Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 244, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2011, 3:01 PM EDT for Union County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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 26, 2011, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Union County, GA
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 3:15 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Ssw Nottely Dam, GA | BLAIRSVILLE POLICE REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL. |
| May 26, 3:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | 4 Ene Ivy Log, GA | |
| May 26, 3:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 N Nottely Dam, GA | PUBLIC REPORTED GOLF BALL-SIZED HAIL ALONG JOHN SMITH ROAD. |
| May 26, 3:48 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 Wsw Blairsville, GA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 10:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 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
- 516 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
267
WUUS52 KFFC 261901
SVRFFC
GAC291-261945-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0244.110526T1901Z-110526T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
301 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT
* AT 257 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES WEST OF BLAIRSVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JONES
CREEK...NOTTELY DAM AND IVY LOG.
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 600 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3497 8394 3492 8391 3492 8387 3490 8385
3491 8382 3489 8381 3482 8414 3485 8414
3489 8411 3495 8418 3499 8413 3499 8394
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 239DEG 29KT 3487 8421
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 47 min |
| May 26, 3:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker and 1 more | 43 min |
| May 26, 5:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 44 min |
| May 26, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 52 min |
| May 26, 1:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 25 min |
| May 26, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 38 min |
| May 26, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Murray | 52 min |
| May 26, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 34 min |
| May 26, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 52 min |
| May 26, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 37 min |
| May 26, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens | 32 min |
| May 26, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 44 min |
| May 26, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 33 min |
| May 26, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 31 min |
| May 26, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 39 min |
| May 26, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 23 min |
| May 26, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Union | 47 min |
| May 26, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 40 min |
| May 26, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon, Murray | 38 min |
| May 26, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Murray | 50 min |
| May 26, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 45 min |
| May 26, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 25 min |
| May 26, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 38 min |
| May 26, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 31 min |
| May 26, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Union | 61 min |
| May 26, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fulton | 46 min |
| May 26, 4:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Union | 32 min |
| May 26, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Stewart | 34 min |
| May 26, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens | 45 min |
| May 26, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 24 min |
| May 26, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 28 min |
| May 26, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Gilmer, Pickens | 30 min |
| May 26, 5:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Towns | 38 min |
| May 26, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Rockdale | 35 min |
| May 26, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 49 min |
| May 26, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 28 min |
| May 26, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 25 min |
| May 26, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Union, White | 22 min |
| May 26, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 37 min |
| May 26, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 33 min |
| May 26, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton and 1 more | 40 min |
| May 26, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 37 min |
| May 26, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Upson | 34 min |
| May 26, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 29 min |
| May 26, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall, Lumpkin, White | 39 min |
| May 26, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall, Lumpkin, White | 35 min |
| May 26, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, DeKalb, Henry, Monroe, Rockdale | 34 min |
| May 26, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 30 min |
| May 26, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 42 min |
| May 26, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Newton | 39 min |
| May 26, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 36 min |
| May 26, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 41 min |
| May 26, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 24 min |
| May 26, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall | 22 min |
| May 26, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 32 min |
| May 26, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson and 4 more | 41 min |
| May 26, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 31 min |
| May 26, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 50 min |
| May 26, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 50 min |
| May 26, 7:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro, Wilkes | 33 min |
| May 26, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 24 min |
| May 26, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 32 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.