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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 11, 2009, 5:29 PM EST for Dawson County, Forsyth County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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
- Feb 11, 2009, 5:29 PM EST (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2009, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dawson County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 5:35 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Dawsonville, GA | A FEW TREES BLOWN DOWN ON GEORGIA HWY. 53. |
| Feb 11, 5:55 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Cumming, GA | NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 6 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 4:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KFFC 112229
SVRFFC
GAC085-117-121-112315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0014.090211T2229Z-090211T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
529 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
FORSYTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 615 PM EST
* AT 526 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF DAWSONVILLE TO 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MILTON TO 15 MILES WEST OF MILTON...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ALPHARETTA AND CUMMING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT 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.
LAT...LON 3441 8397 3435 8398 3429 8392 3427 8395
3420 8398 3419 8404 3416 8408 3409 8412
3405 8412 3408 8441 3418 8435 3419 8426
3437 8426 3449 8417
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 261DEG 39KT 3442 8421 3425 8438
3412 8454
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 112303
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
603 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
GAC085-121-112311-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-090211T2315Z/
DAWSON GA-FULTON GA-
601 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FULTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THESE COUNTIES...
HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH MAY CONTINUE THROUGH 615 PM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3429 8392 3427 8395 3420 8398 3419 8405
3416 8408 3409 8412 3406 8412 3407 8417
3410 8419 3411 8425 3433 8426 3433 8397
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 261DEG 39KT 3447 8378 3430 8395
3417 8411
$$
GAC117-112315-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-090211T2315Z/
FORSYTH GA-
601 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EST
FOR FORSYTH COUNTY...
AT 558 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM NORTHEAST OF CHESTATEE TO CUMMING...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
OSCARVILLE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER 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.
LAT...LON 3429 8392 3427 8395 3420 8398 3419 8405
3416 8408 3409 8412 3406 8412 3407 8417
3410 8419 3411 8425 3433 8426 3433 8397
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 261DEG 39KT 3447 8378 3430 8395
3417 8411
$$What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Feb 11, 3:14 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 3:14 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 314 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SPEEDING EAST OUT OF ALABAMA SHOULD PUSH ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. MODELS SIMILAR WITH ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA BY 00Z WITH BULK OF DEEPER MOISTURE BY THAT TIME ALREADY PUSHING INTO SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS. WILL END ALL PRECIP BY MIDNIGHT AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES SOUTH OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA. HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD INTO THE STATE BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT... DOMINATING THE SOUTHEAST U.S. INTO EARLY FRIDAY...BEFORE BECOMING CENTERED OFF THE CAROLINA COAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MODELS SIMILAR WITH DEEPER MOISTURE BEGINNING TO SPREAD BACK INTO THE COUNTY WARNING AREA BY LATE DAY. CHANCE POPS STILL LOOK OKAY AT THE MOMENT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA FRIDAY...WITH BEST CHANCES NORTH AND WEST. .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... RAIN CHANCES ON INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT WITH LIKELY POPS IN ORDER FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. EXTENDED PROGS CONTINUE TO SHOW SOME TIMING DIFFERENCES WITH THIS SYSTEM. GFS CONTINUES TO BE A TAD FASTER AND HAS THIS FEATURE CLEARING MUCH OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA BY 18Z SATURDAY. ECMWF BEING A BIT SLOWER STILL HOLDS DEEPER MOISTURE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. WILL FOLLOW PREVIOUS FORECAST TREND WITH DRY FORECAST SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT IF LATER RUNS SUPPORT IT...MAY HAVE TO HOLD ON TO SOME MENTION OF PRECIP. NEXT SHORTWAVE PROGD TO AFFECT OUR AREA TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME. CHANCE POPS STILL OKAY FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. && .FIRE WEATHER...SOME AREAS ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA MAY SEE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DIP TO 25 PERCENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. BUT THINK FUELS WILL BE TOO WET FOR ANY FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 46 71 37 67 48 / 30 0 5 20 80 ATLANTA 44 65 43 62 45 / 20 0 5 30 80 BLAIRSVILLE 42 65 33 60 42 / 20 0 5 20 80 CARTERSVILLE 42 65 34 62 43 / 10 0 5 30 80 COLUMBUS 49 72 41 67 48 / 20 0 5 40 70 GAINESVILLE 46 68 40 64 44 / 20 0 5 20 80 MACON 46 73 39 70 46 / 30 0 5 20 70 ROME 44 68 34 63 43 / 5 0 5 30 80 PEACHTREE CITY 43 67 32 65 44 / 20 0 5 30 80 VIDALIA 49 74 37 69 49 / 40 0 0 20 70 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BALDWIN...BANKS...BARROW...BARTOW...BIBB...BLECKLEY... BUTTS...CARROLL...CATOOSA...CHATTAHOOCHEE...CHEROKEE...CLARKE... CLAYTON...COBB...COWETA...CRAWFORD...CRISP...DEKALB...DODGE... DOOLY...DOUGLAS...EMANUEL...FAYETTE...FLOYD...FORSYTH... GLASCOCK...GORDON...GREENE...GWINNETT...HALL...HANCOCK... HARALSON...HARRIS...HEARD...HENRY...HOUSTON...JACKSON...JASPER... JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...JONES...LAMAR...LAURENS...MACON... MADISON...MARION...MERIWETHER...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...MORGAN... 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...TREUTLEN... TROUP...TWIGGS...UPSON...WALTON...WARREN...WASHINGTON... WEBSTER...WHEELER...WHITFIELD...WILCOX...WILKES...WILKINSON. TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BARTOW...CARROLL...CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...CHEROKEE... DADE...FANNIN...FLOYD...GILMER...GORDON...HARALSON...HEARD... MURRAY...PAULDING...PICKENS...POLK...WALKER...WHITFIELD. HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CHATTOOGA...DADE...DAWSON...FANNIN...GILMER...LUMPKIN... MURRAY...TOWNS...UNION...WALKER...WHITE. && 49
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 4:58 PM EST, 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 458 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-121100- 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- 458 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH EVENING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...EXCEPT FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA WHERE THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WAS ENDING. HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET ELEVATION THROUGH THIS EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE LIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL REACH THE NORTHEASTERN STATES AFTER MIDNIGHT. A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT RACING EASTWARD ACROSS ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON WILL SWEEP THROUGH GEORGIA THIS EVENING. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... DAMAGING WINDS WILL REMAIN THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND STRONG GRADIENT WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN TO ADAIRSVILLE TO MCCAYSVILLE. AHEAD OF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS OCCURRING IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2000 FEET ELEVATION. ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA... SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE AROUND 15 TO 25 MPH. WINDS WILL DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING...WITH THE STRONG WINDS SUBSIDING BY MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. .DISCUSSION... A STRONG LOW-LEVEL JET PRECEDING THE FRONT WAS RESULTING IN VERY STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TRACKING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...ESPECIALLY AT HIGH ELEVATIONS WHERE GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. A NARROW LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY IS MINIMAL...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL END QUICKLY FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 ARE EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THURSDAY. ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF FAST MOVING...INTENSE STORM SYSTEMS WILL TRACK FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE U.S. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH GEORGIA LATE FRIDAY AND EARLY SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST INFORMATION EARLY THIS EVENING AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 11, 3:40 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 340 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 GAZ090-102-112115- 340 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN STEWART AND CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EST... AT 236 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS PORTIONS OF STEWART AND CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EST. DAMAGE TO TREES...AWNINGS...SIGNS AND POWER LINES IS POSSIBLE. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE PROVIDENCE CANYON STATE PARK...OMAHA...JAMESTOWN/SOUTH FORT BENNING...LUMPKIN...RICHLAND...CUSSETA AND MANTA.
Local storm report, Feb 11, 4:18 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
418 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NW TRENTON 34.92N 85.56W
02/11/2009 DADE GA EMERGENCY MNGR
POWERLINE DOWN. ONE TREE ALSO DOWN IN DOGWOOD /DADE
COUNTY/.
0316 PM TSTM WND DMG SUMMERVILLE 34.48N 85.35W
02/11/2009 CHATTOOGA GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
POWERLINE DOWN.
0354 PM TSTM WND DMG FORT OGLETHORPE 34.92N 85.25W
02/11/2009 CATOOSA GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
TWO TREES BLOWN DOWN.
&&
LPRLocal storm report, Feb 11, 4:21 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
421 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM TSTM WND DMG CALHOUN 34.49N 84.94W
02/11/2009 GORDON GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREE DOWN ON POWERLINE. KNOCKED OUT POWER.
0340 PM TSTM WND DMG SUMMERVILLE 34.48N 85.35W
02/11/2009 CHATTOOGA GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREE DOWN ON HOUSE.
&&
LPRSpecial weather statement, Feb 11, 4:58 PM EST, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 458 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 GAZ030-031-041-042-112230- 458 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN CARROLL... HARALSON...PAULDING AND POLK COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EST... AT 454 PM EST/354 PM CST/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCKMART TO TALLAPOOSA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS CARROLL...HARALSON...PAULDING AND POLK COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EST. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE FELTON...TALLAPOOSA...ROCKMART...BUCHANAN...WACO... YORKVILLE...BREMEN...AND TEMPLE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.
Local storm report, Feb 11, 5:02 PM EST, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
502 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0455 PM HAIL 1 N ELLIJAY 34.71N 84.48W
02/11/2009 E0.50 INCH GILMER GA PUBLIC
&&
LPRSpecial weather statement, Feb 11, 5:28 PM EST, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 528 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 GAZ031-032-042-043-112300- 528 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN NORTHERN DOUGLAS...NORTHERN CARROLL...PAULDING AND COBB COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EST... AT 526 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM ACWORTH TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW GEORGIA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS DOUGLAS...CARROLL...PAULDING AND COBB COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EST. DAMAGE TO TREES...AWNINGS...SIGNS AND POWER LINES IS POSSIBLE. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE ACWORTH...DALLAS...NEW HOPE...KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY...LOST MOUNTAIN PARK...KENNESAW...HIRAM...SWEAT MOUNTAIN...POWDER SPRINGS...AND DOUGLASVILLE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 54 min |
| Feb 11, 3:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Walker, Whitfield | 65 min |
| Feb 11, 4:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens and 2 more | 58 min |
| Feb 11, 4:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin and 3 more | 64 min |
| Feb 11, 5:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Towns, White | 35 min |
| Feb 11, 5:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 50 min |
| Feb 11, 5:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 33 min |
| Feb 11, 6:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 35 min |
| Feb 11, 6:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 33 min |
| Feb 11, 6:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale | 28 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
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.