Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2011, 12:41 AM EDT for 11 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 49 min. 8 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 5, 2011, 12:41 AM EDT (04:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2011, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Butts County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Marion County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Upson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:41 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 5, 12:51 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S High Falls State Pa, GA | MONROE COUNTY EMA RELAYED A REPORT OF NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE HIGH FALLS STATE PARK AREA. EMA ALSO REPORTS HOUSE WITH ROOF BLOWN OFF. |
| Apr 5, 12:51 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Forsyth, GA | OVER A DOZEN DOWNED TREES IN FORSYTH INCLUDING ONE THAT HIT POWERLINES AND ANOTHER THAT TRAPPED A MOTORIST IN VEHICLE. |
| Apr 5, 12:55 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Buena Vista, GA | MARION COUNTY 911 REPORTS MORE THAN HALF A DOZEN DOWNED TREES IN BUENA VISTA WITH MANY MORE UPROOTED PINE TREES AND DOWNED POWERLINES IN THE COUNTY. |
| Apr 5, 1:00 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Nne Jackson, GA | SIDE OF OUTBUILDING BLOWN OFF. 10 TREES BLOWN DOWN. |
| Apr 5, 1:00 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Roberta, GA | AMATEUR RADIO REPORTS SEVERAL DOWNED TREES. |
| Apr 5, 1:05 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Jackson, GA | *** 2 FATAL *** A TREE FELL ON A HOUSE ON SEVENTH STREET...KILLING TWO CHILDREN. |
| Apr 5, 1:09 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Reynolds, GA | TALOR COUNTY EMA REPORTS THAT NUMEROUS TREES ARE DOWN IN THE REYNOLDS AREA. TREES DOWN ON HOUSES REPORTED. |
| Apr 5, 1:30 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 E Roberta, GA | 2 DOZEN LARGE TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 80 |
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, 10:28 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 74 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.
048
WUUS52 KFFC 050441
SVRFFC
GAC035-053-079-159-169-171-197-207-263-269-293-050530-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0130.110405T0441Z-110405T0530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1241 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BUTTS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHWESTERN JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
MONROE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT
* AT 1237 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM JACKSON TO THOMASTON TO CUSSETA...
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
JUNCTION CITY...FLOVILLA...YATESVILLE...BUENA VISTA...CULLODEN...
FORSYTH...BUTLER...ROBERTA AND REYNOLDS.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3292 8439 3318 8412 3330 8410 3345 8393
3319 8381 3324 8355 3317 8355 3317 8350
3293 8369 3295 8373 3285 8389 3275 8383
3250 8403 3251 8403 3252 8411 3237 8425
3239 8438 3243 8438 3230 8439 3226 8486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0441Z 260DEG 41KT 3332 8387 3292 8423
3234 8467
$$1 follow-up statement
999
WWUS52 KFFC 050524
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
124 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011
GAC035-053-171-197-263-293-050530-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0130.000000T0000Z-110405T0530Z/
TALBOT GA-MARION GA-LAMAR GA-UPSON GA-BUTTS GA-CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-
124 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CHATTAHOOCHEE...
BUTTS...UPSON...LAMAR...MARION AND EASTERN TALBOT COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING EARLIER FOR THIS AREA HAVE
MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED
IN THIS AREA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3239 8437 3256 8444 3272 8433 3275 8429
3270 8420 3281 8412 3293 8412 3297 8404
3320 8404 3318 8382 3321 8383 3324 8356
3315 8351 3293 8369 3285 8389 3275 8383
3252 8405 3251 8402 3252 8411 3237 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 0520Z 260DEG 41KT 3339 8334 3300 8371
3242 8415
$$
GAC079-159-169-207-269-050530-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0130.000000T0000Z-110405T0530Z/
MONROE GA-JONES GA-TAYLOR GA-CRAWFORD GA-JASPER GA-
124 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN JASPER...CRAWFORD...TAYLOR...NORTHWESTERN JONES AND
MONROE COUNTIES...
AT 118 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF HILLSBORO
TO DAMES FERRY TO 6 MILES EAST OF RUPERT...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WAYSIDE...NAKOMIS AND LEE POPE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 500 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3239 8437 3256 8444 3272 8433 3275 8429
3270 8420 3281 8412 3293 8412 3297 8404
3320 8404 3318 8382 3321 8383 3324 8356
3315 8351 3293 8369 3285 8389 3275 8383
3252 8405 3251 8402 3252 8411 3237 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 0520Z 260DEG 41KT 3339 8334 3300 8371
3242 8415
$$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, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Walker | 62 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, 12:48 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.