Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2011, 5:07 PM EDT for Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 min. 5 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 27, 2011, 5:07 PM EDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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 27, 5:35 PM EDT | TORNADO 3 | 5 Sw Trenton, GA | *** 2 FATAL *** NWS SURVEY TEAM HAVE DETERMINED THAT AN EF3 TORNADO MOVED INTO GEORGIA FROM ALABAMA NORTHWEST OF STEWART TOWN WITH WINDS OF 150 MPH. THIS STORM TRACKED NORTHEAST INTO TRENTON AND CONTINUED INTO WALKER COUNTY. TWO FATALITIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED W |
| Apr 27, 5:40 PM EDT | TORNADO | Trenton, GA | DADE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS THAT TRENTON HAS TAKEN A HIT FROM A TORNADO. SEVERAL INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO DADE COUNTY 911 AND TRAUMA CENTERS ARE BEING ACTIVATED. |
| Apr 27, 5:45 PM EDT | HAIL 2.5 | Wildwood, GA | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED DRIVING THROUGH LARGE HAIL IN WILDWOOD. |
| Apr 27, 5:53 PM EDT | TORNADO 3 | 4 S Lookout Mountain, GA | NWS SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THIS TORNADO WAS A CONTINUANCE OF THE TORNADO WHICH MOVED THROUGH TRENTON. THIS TORNADO WAS AN EF3...18 MILES LONG AND 0.6 MILES WIDE. ALONG THE PATH HOMES WERE DAMAGED...18 WITH MAJOR DAMAGE...TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TREES WERE KNOCKED |
| Apr 27, 5:53 PM EDT | TORNADO | 4 S Lookout Mountain, GA | AMATEUR RADIO RELAYED REPORTS OF 20 DAMAGED HOUSES, INCLUDING ONE COMPLETELY DESTROYED HOUSE, IN THE EAGLE LANDING AREA NEAR FLINTSTONE. WALKER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED THE REPORT. |
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 27, 2:42 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 714 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
840
WUUS52 KFFC 272107
SVRFFC
GAC083-295-272145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0207.110427T2107Z-110427T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
507 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DADE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
NORTHWESTERN WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
* AT 501 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 28 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAFAYETTE...CHICKAMAUGA AND LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.
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 1100 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWEST GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3499 8527 3486 8526 3485 8525 3482 8525
3481 8526 3469 8526 3464 8554 3486 8559
3498 8561 3499 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 230DEG 45KT 3468 8584
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 8:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Haralson, Polk | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 8:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 8:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 8:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Heard | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 8:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray and 5 more | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 8:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Murray, Whitfield | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 8:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 8:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 9:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 16 min |
| Apr 27, 9:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 5:53 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 11 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 7:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 7:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 46 min |
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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.