Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 251, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2011, 4:24 PM EDT for Bartow County, Gordon County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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 26, 2011, 4:24 PM EDT (20:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2011, 5:02 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bartow County, GA, Gordon County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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, 4:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Adairsville, GA | 2 DOWNED TREES |
| May 26, 4:44 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Ne Sonoraville, 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.
909
WUUS52 KFFC 262024
SVRFFC
GAC015-129-262115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0251.110526T2024Z-110526T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
424 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
EASTERN GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
GOLF BALL SIZED. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ADAIRSVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CALHOUN.
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 3462 8471 3460 8472 3458 8465 3455 8465
3427 8492 3431 8503 3435 8501 3439 8501
3462 8491 3462 8487 3461 8486 3461 8475
3463 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 209DEG 19KT 3434 8495
$$2 follow-up statements
639
WWUS52 KFFC 262045
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
445 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
GAC015-262056-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0251.000000T0000Z-110526T2115Z/
BARTOW GA-
445 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BARTOW COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN
GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3461 8473 3460 8472 3458 8465 3455 8465
3441 8478 3444 8496 3444 8492 3462 8491
3462 8487 3461 8486 3462 8472 3462 8471
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 209DEG 19KT 3444 8488
$$
GAC129-262115-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0251.000000T0000Z-110526T2115Z/
GORDON GA-
445 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN GORDON COUNTY...
AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZED. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SONORAVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
REDBUD...RANGER...AUDUBON...NICKELSVILLE AND OAKMAN.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3461 8473 3460 8472 3458 8465 3455 8465
3441 8478 3444 8496 3444 8492 3462 8491
3462 8487 3461 8486 3462 8472 3462 8471
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 209DEG 19KT 3444 8488
$$813
WWUS52 KFFC 262102
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
502 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
GAC129-262112-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0251.000000T0000Z-110526T2115Z/
GORDON GA-
502 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN GORDON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3461 8473 3460 8472 3458 8465 3455 8465
3441 8478 3444 8496 3444 8492 3462 8491
3462 8487 3461 8486 3462 8472 3462 8471
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 209DEG 19KT 3451 8483
$$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, 4:10 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, 4:29 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.