Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2011, 10:03 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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
- May 3, 2011, 10:03 PM EDT (02:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2011, 10:31 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Laurens County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 10:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Dublin, GA | ONE TREE DOWN ON GA HWY 19 JUST SOUTH OF DUBLIN THAT CAUSED DAMAGE TO A HOUSE AND VEHICLE. NO INJURIES. |
| May 3, 10:10 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Dublin, GA | 911 CENTER IN DUBLIN REPORTED GOLFBALL HAIL AT THE 911 CENTER AT 1010 PM LOCAL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 315 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1429 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
794
WUUS52 KFFC 040203
SVRFFC
GAC175-040245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0229.110504T0203Z-110504T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1003 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
* AT 1000 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DUDLEY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HARLOW...BREWTON...DUBLIN AND EAST DUBLIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT 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 3237 8302 3252 8314 3255 8310 3272 8285
3269 8279 3267 8279 3266 8280 3265 8279
3261 8267 3254 8267
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 236DEG 19KT 3250 8299
$$2 follow-up statements
532
WWUS52 KFFC 040215
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1015 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011
GAC175-040245-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0229.000000T0000Z-110504T0245Z/
LAURENS GA-
1015 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTY...
AT 1009 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED AROUND
DUBLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. AT 1010 PM EDT GOLFBALL SIZED
HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE 911 CENTER IN DUBLIN.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EAST
DUBLIN...BREWTON AND TUCKERS CROSSROAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
&&
LAT...LON 3237 8302 3252 8314 3255 8310 3272 8285
3269 8279 3267 8279 3266 8280 3265 8279
3261 8267 3254 8267
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 235DEG 29KT 3255 8289
$$602
WWUS52 KFFC 040231
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1031 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011
GAC175-040240-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0229.000000T0000Z-110504T0245Z/
LAURENS GA-
1031 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS
ACROSS LAURENS COUNTY THROUGH 1100 PM.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORMS HAVE PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3237 8302 3252 8314 3255 8310 3272 8285
3269 8279 3267 8279 3266 8280 3265 8279
3261 8267 3254 8267
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 235DEG 29KT 3263 8275
$$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, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 31 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.