Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2011, 1:44 AM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 46 min. 5 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, 1:44 AM EDT (05:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2011, 2:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bleckley County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Macon County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Wilcox County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:46 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, 2:15 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cordele, GA | CRISP COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES. |
| Apr 5, 2:20 AM EDT | TORNADO | 9 Nw Eastman, GA | AT 1992 FRIENDSHIP UMC RD A DOUBLE WIDE TRAILER WAS DESTROYED. 1 OAK TREE UPROOTED. WINDS ESTIMATED AT 130MPH. 1 FATALITY AND 2 INJURIES. TORNADO CLASSIFIED AS AN EF2. AT 66 FRIENDSHIP UMC RD A SINGLE WIDE TRAILER HAD PART OF ITS ROOF RIPPED OFF AND THE FRONT |
| Apr 5, 2:37 AM EDT | TORNADO 2 | 3 Se Baileys Park, GA | *** 1 FATAL, 2 INJ *** AT 1992 FRIENDSHIP UMC RD A DOUBLE WIDE TRAILER WAS DESTROYED AROUND 237 AM EDT. 1 OAK TREE UPROOTED. WINDS ESTIMATED AT 130 MPH. 1 FATALITY AND 2 INJURIES. TORNADO CLASSIFIED AS AN EF2. AT 66 FRIENDSHIP UMC RD A SINGLE WIDE TRAILER HAD |
| Apr 5, 2:38 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Gresston, GA | *** 3 INJ *** DODGE COUNTY EMA RELAYED A REPORT OF A MOBILE HOME DESTROYED ALONG WITH THREE INJURIES. |
| Apr 5, 2:40 AM EDT | TORNADO 2 | 9 Nw Eastman, GA | *** 1 FATAL, 2 INJ *** AT 1992 FRIENDSHIP UMC RD A DOUBLE WIDE TRAILER WAS DESTROYED. 1 OAK TREE UPROOTED. WINDS ESTIMATED AT 130 MPH. 1 FATALITY AND 2 INJURIES. TORNADO CLASSIFIED AS AN EF2. AT 66 FRIENDSHIP UMC RD A SINGLE WIDE TRAILER HAD PART OF ITS ROOF R |
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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.
256
WUUS52 KFFC 050544
SVRFFC
GAC023-081-091-093-193-235-261-315-050630-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0137.110405T0544Z-110405T0630Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
144 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BLECKLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
CRISP COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
DOOLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 230 AM EDT
* AT 141 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 65 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF UNADILLA
TO NEAR LESLIE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LILLY...PINEHURST...VIENNA...CORDELE...ARABI...HAWKINSVILLE...
COCHRAN...PINEVIEW...PITTS...ROCHELLE...CHESTER...RHINE...
CHAUNCEY...EASTMAN AND ABBEVILLE.
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 3184 8393 3191 8394 3191 8423 3241 8388
3241 8384 3229 8385 3229 8362 3240 8353
3241 8348 3246 8349 3258 8323 3215 8300
3219 8288 3190 8321 3185 8318 3185 8321
3185 8361 3180 8362 3180 8373
TIME...MOT...LOC 0543Z 271DEG 46KT 3238 8379 3192 8408
$$1 follow-up statement
204
WWUS52 KFFC 050614
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
214 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011
GAC193-261-050623-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-110405T0630Z/
SUMTER GA-MACON GA-
214 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MACON AND EASTERN
SUMTER COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT EARLIER PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR THESE
COUNTIES HAVE MOVED EAST. MODERATE RAIN AND OCCASIONAL
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO.
HOWEVER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3184 8393 3218 8390 3229 8385 3229 8362
3240 8353 3239 8350 3241 8348 3247 8348
3258 8323 3215 8300 3219 8288 3190 8321
3185 8318 3185 8361 3180 8362 3180 8373
TIME...MOT...LOC 0613Z 271DEG 46KT 3237 8333 3191 8363
$$
GAC023-081-091-093-235-315-050630-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-110405T0630Z/
WILCOX GA-PULASKI GA-BLECKLEY GA-CRISP GA-DODGE GA-DOOLY GA-
214 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT
FOR DOOLY...DODGE...CRISP...BLECKLEY...PULASKI AND WILCOX COUNTIES...
AT 209 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZED. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM PAULK TO EAST CRISP...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BAILEYS
PARK...POPE CITY...CARY...EMPIRE...DOUBLE RUN...PITTS...RODDY...
OCMULGEE BANKS...DUBOIS...GOLDSBORO...YONKERS...CEDAR CREEK...
GRESSTON...ROCHELLE...REBIE...ROWLAND...OWENSBORO...CHESTER...JAY
BIRD SPRINGS...GODWINSVILLE...PLAINFIELD...RHINE...CHAUNCEY...
EASTMAN...ANTIOCH CHURCH...BROWNING...ABBEVILLE...UNION AND FIVE
POINTS.
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 SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3184 8393 3218 8390 3229 8385 3229 8362
3240 8353 3239 8350 3241 8348 3247 8348
3258 8323 3215 8300 3219 8288 3190 8321
3185 8318 3185 8361 3180 8362 3180 8373
TIME...MOT...LOC 0613Z 271DEG 46KT 3237 8333 3191 8363
$$
19The 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, 12:41 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, 1:57 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.