Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2011, 9:02 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 43 min. 18 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, 9:02 PM EDT (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Murray County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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, 9:20 PM EDT | TORNADO 3 | 5 Ne Kingston, GA | NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED THAT AN EF3 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF KINGSTON IN BARTOW COUNTY AND TRACKED NORTHEAST THROUGH CHEROKEE AND INTO PICKENS COUNTY...LIFTING ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF JASPER AT AROUND 945 PM. IN TOTAL...SEVERAL CHICKEN HOUSE |
| Apr 27, 9:22 PM EDT | TORNADO 3 | 1 W Cassville, GA | NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED THAT AN EF3 TORNADO...AFTER TOUCHING DOWN 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF KINGSTON...CONTINUED TO TRACK THROUGH BARTOW COUNTY BEFORE MOVING INTO CHEROKEE COUNTY AND LATER PICKENS COUNTY. IN TOTAL...SEVERAL CHICKEN HOUSES AND OUTBUILDINGS WERE |
| Apr 27, 9:24 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 S Folsom, GA | BARTOW COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED HOMES DAMAGE WITH PEOPLE TRAPPED BETWEEN ADAIRSVILLE AND SNOW SPRINGS. |
| Apr 27, 9:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Cassville, GA | AMATEUR RADIO RELAYED REPORTS OF DAMAGED HOMES, DOWNED TREES, AND DOWNED POWERLINES. |
| Apr 27, 9:25 PM EDT | TORNADO 3 | 5 Ne Kingston, GA | NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED THAT AN EF3 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF KINGSTON IN BARTOW COUNTY AND TRACKED NORTHEAST THROUGH CHEROKEE AND INTO PICKENS COUNTY...LIFTING ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF JASPER AT AROUND 945 PM. SEVERAL CHICKEN HOUSES AND OUTBU |
| Apr 27, 9:27 PM EDT | TORNADO 3 | 1 W Cassville, GA | NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED THAT AN EF3 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF KINGSTON IN BARTOW COUNTY AND TRACKED NORTHEAST THROUGH CHEROKEE AND INTO PICKENS COUNTY...LIFTING ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF JASPER AT AROUND 945 PM. SEVERAL CHICKEN HOUSES AND OUTBU |
| Apr 27, 9:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Cassville, GA | BARTOW COUNTY FIRE DEPT REPORTS HOMES DAMAGED WITH PEOPLE TRAPPED BETWEEN KINGSTON AND CASSVILLE. |
| Apr 27, 9:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Waleska, GA | CHEROKEE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS MANY DOWNED TREES NORTH OF WALESKA. |
| Apr 27, 9:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wnw White, GA | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS MULTIPLE HOUSES DESTROYED WITH SEVERAL INJURIES. |
| Apr 27, 9:30 PM EDT | TORNADO 3 | 4 N Waleska, GA | NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED THAT AN EF3 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF KINGSTON IN BARTOW COUNTY AND TRACKED NORTHEAST THROUGH CHEROKEE AND INTO PICKENS COUNTY...LIFTING ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF JASPER AT AROUND 945 PM. SEVERAL CHICKEN HOUSES AND OUTBU |
| Apr 27, 9:30 PM EDT | TORNADO 3 | 4 Wnw White, GA | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS MULTIPLE HOUSES DESTROYED WITH SEVERAL INJURIES. |
| Apr 27, 9:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pine Log, GA | PUBLIC REPORTED HOUSES DAMAGED IN THE WHITE AND PINE LOG AREA OF BARTOW COUNTY. |
| Apr 27, 9:35 PM EDT | TORNADO 3 | Pine Log, GA | PUBLIC REPORTED HOUSES DAMAGED IN THE WHITE AND PINE LOG AREA OF BARTOW COUNTY. |
| Apr 27, 9:40 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 Ne Cartersville, GA | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED THUMB-SIZED HAIL. |
| Apr 27, 9:40 PM EDT | TORNADO 3 | 2 Ne Cartersville, GA | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND SEVERAL HOUSES DAMAGED. |
| Apr 27, 9:42 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Cartersville, GA | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND SEVERAL HOUSES DAMAGED. |
| Apr 27, 9:42 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 Ne Cartersville, GA | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED THUMB-SIZED HAIL. |
| Apr 27, 9:42 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Ne Cartersville, GA | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED THUMB-SIZED HAIL. |
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, 6:52 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1433 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 15.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
535
WUUS52 KFFC 280102
SVRFFC
GAC015-057-129-213-280145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0211.110428T0102Z-110428T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
902 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTHERN MURRAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 852 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZED HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES
WEST OF KINGSTON...MOVING EAST AT 90 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PLAINVILLE...ADAIRSVILLE...CASSVILLE...CARTERSVILLE...CALHOUN...
WHITE...HOLLY SPRINGS...WALESKA AND CANTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO REMAINS TO THE WEST AND IS MOVING TOWARD THE WARNED AREA.
A NEW TORNADO WARNING IS LIKELY TO BE ISSUED SOON.
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 200 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3465 8465 3441 8465 3441 8459 3438 8458
3438 8451 3415 8440 3413 8505 3421 8505
3422 8503 3425 8501 3439 8501 3440 8510
3444 8509 3446 8511 3474 8469
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 248DEG 79KT 3425 8500
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 8:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Polk | 62 min |
| Apr 27, 9:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Paulding, Pickens | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 9:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade | 22 min |
| Apr 27, 9:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd, Haralson, Polk | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 9:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Lumpkin and 1 more | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 9:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fannin, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 10:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Floyd, Polk | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 10:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Walker | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 10:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 66 min |
| Apr 27, 10:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding | 21 min |
| Apr 27, 10:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 10:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Murray, Whitfield | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 11:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 11:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 11:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 11:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Heard | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 11:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fannin, Lumpkin, Towns, Union | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 11:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 11:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Gilmer, Pickens | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 11:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 11:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hall, Lumpkin, White | 53 min |
| Apr 28, 12:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 12:06 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 12:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 12:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Upson | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 1:06 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Walton | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 1:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Monroe, Putnam | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 1:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 1:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 2:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Putnam, Upson | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 2:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 2:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Jones, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 3:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hancock, Warren | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 3:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Putnam | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 3:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Warren | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 4:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jones | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 4:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Warren | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 4:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Warren, Washington, Wilkinson | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 5:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 10:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox | 33 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.