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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 9, 2011Dodge County, Telfair County, Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 2011, 2:16 PM EST for Dodge County, Telfair County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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
Mar 9, 2011, 2:16 PM EST (19:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2011, 3:00 PM EST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Dodge County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 9, 2:23 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGRochelle, GAWILCOX COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE RELAYED REPORTS OF 2 DOWNED TREES IN ROCHELLE.
Mar 9, 3:00 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGMilan, GATELFAIR COUNTY 911 RELAYED REPORTS OF 3 DOWNED TREES IN THE MILAN AREA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 197 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2011-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2011-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 348 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
611 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
348 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
471 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

115 
WUUS52 KFFC 091916
SVRFFC
GAC091-271-315-092000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0025.110309T1916Z-110309T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
216 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WESTERN TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 300 PM EST

* AT 212 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP
  TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 
  5 MILES EAST OF VIENNA TO NEAR ASHBURN ON I-75...MOVING EAST AT 
  40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ROCHELLE...ABBEVILLE...RHINE...MILAN...CHAUNCEY AND JACKSONVILLE.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3181 8310 3181 8313 3185 8318 3184 8355
      3185 8362 3212 8361 3213 8336 3210 8335
      3212 8332 3211 8294 3178 8293 3179 8298
      3177 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 261DEG 36KT 3210 8359 3179 8356
          3157 8373

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 3:13 AM ESTWind AdvisoryFFCChattooga, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin and 6 more12 hr
Mar 9, 6:38 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCDade43 hr
Mar 9, 8:49 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCChattooga6 days
Mar 9, 9:24 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCFloyd, Haralson, Polk6 hr
Mar 9, 9:35 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCCatoosa59 hr
Mar 9, 10:39 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCWhitfield3 days
Mar 9, 10:39 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton49 hr
Mar 9, 10:39 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett11 hr
Mar 9, 10:39 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCClarke, Greene, Oconee11 hr
Mar 9, 10:58 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCBartow, Gordon5 hr
Mar 9, 11:28 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningFFCCatoosa7 hr
Mar 9, 1:11 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth20 hr
Mar 9, 1:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Sumter48 min
Mar 9, 1:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski51 min
Mar 9, 2:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler46 min
Mar 9, 2:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler48 min
Mar 9, 3:03 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCPolk8 hr
Mar 9, 3:17 PM ESTWind AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more28 hr
Mar 9, 3:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Treutlen51 min
Mar 9, 3:27 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd, Gordon4 days
Mar 9, 3:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs41 min
Mar 9, 3:46 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield51 hr
Mar 9, 5:59 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningFFCFloyd56 hr

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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.