Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2011, 8:12 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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 15, 2011, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lamar County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Pike County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Upson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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 15, 8:38 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | 9 W Thomaston, GA |
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 15, 5:46 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 406 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1138 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 373 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 566 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 11.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
541 WUUS52 KFFC 160012 SVRFFC GAC171-199-231-263-293-160100- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0165.110416T0012Z-110416T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 812 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHEASTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTHEASTERN TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 900 PM EDT * AT 809 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOLENA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THOMASTON...MEANSVILLE AND THE ROCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. ALTHOUGH CURRENT DATA DOES NOT INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF A TORNADO...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. 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 MIDNIGHT EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3314 8421 3280 8414 3274 8449 3302 8459 TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 246DEG 36KT 3284 8462 $$
2 follow-up statements
273 WWUS52 KFFC 160027 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 827 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 GAC171-199-231-263-293-160100- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-110416T0100Z/ TALBOT GA-PIKE GA-MERIWETHER GA-LAMAR GA-UPSON GA- 827 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR UPSON...WEST CENTRAL LAMAR...SOUTHEASTERN MERIWETHER...SOUTHERN PIKE AND NORTHEASTERN TALBOT COUNTIES... AT 822 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPREWELL BLUFF STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOLENA...ROWLAND...CREST...SUNNYSIDE...ATWATER...THOMASTON...HANNAHS MILL...LIFSEY SPRINGS...REDBONE CROSSROADS...MEANSVILLE...LOGTOWN... THE ROCK AND PIEDMONT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3314 8421 3280 8414 3274 8449 3302 8459 TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 246DEG 36KT 3290 8446 $$
198
WWUS52 KFFC 160040
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
840 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011
GAC199-263-160049-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-110416T0100Z/
TALBOT GA-MERIWETHER GA-
840 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MERIWETHER AND
NORTHEASTERN TALBOT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED MERIWETHER AND TALBOT
COUNTIES AND THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THESE 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 MIDNIGHT EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3314 8421 3280 8414 3283 8441 3284 8442
3283 8445 3300 8449
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 246DEG 36KT 3295 8433
$$
GAC171-231-293-160100-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-110416T0100Z/
PIKE GA-LAMAR GA-UPSON GA-
840 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR UPSON...WEST CENTRAL LAMAR AND SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTIES...
AT 836 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HANNAHS MILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO REDBONE
CROSSROADS...MEANSVILLE...LOGTOWN...THE ROCK AND PIEDMONT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3314 8421 3280 8414 3283 8441 3284 8442
3283 8445 3300 8449
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 246DEG 36KT 3295 8433
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 8:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Paulding | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Upson | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe | 42 min |
| Apr 15, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 10:44 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 40 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:44 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:17 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 14 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:47 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 34 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 1:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 1:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Fulton, Meriwether | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 2:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 2:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton, Henry, Newton and 1 more | 52 min |
| Apr 16, 2:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 3:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 3:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 3:35 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 36 min |
| Apr 16, 3:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 4:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson | 26 min |
| Apr 16, 4:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 4:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 5:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Crawford, Marion, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 5:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Monroe, Taylor | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 6:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones, Putnam | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 6:26 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 64 hr |
| Apr 16, 8:42 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 7 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:34 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 28 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.