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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 5, 20116 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2011, 2:31 AM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 59 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 5, 2011, 2:31 AM EDT (06:31 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2011, 3:30 AM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bleckley County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:32 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, 2:37 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
Apr 5, 2:50 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Chauncey, GA	DODGE COUNTY 911 RELAYED A REPORT OF STRUCTURES DAMAGED AND TREES DOWN IN THE CHAUNCEY 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, 10:28 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

733 
WUUS52 KFFC 050631
SVRFFC
GAC023-091-235-271-309-315-050730-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0141.110405T0631Z-110405T0730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
231 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
  DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WHEELER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 330 AM EDT

* AT 227 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
  HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE 
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ALLENTOWN TO HAWKINSVILLE
  TO NEAR ROCHELLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A
  HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE. MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE NOW!

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ROCHELLE...ABBEVILLE...EASTMAN...RHINE...CHAUNCEY...MILAN...
  JACKSONVILLE...HELENA...MCRAE...SCOTLAND...ALAMO AND GLENWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA UNTIL 500 AM EDT.
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 SOUTHERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3181 8313 3185 8318 3185 8362 3224 8359
      3255 8330 3258 8322 3215 8299 3220 8286
      3231 8272 3229 8265 3204 8261 3197 8254
      3192 8264 3197 8271 3188 8271 3178 8286
      3179 8298 3177 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 0629Z 258DEG 44KT 3256 8318 3227 8345
          3184 8350

$$

3 follow-up statements

507 
WWUS52 KFFC 050651
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
251 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011

GAC235-315-050700-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-110405T0730Z/
WILCOX GA-PULASKI GA-
251 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PULASKI AND WILCOX COUNTIES IS
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 IN THIS AREA FOR ANOTHER 
HOUR. HOWEVER...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 SOUTHERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3181 8313 3197 8322 3234 8326 3255 8330
      3257 8321 3215 8299 3220 8286 3231 8272
      3229 8265 3204 8261 3197 8254 3192 8264
      3197 8271 3188 8271 3178 8286 3179 8298
      3177 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 0650Z 258DEG 44KT 3261 8288 3232 8315
          3189 8321

$$

GAC023-091-271-309-050730-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-110405T0730Z/
WHEELER GA-TELFAIR GA-BLECKLEY GA-DODGE GA-
251 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT
FOR DODGE...NORTHEASTERN BLECKLEY...TELFAIR AND WHEELER COUNTIES...

AT 246 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZED HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF REBIE TO
GRESSTON TO 7 MILES WEST OF TEMPERANCE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GODWINSVILLE...PLAINFIELD...CHINA HILL...CHAUNCEY...MILAN...JAY BIRD
SPRINGS...JACKSONVILLE...ACHORD...WORKMORE...HELENA...MCRAE...LITTLE
OCMULGEE STATE PARK...HORSE CREEK WMA...SCOTLAND...ALAMO...TOWNS...
SPRING HILL...LANDSBURG...GLENWOOD AND JORDAN.

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 3181 8313 3197 8322 3234 8326 3255 8330
      3257 8321 3215 8299 3220 8286 3231 8272
      3229 8265 3204 8261 3197 8254 3192 8264
      3197 8271 3188 8271 3178 8286 3179 8298
      3177 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 0650Z 258DEG 44KT 3261 8288 3232 8315
          3189 8321

$$



19

886 
WWUS52 KFFC 050658
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
258 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011

GAC023-050707-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-110405T0730Z/
BLECKLEY GA-
258 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BLECKLEY COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT EARLIER PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR BLECKLEY 
COUNTY HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO 
LONGER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME IN BLECKLEY COUNTY. MODERATE RAIN AND 
OCCASIONAL CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR.

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.

LAT...LON 3181 8313 3200 8309 3243 8314 3215 8299
      3220 8286 3231 8272 3229 8265 3204 8261
      3197 8254 3192 8264 3197 8271 3188 8271
      3185 8278 3178 8286 3179 8298 3177 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 0657Z 258DEG 44KT 3262 8278 3233 8305
          3186 8312

$$

GAC091-271-309-050730-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-110405T0730Z/
WHEELER GA-TELFAIR GA-DODGE GA-
258 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT
FOR EASTERN DODGE...TELFAIR AND WHEELER COUNTIES...

AT 255 AM EDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 27 MILES NORTH
OF LANDSBURG TO PLAINFIELD TO CHINA HILL...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CHAUNCEY...MILAN...JAY BIRD SPRINGS...ACHORD...JACKSONVILLE...
WORKMORE...HELENA...MCRAE...LITTLE OCMULGEE STATE PARK...HORSE CREEK
WMA...SCOTLAND...ALAMO...TOWNS...SPRING HILL...GLENWOOD AND JORDAN.

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 3181 8313 3200 8309 3243 8314 3215 8299
      3220 8286 3231 8272 3229 8265 3204 8261
      3197 8254 3192 8264 3197 8271 3188 8271
      3185 8278 3178 8286 3179 8298 3177 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 0657Z 258DEG 44KT 3262 8278 3233 8305
          3186 8312

$$



19

594 
WWUS52 KFFC 050724
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
324 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011

GAC091-271-309-050733-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-110405T0730Z/
WHEELER GA-TELFAIR GA-DODGE GA-
324 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN DODGE...TELFAIR AND
WHEELER COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 330 AM EDT...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED 
THROUGH 400 AM ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.

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 500 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3181 8313 3200 8309 3243 8314 3215 8299
      3220 8286 3231 8272 3229 8265 3204 8261
      3197 8254 3192 8264 3197 8271 3188 8271
      3185 8278 3178 8286 3179 8298 3177 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 0723Z 258DEG 44KT 3268 8241 3240 8268
          3193 8275

$$

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, 12:41 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, 2:55 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.