Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 309, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2011, 8:37 PM EDT for Jasper County, Morgan County, Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 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
- Jun 15, 2011, 8:37 PM EDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2011, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jasper County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Walton County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 9:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Farrar, GA | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES REPORTED DOWN ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. |
| Jun 15, 9:01 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 S Madison, GA | MORGAN COUNTY 911 RELAYED A REPORT OF A FEW TREES DOWN IN THE COUNTY. DISPATCH ALSO REPORTS POWER OUTAGES IN FOUR PARTS OF THE COUNTY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 1682 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2119 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
933
WUUS52 KFFC 160037
SVRFFC
GAC159-211-297-160130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0309.110616T0037Z-110616T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
837 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 836 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 12 MILES WEST
OF RUTLEDGE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MADISON AND BUCKHEAD.
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 MIDNIGHT EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3353 8328 3349 8328 3344 8352 3342 8354
3348 8374 3348 8371 3350 8371 3349 8368
3351 8369 3360 8368 3365 8374 3361 8335
3354 8327
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 280DEG 25KT 3355 8378
$$1 follow-up statement
531
WWUS52 KFFC 160113
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
913 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
GAC159-297-160123-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0309.000000T0000Z-110616T0130Z/
WALTON GA-JASPER GA-
913 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JASPER AND
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL WALTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THESE COUNTIES.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3349 8329 3344 8349 3349 8355 3358 8351
3361 8335 3355 8330 3354 8327
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 280DEG 25KT 3351 8348
$$
GAC211-160130-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0309.000000T0000Z-110616T0130Z/
MORGAN GA-
913 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY...
AT 910 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
GODFREY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BUCKHEAD...PARKS MILL AND SWORDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 MIDNIGHT EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3349 8329 3344 8349 3349 8355 3358 8351
3361 8335 3355 8330 3354 8327
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 280DEG 25KT 3351 8348
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee, Oglethorpe | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Lumpkin | 24 min |
| Jun 15, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 13 min |
| Jun 15, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 24 min |
| Jun 15, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 29 min |
| Jun 15, 8:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 9:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 17 min |
| Jun 15, 9:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 9:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 9:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Morgan, Oconee, Walton | 24 min |
| Jun 15, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 10:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Newton | 53 min |
| Jun 15, 10:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 10:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Coweta, Fayette, Lamar, Monroe, Pike and 1 more | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 10:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 10:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Paulding, Polk | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 10:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 10:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 10:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 10:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 10:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 11:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 11:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Dooly, Harris, Peach, Talbot, Taylor | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 11:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Fulton, Haralson, Paulding | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 11:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Marion, Muscogee and 5 more | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 11:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 11:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 11:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Paulding | 22 min |
| Jun 15, 11:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 11:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Pulaski | 15 min |
| Jun 15, 11:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 11:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster | 20 min |
| Jun 16, 12:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 12:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 12:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 39 min |
| Jun 16, 12:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 22 min |
| Jun 16, 12:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Talbot | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 1:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley, Stewart | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 1:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 9:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 9:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 9:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 10:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 1:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Marion | 41 min |
| Jun 16, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon, Schley, Sumter | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 18 min |
| Jun 16, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair, Wilcox | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 18 min |
| Jun 16, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 26 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.