Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 339, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT for Bibb County, Houston County, Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2011, 6:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bibb County, GA, Houston County, GA, Twiggs County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 576 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1061 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
132
WUUS52 KFFC 172200
SVRFFC
GAC021-153-289-172245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0339.110617T2200Z-110617T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
600 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 554 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
CENTERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MIDDLE GEORGIA REGIONAL AIRPORT...RUTLAND...ELBERTA...ROBINS AIR
FORCE BASE...HUBER...BULLARD...FRANKLINTON...DISTRICT PATH...
RIPLEY...FITZPATRICK...DRY BRANCH AND MARION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 3257 8372 3265 8372 3265 8371 3269 8370
3270 8374 3272 8377 3286 8341 3255 8330
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 256DEG 11KT 3267 8365
$$2 follow-up statements
913
WWUS52 KFFC 172220
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
620 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011
GAC153-172229-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0339.000000T0000Z-110617T2245Z/
HOUSTON GA-
620 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED INTO TWIGGS COUNTY AND NO LONGER
POSES A THREAT OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER IN NORTHEAST HOUSTON
COUNTY.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3256 8350 3264 8352 3266 8352 3281 8354
3286 8341 3255 8330
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 256DEG 11KT 3268 8358
$$
GAC021-289-172245-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0339.000000T0000Z-110617T2245Z/
TWIGGS GA-BIBB GA-
620 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL BIBB AND CENTRAL TWIGGS COUNTIES...
AT 613 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 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF BULLARD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FRANKLINTON...DISTRICT PATH...RIPLEY...FITZPATRICK...DRY BRANCH AND
MARION.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3256 8350 3264 8352 3266 8352 3281 8354
3286 8341 3255 8330
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 256DEG 11KT 3268 8358
$$747
WWUS52 KFFC 172235
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
635 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011
GAC021-289-172245-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0339.000000T0000Z-110617T2245Z/
TWIGGS GA-BIBB GA-
635 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL BIBB AND
CENTRAL TWIGGS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BULLARD...FRANKLINTON...DISTRICT PATH...RIPLEY...FITZPATRICK...DRY
BRANCH AND MARION.
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3256 8350 3264 8352 3266 8352 3281 8354
3286 8341 3255 8330
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 256DEG 11KT 3269 8352
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 9:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Heard, Polk | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Haralson | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 36 min |
| Jun 17, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 25 min |
| Jun 17, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton | 37 min |
| Jun 17, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry, Pike and 2 more | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly, Macon | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Butts, Crawford, Jasper, Monroe, Peach and 1 more | 20 min |
| Jun 17, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Jasper, Jones, Peach, Putnam and 1 more | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Morgan, Oconee, Walton | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Peach, Twiggs | 26 min |
| Jun 17, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Putnam | 24 min |
| Jun 17, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Jackson | 25 min |
| Jun 17, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wilkinson | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Jefferson, Johnson, Taliaferro and 3 more | 25 min |
| Jun 17, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.