Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2011, 4:56 PM EDT for Newton County, Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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
- Jun 9, 2011, 4:56 PM EDT (20:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2011, 5:31 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Newton County, GA, Rockdale County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 5:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | 1 Wsw Covington, GA | NEWTON COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES REPORTS HAIL SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN GOLF BALLS OUTSIDE THEIR BUILDING. |
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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 58 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.
424 WUUS52 KFFC 092056 SVRFFC GAC217-247-092145- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0285.110609T2056Z-110609T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 456 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA EAST CENTRAL ROCKDALE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 454 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 CENTERED OVER COVINGTON ...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PORTERDALE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT 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 3352 8399 3365 8400 3366 8384 3354 8384 TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 086DEG 3KT 3360 8389 $$
1 follow-up statement
532 WWUS52 KFFC 092131 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 531 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 GAC217-247-092141- /O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0285.000000T0000Z-110609T2145Z/ ROCKDALE GA-NEWTON GA- 531 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL NEWTON AND EAST CENTRAL ROCKDALE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3352 8399 3365 8400 3366 8384 3354 8384 TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 086DEG 3KT 3360 8392 $$
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, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 28 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 | 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 |
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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.