Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2011, 6:53 PM EDT for Dodge County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min. 4 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 14, 2011, 6:53 PM EDT (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2011, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dodge County, GA, Wilcox County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 6:57 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Antioch Church, GA | MIDDLE GEORGIA EMC REPORTS POWER OUT ALONG ANTIOCH CHURCH ROAD DUE TO DOWNED POWERLINES AND BLOWN TRANSFORMER. |
| May 14, 7:09 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sse Abbeville, GA | WILCOX COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELAYED REPORTS 2 DOWNED TREES JUST SOUTH OF ABBEVILLE. |
| May 14, 7:09 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Abbeville, GA | WILCOX COUNTY 911 REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL IN ABBEVILLE. |
| May 14, 7:26 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | 5 Nnw Rhine, GA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 729 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
630
WUUS52 KFFC 142253
SVRFFC
GAC091-315-142345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0237.110514T2253Z-110514T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
653 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 649 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 6 MILES WEST
OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RHINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 1000 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3187 8341 3199 8347 3218 8317 3200 8308
3190 8320
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 245DEG 18KT 3198 8339
$$2 follow-up statements
815 WWUS52 KFFC 142307 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 707 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 GAC091-315-142345- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0237.000000T0000Z-110514T2345Z/ WILCOX GA-DODGE GA- 707 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN DODGE AND CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTIES... AT 703 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ABBEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RHINE...UNION AND FIVE POINTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. && LAT...LON 3194 8336 3202 8342 3218 8317 3200 8308 TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 245DEG 18KT 3201 8332 $$
402 WWUS52 KFFC 142336 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 736 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 GAC315-142345- /O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0237.000000T0000Z-110514T2345Z/ WILCOX GA- 736 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED WILCOX COUNTY. 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 1000 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3213 8324 3218 8317 3200 8308 3200 8315 TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 245DEG 18KT 3207 8317 $$ GAC091-142345- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0237.000000T0000Z-110514T2345Z/ DODGE GA- 736 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY... AT 733 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH LOCATED NEAR FIVE POINTS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAS WEAKENED AND THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. && LAT...LON 3213 8324 3218 8317 3200 8308 3200 8315 TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 245DEG 18KT 3207 8317 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 40 min |
| May 13, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 35 min |
| May 14, 1:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 28 min |
| May 14, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Bleckley, Dooly, Houston, Jones, Peach and 2 more | 48 min |
| May 14, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 27 min |
| May 14, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bleckley, Jones, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 51 min |
| May 14, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson | 39 min |
| May 14, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Johnson, Laurens, Putnam, Washington | 36 min |
| May 14, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam | 52 min |
| May 14, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Washington | 62 min |
| May 14, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 48 min |
| May 14, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 44 min |
| May 14, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler | 46 min |
| May 14, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 34 min |
| May 14, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler | 50 min |
| May 14, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 49 min |
| May 14, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 29 min |
| May 14, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 32 min |
| May 14, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 25 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.