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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 4, 2011Dade County, Walker County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2011, 5:44 PM EDT for Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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
Apr 4, 2011, 5:44 PM EDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2011, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 4, 6:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGTrenton, GADADE COUNTY 911 RELAYED REPORTS OF 5-6 DOWNED TREES IN THE COUNTY.
Apr 4, 6:05 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWildwood, GADADE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A DOWNED TREE IN NEW HOME COMMUNITY.
Apr 4, 6:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Wnw Morganville, GADADE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A DOWNED TREE IN MURPHY HOLLOW.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 68 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 370 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
68 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-640 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
855 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
370 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
507 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.

605 
WUUS52 KFFC 042144
SVRFFC
GAC083-295-042215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0103.110404T2144Z-110404T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
544 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DADE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  WESTERN WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 536 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP
  TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING       
  FROM JASPER IN TENNESSEE TO SCOTTSBORO IN ALABAMA...MOVING EAST AT 
  60 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN AND CHICKAMAUGA.

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 3499 8527 3486 8527 3485 8520 3459 8547
      3459 8553 3485 8559 3499 8561
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 264DEG 51KT 3539 8514 3491 8557
          3447 8615

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker40 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.