THIS EVENING... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-85 AND I-20 CORRIDOR. ASIDE FROM HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD RESULT IN RAPID PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH BRIEF GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST EACH DAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF IMPACT WEATHER OR DAMAGE. DJN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
255 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2015
GAZ057-282000-
HENRY GA-
255 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN HENRY COUNTY UNTIL
400 PM EDT...
AT 253 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES WEST OF HAMPTON...OR 4 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MCDONOUGH...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
ACROSS HENRY COUNTY...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND MCDONOUGH...
STOCKBRIDGE...HAMPTON...LOVEJOY...LOCUST GROVE...LUELLA AND
BLACKSVILLE.
IF DRIVING...PLEASE SLOW DOWN AND INCREASE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU
AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS!
LAT...LON 3343 8431 3344 8430 3348 8429 3349 8428
3352 8428 3353 8427 3337 8409 3333 8415
3334 8424 3335 8425 3335 8426 3343 8433
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 140DEG 13KT 3339 8422SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
401 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2015
GAZ053-067-282100-
COWETA GA-MERIWETHER GA-
401 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN COWETA AND
MERIWETHER COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...
AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. THESE
STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR HARALSON TO NEAR LUTHERSVILLE TO NEAR
GRANTVILLE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
ACROSS PARTS OF COWETA AND MERIWETHER COUNTIES. SOME AREAS THAT
COULD SEE SOME BRIEF MINOR FLOODING ARE... AREAS AROUND NEWNAN...
GREENVILLE... PEACHTREE CITY... TYRONE... PALMETTO... SENOIA...
GRANTVILLE... LUTHERSVILLE... MORELAND...SHARPSBURG...TURIN...
HARALSON... GAY AND THOMAS CROSSROADS.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3346 8498 3345 8492 3351 8485 3351 8462
3340 8461 3336 8458 3332 8452 3326 8450
3320 8449 3315 8452 3310 8452 3303 8470
3311 8486 3322 8486 3323 8494 3328 8495
3328 8496 3342 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 161DEG 29KT 3326 8459 3324 8472 3327 8484SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
406 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2015
GAZ023-024-282100-
BANKS GA-HALL GA-
406 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN BANKS AND HALL
COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...
AT 404 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LULA...OR 8 MILES WEST OF HOMER...
AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
RUNOFF FROM THIS LARGE STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES ACROSS PARTS OF BANKS AND HALL COUNTIES. SOME AREAS
VULNERABLE TO POSSIBLE FLOODING ARE AREAS AROUND GAINESVILLE...
HOMER... LULA... MAYSVILLE...CLERMONT...GILLSVILLE AND MURRAYVILLE.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3450 8378 3450 8369 3448 8365 3443 8361
3445 8359 3440 8350 3429 8344 3425 8350
3425 8356 3427 8365 3436 8398 3440 8397
3441 8398 3445 8392 3447 8393 3446 8389
3450 8384 3450 8379 3452 8379
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 116DEG 16KT 3437 8364SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
412 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2015
GAZ012-020-282115-
GORDON GA-BARTOW GA-
412 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH IN GORDON AND NORTH BARTOW COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT...
AT 411 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ADAIRSVILLE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF
CALHOUN... AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ACROSS
PARTS OF GORDON AND BARTOW COUNTIES... INCLUDING AREAS AROUND
CALHOUN... ADAIRSVILLE...RESACA...PLAINVILLE...REDBUD...
NICKELSVILLE... SUGAR VALLEY...FOLSOM...SONORAVILLE...OOSTANAULA AND
AUDUBON.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3462 8491 3462 8486 3461 8486 3461 8475
3462 8474 3432 8476 3430 8499 3435 8501
3439 8501 3440 8504 3449 8509 3454 8509
3454 8506 3461 8506 3462 8493 3463 8493
3463 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 161DEG 12KT 3437 8489SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
450 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2015
GAZ021-022-033-034-282145-
GWINNETT GA-CHEROKEE GA-FORSYTH GA-NORTH FULTON GA-
450 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAIN IN GWINNETT...
CHEROKEE...FORSYTH AND NORTH FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT...
AT 448 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT STRETCHED FROM NEAR SUWANEE TO
NEAR BROOKWOOD TO NEAR MILTON... AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
ACROSS PARTS OF GWINNETT...CHEROKEE...FORSYTH AND NORTH FULTON
COUNTIES.
SOME AREAS VULNERABLE TO POSSIBLE FLOODING INCLUDE... BROOKWOOD...
CUMMING... JOHNS CREEK... BIRMINGHAM... MILTON... AND HOLBROOK.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3433 8420 3412 8404 3399 8405 3401 8425
3422 8448 3434 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 155DEG 12KT 3414 8420SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
456 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2015
GAZ012-282130-
GORDON GA-
456 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN GORDON COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM EDT...
AT 455 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CALHOUN...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS
THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST GORDON COUNTY
THROUGH 530 PM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE CALHOUN...
RESACA...SUGAR VALLEY AND OOSTANAULA.
LAT...LON 3449 8488 3445 8504 3450 8509 3454 8509
3454 8506 3462 8506 3461 8505 3462 8493
3463 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 155DEG 12KT 3454 8501The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:04 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Dime to quarter-sized hail reported by public in the Sugar Valley area, northwest of Calhoun.
One tree down along South Dixie Highway and Rabbit Way.
One tree down across Mary Elizabeth Drive.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, May 2015
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 582955, 582956, 582957.