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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 294, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 11, 2011Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2011, 2:06 PM EDT for Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 19 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 11, 2011, 2:06 PM EDT (18:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2011, 2:25 PM EDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Fulton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 2:12 PM EDTHAIL 0.754 N Union City, GADIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC.

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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 27 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 2011-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 636 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 2011-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 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
636 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1406 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-11 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.

936 
WUUS52 KFFC 111806
SVRFFC
GAC121-111845-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0294.110611T1806Z-110611T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
206 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 206 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 UNION
  CITY...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

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

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 3356 8449 3352 8474 3369 8461 3368 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 013DEG 8KT 3366 8458

$$
1 follow-up statement
105 
WWUS52 KFFC 111825
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
225 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

GAC121-111835-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0294.000000T0000Z-110611T1845Z/
FULTON GA-
225 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNION
CITY AND FAIRBURN.

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

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.

LAT...LON 3356 8449 3352 8474 3369 8461 3368 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 013DEG 8KT 3362 8459

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 10:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart, Webster24 min
Jun 10, 10:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Troup31 min
Jun 11, 12:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris44 min
Jun 11, 2:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth, Hall26 min
Jun 11, 3:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall43 min
Jun 11, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Fayette36 min
Jun 11, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade39 min
Jun 11, 2:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Douglas23 min
Jun 11, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette34 min
Jun 11, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga32 min
Jun 11, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Gilmer37 min
Jun 11, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette34 min
Jun 11, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Heard38 min
Jun 11, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Whitfield28 min
Jun 11, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike24 min
Jun 11, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard25 min
Jun 11, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard52 min
Jun 11, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon51 min
Jun 11, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup38 min
Jun 11, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow33 min
Jun 11, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite25 min
Jun 11, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson23 min
Jun 11, 7:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Madison41 min
Jun 11, 7:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene24 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.