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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2011, 9:29 PM EDT for Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 2011, 9:29 PM EDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2011, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wilcox County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 2201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 804 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
313
WUUS52 KFFC 040129
SVRFFC
GAC315-040200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0228.110504T0129Z-110504T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
929 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
* AT 923 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
FROM SOUTHWEST OF PLEASANT VIEW TO SOUTHWEST OF SEVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PINEVIEW...PITTS...POPE CITY AND ROCHELLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 3185 8362 3210 8360 3213 8354 3212 8343
3214 8340 3213 8336 3211 8336 3208 8332
3209 8331 3205 8331 3197 8339 3187 8354
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 241DEG 29KT 3203 8359 3197 8362
3190 8365
$$2 follow-up statements
714
WWUS52 KFFC 040146
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
946 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011
GAC315-040200-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0228.000000T0000Z-110504T0200Z/
WILCOX GA-
946 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR WILCOX COUNTY...
AT 942 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
SHOW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM
AROUND PINEVIEW TO POPE CITY TO PITTS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ROCHELLE AND CEDAR CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
&&
LAT...LON 3185 8362 3210 8360 3213 8354 3212 8343
3214 8340 3213 8336 3211 8336 3208 8332
3209 8331 3205 8331 3197 8339 3187 8354
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 241DEG 29KT 3210 8343 3204 8346
3197 8349
$$986
WWUS52 KFFC 040156
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
956 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011
GAC315-040203-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0228.000000T0000Z-110504T0200Z/
WILCOX GA-
956 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WILCOX COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1000
PM EDT...
AT 951 PM EDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE OVER WILCOX COUNTY
WERE WEAKENING BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1000 PM EDT. THE STORMS WILL STILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZED HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ACROSS
WILCOX COUNTY THROUGH 1015 PM AS THEY CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
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.
LAT...LON 3185 8362 3210 8360 3213 8354 3212 8343
3214 8340 3213 8336 3211 8336 3208 8332
3209 8331 3205 8331 3197 8339 3187 8354
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 241DEG 29KT 3213 8337 3207 8340
3200 8343
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 30 min |
| May 3, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 28 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.