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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 276, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 3, 2011Banks County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2011, 5:51 PM EDT for Banks County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2011, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2011, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Banks County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 141 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2011-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1879 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2011-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1879 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1228 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 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.

543 
WUUS52 KFFC 032151
SVRFFC
GAC011-032230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0276.110603T2151Z-110603T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
551 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BANKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF HOMER...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BANKS
  CROSSING.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3423 8342 3426 8348 3429 8360 3436 8366
      3441 8363 3448 8355 3446 8341
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 008DEG 22KT 3443 8352

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 10:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry37 min
Jun 2, 11:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry17 min
Jun 2, 11:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSpalding37 min
Jun 3, 12:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike31 min
Jun 3, 12:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel39 min
Jun 3, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson46 min
Jun 3, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks29 min
Jun 3, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson42 min
Jun 3, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs41 min
Jun 3, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson35 min
Jun 3, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson45 min
Jun 3, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs34 min
Jun 3, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Jackson35 min
Jun 3, 7:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.