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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 25, 2011, 1:48 AM EST for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 57 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
- Feb 25, 2011, 1:48 AM EST (06:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2011, 2:45 AM EST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bartow County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Murray County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2:36 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nw Eton, GA | ONE TREE DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 11:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1511 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
967
WUUS52 KFFC 250648
SVRFFC
GAC015-115-129-213-313-250745-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0002.110225T0648Z-110225T0745Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
148 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
EASTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
MURRAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
WHITFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 245 AM EST
* AT 145 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TUNNEL HILL TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PLAINVILLE TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHANNON...AND MOVING EAST AT
60 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
COHUTTA...VARNELL...DALTON...RESACA...CALHOUN...ETON...
ADAIRSVILLE...CHATSWORTH...KINGSTON...EUHARLEE...CASSVILLE...
CARTERSVILLE...WHITE AND EMERSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST FRIDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3484 8462 3481 8459 3474 8465 3434 8464
3409 8466 3411 8517 3456 8512 3459 8506
3463 8505 3471 8505 3472 8516 3480 8513
3481 8506 3485 8506 3485 8502 3500 8497
3500 8462
TIME...MOT...LOC 0647Z 270DEG 53KT 3498 8512 3458 8532
3414 8545
$$1 follow-up statement
987
WWUS52 KFFC 250704
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
204 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011
GAC015-115-129-213-313-250745-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110225T0745Z/
BARTOW GA-FLOYD GA-GORDON GA-WHITFIELD GA-MURRAY GA-
204 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM EST
FOR MURRAY...WHITFIELD...GORDON...EASTERN FLOYD AND BARTOW
COUNTIES...
AT 204 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM COHUTTA TO LAKE MARVIN TO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHANNON...MOVING
EAST AT 60 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST FRIDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3484 8462 3481 8459 3474 8465 3434 8464
3409 8466 3411 8517 3456 8512 3459 8506
3463 8505 3471 8505 3472 8516 3480 8513
3481 8506 3485 8506 3485 8502 3500 8497
3500 8462
TIME...MOT...LOC 0704Z 270DEG 53KT 3498 8494 3458 8502
3414 8519
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 1:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Walker | 63 min |
| Feb 25, 1:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 54 min |
| Feb 25, 2:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens | 54 min |
| Feb 25, 2:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Troup | 54 min |
| Feb 25, 2:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Hall | 62 min |
| Feb 25, 2:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 27 min |
| Feb 25, 3:19 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 13 hr |
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.