Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 356, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2011, 7:08 PM EDT for Coweta County, Fayette County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 15 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, 7:08 PM EDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2011, 7:23 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 14 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.
205 WUUS52 KFFC 182308 SVRFFC GAC077-113-121-190000- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0356.110618T2308Z-110619T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 708 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTHEASTERN COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * AT 705 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHATTAHOOCHEE HILL COUNTRY... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PALMETTO...TYRONE AND PEACHTREE CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3350 8442 3331 8455 3351 8479 3357 8475 TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 295DEG 32KT 3351 8470 $$
1 follow-up statement
575 WWUS52 KFFC 182323 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 723 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011 GAC077-113-121-182333- /O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0356.000000T0000Z-110619T0000Z/ COWETA GA-FAYETTE GA-FULTON GA- 723 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FULTON...FAYETTE AND NORTHEASTERN COWETA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3350 8442 3331 8455 3351 8479 3357 8475 TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 295DEG 32KT 3345 8456 $$
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, 6:29 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, 7:09 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.