Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 2011, 7:39 AM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 51 min. 2 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 20, 2011, 7:39 AM EDT (11:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2011, 8:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Murray County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:40 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 20, 7:54 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ese Cedar Grove, GA | WALKER COUNTY 911 RELAYED A REPORT OF TWO TREES DOWN ESE OF CEDAR GROVE. |
| Apr 20, 7:55 AM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Tunnel Hill, GA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3375 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
301
WUUS52 KFFC 201139
SVRFFC
GAC047-055-083-115-129-213-295-313-201230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0183.110420T1139Z-110420T1230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
739 AM EDT WED APR 20 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CATOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
DADE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
NORTHERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
WESTERN GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
WEST CENTRAL MURRAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
WHITFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 830 AM EDT
* AT 736 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRENTON TO 20
MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRENTON TO 30 MILES WEST OF SUMMERVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN...FORT OGLETHORPE...CHICKAMAUGA...LAFAYETTE...
RINGGOLD...TRION...TUNNEL HILL...VARNELL...COHUTTA...DALTON AND
ROME.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3499 8517 3496 8483 3472 8492 3460 8501
3421 8511 3428 8547 3429 8547 3486 8559
3495 8561 3499 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 1138Z 275DEG 41KT 3494 8557 3466 8577
3445 8586
$$1 follow-up statement
698
WWUS52 KFFC 201222
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
822 AM EDT WED APR 20 2011
GAC083-201232-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-110420T1230Z/
DADE GA-
822 AM EDT WED APR 20 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DADE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT
WEDNESDAY FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3426 8524 3432 8523 3481 8526 3490 8523
3497 8521 3499 8517 3496 8483 3472 8492
3460 8501 3421 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1222Z 275DEG 41KT 3489 8496 3461 8516
3440 8525
$$
GAC047-055-115-129-213-295-313-201230-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-110420T1230Z/
WHITFIELD GA-WALKER GA-MURRAY GA-CATOOSA GA-CHATTOOGA GA-FLOYD GA-
GORDON GA-
822 AM EDT WED APR 20 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM EDT
FOR WESTERN GORDON...CENTRAL FLOYD...NORTHEASTERN CHATTOOGA...
CATOOSA...EXTREME WEST CENTRAL MURRAY...EASTERN WALKER AND WHITFIELD
COUNTIES...
AT 821 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM VARNELL TO SUTTLES MILL TO ARMUCHEE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MILL
CREEK...ROME...DALTON...EVERETT SPRINGS...LAKE MARVIN AND BEAVERDALE.
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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT
WEDNESDAY FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3426 8524 3432 8523 3481 8526 3490 8523
3497 8521 3499 8517 3496 8483 3472 8492
3460 8501 3421 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1222Z 275DEG 41KT 3489 8496 3461 8516
3440 8525
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 8:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens, Whitfield | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 8:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 116 min |
Nearby
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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.