Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 319, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2011, 10:47 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 43 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, 10:47 PM EDT (02:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2011, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dodge County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Wheeler County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 10:55 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Nw Workmore, 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, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 203 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.
403 WUUS52 KFFC 160247 SVRFFC GAC091-175-271-309-160330- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0319.110616T0247Z-110616T0330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1047 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTH CENTRAL TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WEST CENTRAL WHEELER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1130 PM EDT * AT 1045 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 CHAUNCEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HELENA...MCRAE...ALAMO AND SCOTLAND. 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 3221 8273 3191 8287 3208 8316 3219 8311 TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 293DEG 16KT 3211 8307 $$
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, 10:03 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, 10:57 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.