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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 25, 2011, 1:51 AM EST for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 54 min. 2 reports 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
- Feb 25, 2011, 1:51 AM EST (06:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2011, 2:45 AM EST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carroll County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:52 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2:30 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Felton, GA | TWO TREES AND TWO POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Feb 25, 2:55 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Dallas, GA | ONE TREE DOWN ON HIGH SHOALS ROAD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 11:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1511 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
409
WUUS52 KFFC 250651
SVRFFC
GAC045-097-143-223-233-250745-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0003.110225T0651Z-110225T0745Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
151 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 245 AM EST
* AT 149 AM 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
14 MILES WEST OF CEDARTOWN TO 20 MILES WEST OF TALLAPOOSA TO 38
MILES WEST OF TALLAPOOSA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ARAGON...BUCHANAN...ROCKMART...TAYLORSVILLE...BRASWELL...WACO...
BREMEN...BOWDON...MOUNT ZION...TEMPLE...DALLAS...VILLA RICA...HIRAM
AND CARROLLTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 400 AM EST FRIDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3409 8526 3410 8526 3411 8516 3409 8515
3411 8511 3411 8504 3409 8504 3409 8495
3408 8494 3409 8474 3382 8471 3352 8497
3346 8504 3348 8531 3409 8542
TIME...MOT...LOC 0651Z 270DEG 50KT 3406 8546 3383 8559
3357 8589
$$1 follow-up statement
941
WWUS52 KFFC 250719
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
219 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011
GAC045-097-143-223-233-250745-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110225T0745Z/
DOUGLAS GA-CARROLL GA-HARALSON GA-PAULDING GA-POLK GA-
219 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM EST
FOR POLK...PAULDING...HARALSON...CARROLL AND NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS
COUNTIES...
AT 219 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FISH CREEK TO TALLAPOOSA TO 20 MILES
WEST OF BOWDON...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
CAUSE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST FRIDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3409 8526 3410 8526 3411 8516 3409 8515
3411 8511 3411 8504 3409 8504 3409 8495
3408 8494 3409 8474 3382 8471 3352 8497
3346 8504 3348 8531 3409 8542
TIME...MOT...LOC 0717Z 269DEG 45KT 3405 8512 3382 8526
3356 8556
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 1:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Walker | 63 min |
| Feb 25, 1:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 57 min |
| Feb 25, 2:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens | 54 min |
| Feb 25, 2:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Troup | 54 min |
| Feb 25, 2:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Hall | 62 min |
| Feb 25, 2:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 27 min |
| Feb 25, 3:19 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 13 hr |
Nearby
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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.