Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 283, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2011, 4:17 PM EDT for Henry County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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
- Jun 9, 2011, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Henry County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 4:25 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 E Mcdonough, GA | PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER-SIZED HAIL AND SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS. PATIO FURNITURE WAS ALSO BLOWN AROUND BY THE WINDS. |
| Jun 9, 4:25 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Ese Mcdonough, GA | HENRY COUNTY 911 RELAYED REPORTS OF QUARTER-SIZED HAIL NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GA HWY 81 AND UPCHURCH RD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 830 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
808 WUUS52 KFFC 092017 SVRFFC GAC151-092045- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0283.110609T2017Z-110609T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 417 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 415 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCDONOUGH...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BLACKSVILLE...FLIPPEN AND LUELLA. 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. && LAT...LON 3335 8419 3350 8420 3349 8402 3339 8401 TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 084DEG 11KT 3344 8410 $$
1 follow-up statement
195 WWUS52 KFFC 092045 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 445 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 GAC151-092054- /O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0283.000000T0000Z-110609T2045Z/ HENRY GA- 445 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 445 PM EDT... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WEATHER. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS STILL POSSSIBLE THROUGH 500 PM EDT IN AND NORTH OF MCDONOUGH. IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3335 8419 3350 8420 3349 8402 3339 8401 TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 084DEG 11KT 3343 8420 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 35 min |
| Jun 9, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 21 min |
| Jun 9, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 26 min |
| Jun 9, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 35 min |
| Jun 9, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton | 23 min |
| Jun 9, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade, Walker | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 26 min |
| Jun 9, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 35 min |
| Jun 9, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 24 min |
| Jun 9, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 35 min |
| Jun 9, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 24 min |
| Jun 9, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 24 min |
| Jun 9, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 33 min |
| Jun 9, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 24 min |
| Jun 9, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 35 min |
| Jun 9, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 26 min |
| Jun 9, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.