Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 352, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2011, 6:29 PM EDT for Douglas County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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 18, 2011, 6:29 PM EDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2011, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Douglas County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 43 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.
744
WUUS52 KFFC 182229
SVRFFC
GAC097-121-182315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0352.110618T2229Z-110618T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
629 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 628 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
DOUGLASVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SWEETWATER CREEK STATE PARK...CAMPBELLTON AND SANDTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3379 8475 3379 8473 3376 8459 3375 8458
3375 8457 3373 8447 3355 8463 3369 8482
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 298DEG 23KT 3371 8471
$$1 follow-up statement
289
WWUS52 KFFC 182253
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
653 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
GAC097-182304-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0352.000000T0000Z-110618T2315Z/
DOUGLAS GA-
653 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3365 8470 3366 8466 3368 8466 3375 8457
3373 8447 3355 8463 3363 8474 3364 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 298DEG 23KT 3363 8454
$$
GAC121-182315-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0352.000000T0000Z-110618T2315Z/
FULTON GA-
653 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY...
AT 651 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 NEAR
SANDTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3365 8470 3366 8466 3368 8466 3375 8457
3373 8447 3355 8463 3363 8474 3364 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 298DEG 23KT 3363 8454
$$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, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray | 42 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, 6:37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.