Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 343, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2011, 5:03 PM EDT for 4 counties in 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 18, 2011, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2011, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Murray County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 18, 5:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Epworth, GA | AT LEAST 6 TREES DOWN WITH MULTIPLE POWER LINES DOWN IN EPWORTH AREA. |
| Jun 18, 5:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ellijay, GA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY TO INCLUDE IN THE DOWNTOWN ELLIJAY AREA. |
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 18, 11:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 1149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
101
WUUS52 KFFC 182103
SVRFFC
GAC111-123-129-213-182145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0343.110618T2103Z-110618T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
503 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
EASTERN MURRAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
* AT 458 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 19 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ELLIJAY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EAST
ELLIJAY...MORGANTON AND BLUE RIDGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS WHITFIELD AND
MURRAY COUNTIES. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3498 8417 3495 8418 3489 8414 3484 8415
3480 8415 3475 8410 3469 8414 3462 8421
3459 8433 3455 8469 3498 8465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 281DEG 19KT 3481 8476
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Warren, Wilkes | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens, Union | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 26 min |
| Jun 18, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 38 min |
| Jun 18, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Gilmer, Pickens | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Walton | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Haralson, Paulding | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Hall, Jackson | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan, Walton | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Walton | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 38 min |
| Jun 18, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oglethorpe | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Fulton | 15 min |
| Jun 18, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 36 min |
| Jun 18, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 14 min |
| Jun 18, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock | 44 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.