Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 313, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2011, 10:03 PM EDT for Johnson County, Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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, 10:03 PM EDT (02:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2011, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 10:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Brewton, GA | 911 REPORTS SEVERAL TREES AND SEVERAL POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. |
| Jun 15, 10:39 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Scott, GA | JOHNSON COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT RELAYED A REPORT OF A FEW TREES DOWN IN THE SCOTT AREA. ALSO A NURSING HOME WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IN SCOTT. |
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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 196 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.
604
WUUS52 KFFC 160203
SVRFFC
GAC167-175-160245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0313.110616T0203Z-110616T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1003 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
* AT 1000 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 6 MILES NORTH
OF EAST DUBLIN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WRIGHTSVILLE.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3272 8245 3269 8250 3265 8247 3264 8251
3262 8252 3258 8260 3253 8257 3251 8266
3250 8264 3247 8265 3250 8297 3272 8294
3278 8247 3276 8244
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 267DEG 20KT 3264 8285
$$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, 9:15 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, 10:07 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.