Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 2011, 3:34 PM EST for Montgomery County, Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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
- Mar 9, 2011, 3:34 PM EST (20:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2011, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Montgomery County, GA, Toombs County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 3:55 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Lyons, GA | TOOMBS COUNTY 911 RELAYED A REPORT OF A DOWNED TREE ACROSS RACKETTOWN ROAD IN LYONS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 783 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
828
WUUS52 KFFC 092034
SVRFFC
GAC209-279-092115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0029.110309T2034Z-110309T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
334 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
TOOMBS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 415 PM EST
* AT 333 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP
TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6
MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNT VERNON TO MOUNT VERNON TO 18 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF UVALDA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNT
VERNON...AILEY...TARRYTOWN...ALSTON...HIGGSTON...VIDALIA...SANTA
CLAUS AND LYONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 800 PM EST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3196 8243 3196 8248 3194 8249 3196 8254
3198 8254 3204 8261 3212 8263 3216 8261
3231 8265 3236 8241 3232 8236 3229 8235
3229 8228 3231 8223 3218 8218 3191 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 248DEG 38KT 3225 8265 3212 8262
3182 8265
$$1 follow-up statement
601
WWUS52 KFFC 092059
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
359 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011
GAC209-092109-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110309T2115Z/
MONTGOMERY GA-
359 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3191 8223 3193 8228 3193 8231 3197 8248
3226 8244 3236 8241 3232 8236 3229 8235
3229 8228 3231 8223 3218 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 255DEG 39KT 3232 8227 3219 8231
3189 8234
$$
GAC279-092115-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110309T2115Z/
TOOMBS GA-
359 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EST
FOR TOOMBS COUNTY...
AT 355 PM EST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NORMANTOWN TO SANTA
CLAUS TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF GRAYS LANDING...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JOHNSON
CORNER...PONDEROSA...NEW BRANCH AND OHOOPEE.
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 800 PM EST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3191 8223 3193 8228 3193 8231 3197 8248
3226 8244 3236 8241 3232 8236 3229 8235
3229 8228 3231 8223 3218 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 255DEG 39KT 3232 8227 3219 8231
3189 8234
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 3:13 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin and 6 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 9, 6:38 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 43 hr |
| Mar 9, 8:49 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 6 days |
| Mar 9, 9:24 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Haralson, Polk | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 9:35 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 59 hr |
| Mar 9, 10:39 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 3 days |
| Mar 9, 10:39 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 49 hr |
| Mar 9, 10:39 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 11 hr |
| Mar 9, 10:39 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 11 hr |
| Mar 9, 10:58 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:28 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 7 hr |
| Mar 9, 1:11 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 20 hr |
| Mar 9, 1:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Sumter | 48 min |
| Mar 9, 1:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski | 51 min |
| Mar 9, 2:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox | 44 min |
| Mar 9, 2:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 46 min |
| Mar 9, 2:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler | 48 min |
| Mar 9, 3:03 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Polk | 8 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:17 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 51 min |
| Mar 9, 3:27 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 4 days |
| Mar 9, 3:46 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 51 hr |
| Mar 9, 5:59 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Floyd | 56 hr |
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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.