Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2011, 3:09 AM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 66 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, 3:09 AM EDT (07:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2011, 4:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Emanuel County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 3:14 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Soperton, GA | TREUTLEN COUNTY 911 RELAYED A REPORT OF THREE TREES DOWN IN SOPERTON. |
| Apr 5, 3:32 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Swainsboro, GA | EMANUEL COUNTY 911 RELAYED A REPORT OF WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Apr 5, 3:32 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Swainsboro, GA | EMANUEL COUNTY 911 RELAYED A REPORT OF WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Apr 5, 3:42 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lyons, GA | TOOMBS 911 RELAYED A REPORT OF THREE TREES DOWN IN LYONS. |
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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 223 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.
429
WUUS52 KFFC 050709
SVRFFC
GAC107-209-279-283-050815-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0143.110405T0709Z-110405T0815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
309 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
TOOMBS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 415 AM EDT
* AT 305 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 10 MILES NORTH OF SUMMERTOWN TO
ADRIAN TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UVALDA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SOPERTON...TARRYTOWN...MOUNT VERNON...AILEY...HIGGSTON...
SWAINSBORO...NUNEZ...ALSTON...VIDALIA...OAK PARK...LYONS...SANTA
CLAUS...STILLMORE...TWIN CITY AND GARFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
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 SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3254 8203 3255 8209 3251 8215 3235 8224
3218 8218 3192 8222 3195 8254 3204 8261
3229 8265 3233 8273 3246 8269 3252 8264
3253 8257 3258 8260 3265 8247 3268 8250
3278 8240 3282 8241 3282 8215 3259 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 0709Z 246DEG 61KT 3294 8222 3258 8257
3186 8282
$$2 follow-up statements
266
WWUS52 KFFC 050747
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
347 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011
GAC209-283-050757-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0143.000000T0000Z-110405T0815Z/
TREUTLEN GA-MONTGOMERY GA-
347 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MONTGOMERY AND TREUTLEN
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF SEVERE STORMS HAS MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTIES.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3260 8200 3266 8207 3282 8215 3281 8221
3283 8225 3282 8235 3281 8239 3244 8232
3206 8247 3197 8248 3192 8225 3192 8222
3215 8218 3236 8224 3251 8215 3255 8209
3254 8203
TIME...MOT...LOC 0747Z 241DEG 56KT 3280 8213 3253 8210
3212 8223
$$
GAC107-279-050815-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0143.000000T0000Z-110405T0815Z/
TOOMBS GA-EMANUEL GA-
347 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EDT
FOR EASTERN EMANUEL AND TOOMBS COUNTIES...
AT 342 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 THREE POINTS TO STILLMORE TO
JOHNSON CORNER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GARFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
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 SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3260 8200 3266 8207 3282 8215 3281 8221
3283 8225 3282 8235 3281 8239 3244 8232
3206 8247 3197 8248 3192 8225 3192 8222
3215 8218 3236 8224 3251 8215 3255 8209
3254 8203
TIME...MOT...LOC 0747Z 241DEG 56KT 3280 8213 3253 8210
3212 8223
$$093
WWUS52 KFFC 050802
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
402 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011
GAC107-050811-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0143.000000T0000Z-110405T0815Z/
EMANUEL GA-
402 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN EMANUEL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF SEVERE STORMS HAS MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3206 8247 3210 8245 3218 8219 3214 8218
3213 8218 3208 8220 3192 8222 3192 8223
3192 8225 3192 8226 3193 8228 3193 8230
3194 8234 3195 8236 3195 8239 3197 8248
TIME...MOT...LOC 0801Z 249DEG 44KT 3205 8228
$$
GAC279-050815-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0143.000000T0000Z-110405T0815Z/
TOOMBS GA-
402 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN TOOMBS COUNTY...
AT 400 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR JOHNSON CORNER...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW
BRANCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
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 SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3206 8247 3210 8245 3218 8219 3214 8218
3213 8218 3208 8220 3192 8222 3192 8223
3192 8225 3192 8226 3193 8228 3193 8230
3194 8234 3195 8236 3195 8239 3197 8248
TIME...MOT...LOC 0801Z 249DEG 44KT 3205 8228
$$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, 2:31 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, 3:29 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.