Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 286, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2011, 4:56 PM EDT for Morgan County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Morgan County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 108 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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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, 5:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sse Bostwick, GA | MORGAN COUNTY 911 RELAYED REPORTS OF SEVERAL DOWNED TREES ALONG GA HWY 83 NORTH OF MADISON. |
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 102 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.
644
WUUS52 KFFC 092056 RRA
SVRFFC
GAC211-092130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0286.110609T2056Z-110609T2130Z/
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...
NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 530 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 LOCATED NEAR
BOSTWICK...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HARD
LABOR CREEK STATE PARK.
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 3358 8346 3365 8364 3381 8352 3379 8347
3377 8346 3372 8344 3372 8343 3368 8339
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 123DEG 17KT 3371 8351
$$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 | Newton, Rockdale | 35 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.