Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2011, 4:10 PM EDT for Gilmer County, Gordon County, Murray County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report 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, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Murray County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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, 4:34 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Ellijay, 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.
419
WUUS52 KFFC 262010
SVRFFC
GAC123-129-213-262100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0249.110526T2010Z-110526T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
410 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTH CENTRAL MURRAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT
* AT 407 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ELLIJAY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EAST
ELLIJAY.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN
GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3473 8426 3467 8425 3463 8419 3458 8426
3456 8448 3455 8450 3456 8451 3455 8452
3455 8465 3453 8465 3452 8477 3462 8482
3479 8431
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 251DEG 30KT 3457 8470
$$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, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Union | 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, 4:15 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.