Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2011, 8:43 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Floyd County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 62 min. 4 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, 8:43 PM EDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2011, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chattooga County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 9:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Trion, GA | CHATOOGA COUNTY 911 RELAYED REPORTS OF A DOWNED TREE ON A POWERLINE. |
| Apr 4, 9:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rome, GA | FLOYD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS DOWNED TREES IN ROME. ONE TREE WAS DOWNED ONTO A HOUSE AND THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE. |
| Apr 4, 9:12 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rome, GA | CHEROKEE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELAYED REPORTS FROM FLOYD COUNTY OF MULTIPLE TREES AND POWERLINES BLOWN DOWN COUNTYWIDE. MANY ROADS ARE BLOCKED BY DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES. SEVERAL STRUCTURES HAVE TREES ON THEM AND 5 HOUSE FIRES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. |
| Apr 4, 9:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 S Shannon, GA | FLOYD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS WIDESPREAD TREES DOWN IN THE COUNTY ESPECIALLY IN THE FRED KELLY RD NE AREA. WATER IS OUT IN THE AREA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 5:55 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1790 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
360
WUUS52 KFFC 050043
SVRFFC
GAC055-115-295-050145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0106.110405T0043Z-110405T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
843 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 839 PM EDT/739 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
TRION TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUMMERVILLE TO 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SUMMERVILLE...OR FROM 5 MILES WEST OF CENTER POST GEORGIA TO SAND
ROCK ALABAMA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ROME...SHANNON...AND CHATTOOGAVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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 3458 8529 3467 8505 3455 8507 3454 8509
3447 8509 3446 8511 3444 8509 3440 8510
3440 8503 3439 8501 3425 8501 3422 8503
3417 8544 3458 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 261DEG 43KT 3463 8544 3441 8553
3423 8570
$$1 follow-up statement
579
WWUS52 KFFC 050131
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
931 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011
GAC055-295-050140-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0106.000000T0000Z-110405T0145Z/
WALKER GA-CHATTOOGA GA-
931 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHATTOOGA AND SOUTHEASTERN
WALKER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3440 8510 3440 8503 3439 8501 3425 8502
3422 8503 3417 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 268DEG 45KT 3436 8486 3417 8514
$$
GAC115-050145-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0106.000000T0000Z-110405T0145Z/
FLOYD GA-
931 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY...
AT 926 PM EDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 8
MILES EAST OF PINSON TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF ROME...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
AREAS OF SOUTH AND EAST OF ROME REMAIN IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3440 8510 3440 8503 3439 8501 3425 8502
3422 8503 3417 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 268DEG 45KT 3436 8486 3417 8514
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 49 min |
| Apr 4, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens, Whitfield | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 45 min |
| Apr 4, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 48 min |
| Apr 4, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Towns, Union | 45 min |
| Apr 4, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding, Polk | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 9:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin, Pickens, White | 49 min |
| Apr 4, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson | 42 min |
| Apr 4, 10:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 10:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin, White | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 10:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 10:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Troup | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 11:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, Fulton | 65 min |
| Apr 4, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Heard | 45 min |
| Apr 4, 11:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson | 48 min |
| Apr 4, 11:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 11:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 57 min |
| Apr 4, 11:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 55 min |
| Apr 4, 11:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 11:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Spalding and 1 more | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 12:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 61 min |
| Apr 5, 12:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Stewart, Webster | 53 min |
| Apr 5, 12:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 47 min |
| Apr 5, 12:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Jasper, Jones, Lamar and 5 more | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 12:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 15 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Macon, Schley, Sumter | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 1:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 52 min |
| Apr 5, 1:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Peach and 2 more | 63 min |
| Apr 5, 1:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Webster | 14 min |
| Apr 5, 1:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 47 min |
| Apr 5, 1:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 1:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Macon, Pulaski and 2 more | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 1:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Washington | 63 min |
| Apr 5, 2:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 19 min |
| Apr 5, 2:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Warren | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 2:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski, Telfair, Wheeler, Wilcox | 59 min |
| Apr 5, 2:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Washington | 35 min |
| Apr 5, 3:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen | 66 min |
| Apr 5, 3:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson | 16 min |
| Apr 5, 6:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:25 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 72 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:25 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | Fannin, Towns, Union | 18 hr |
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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.