Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 312, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2011, 9:15 PM EDT for Floyd County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 17 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 15, 2011, 9:15 PM EDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2011, 9:32 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Floyd County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 9:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Cedartown, GA |
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, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
082
WUUS52 KFFC 160115
SVRFFC
GAC115-233-160145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0312.110616T0115Z-110616T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
915 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 913 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
CEDARTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ROCKMART AND ARAGON.
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 3405 8541 3420 8505 3409 8504 3408 8492
3400 8496 3390 8528 3390 8533
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 246DEG 24KT 3401 8526
$$1 follow-up statement
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WWUS52 KFFC 160132
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
932 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
GAC115-233-160143-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0312.000000T0000Z-110616T0145Z/
POLK GA-FLOYD GA-
932 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD AND POLK
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SENEY...VAN WERT...ROCKMART AND ARAGON.
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3405 8541 3420 8505 3409 8504 3408 8492
3400 8496 3390 8528 3390 8533
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 246DEG 24KT 3406 8513
$$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, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Walton | 53 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, 9:19 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.