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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 28, 20114 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2011, 3:23 AM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 2011, 3:23 AM EDT (07:23 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2011, 4:00 AM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cobb County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 46 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2011-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2011-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

551 
WUUS52 KFFC 280723
SVRFFC
GAC067-089-097-121-280800-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0102.110328T0723Z-110328T0800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
323 AM EDT MON MAR 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 400 AM EDT

* AT 319 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF DOUGLASVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DOUGLASVILLE...LITHIA SPRINGS...AUSTELL...SMYRNA...EAST POINT...   
  ATLANTA...MIDTOWN...BUCKHEAD...DRUID HILLS...DECATUR...AVONDALE    
  ESTATES...CHAMBLEE...DORAVILLE...CLARKSTON...PINE                  
  LAKE...TUCKER AND STONE MOUNTAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3378 8490 3379 8473 3383 8472 3395 8427
      3392 8426 3375 8402 3372 8406 3359 8488
      3366 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 0722Z 254DEG 52KT 3371 8480

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 12:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee38 min
Mar 28, 12:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Heard33 min
Mar 28, 1:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Schley44 min
Mar 28, 1:44 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCClarke, Greene, Oconee40 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.