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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 294, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
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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 11, 2:12 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 N Union City, GA | DIME 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 10:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 24 min |
| Jun 10, 10:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 12:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 2:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 26 min |
| Jun 11, 3:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 43 min |
| Jun 11, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 36 min |
| Jun 11, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 23 min |
| Jun 11, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 37 min |
| Jun 11, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 38 min |
| Jun 11, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 28 min |
| Jun 11, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 24 min |
| Jun 11, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 25 min |
| Jun 11, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 52 min |
| Jun 11, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 38 min |
| Jun 11, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 25 min |
| Jun 11, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 23 min |
| Jun 11, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 24 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.