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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 361, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 21, 2011Bleckley County, Twiggs County, Wilkinson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2011, 7:12 PM EDT for Bleckley County, Twiggs County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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 21, 2011, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2011, 7:44 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bleckley County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2011-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1450 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2011-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -43 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1450 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1187 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

543 
WUUS52 KFFC 212312
SVRFFC
GAC023-289-319-220000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0361.110621T2312Z-110622T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
712 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BLECKLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN WILKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 707 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60
  MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DANVILLE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ALLENTOWN AND JEFFERSONVILLE.

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 3252 8347 3282 8331 3276 8306 3261 8317
      3258 8323 3255 8321 3243 8329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 211DEG 23KT 3256 8332

$$
1 follow-up statement
193 
WWUS52 KFFC 212344
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
744 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

GAC023-289-319-212353-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0361.000000T0000Z-110622T0000Z/
TWIGGS GA-WILKINSON GA-BLECKLEY GA-
744 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BLECKLEY...SOUTHERN
WILKINSON AND SOUTHEASTERN TWIGGS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING EARLIER HAS WEAKENED. 

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 3252 8347 3282 8331 3276 8306 3261 8318
      3258 8323 3255 8321 3243 8329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 211DEG 23KT 3272 8320

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Dade, Floyd, Walker55 min
Jun 21, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker43 min
Jun 21, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe, Wilkes41 min
Jun 21, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson47 min
Jun 21, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson38 min
Jun 21, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa30 min
Jun 21, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley29 min
Jun 21, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe, Wilkes41 min
Jun 21, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock46 min
Jun 21, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Washington38 min
Jun 21, 7:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray50 min

Nearby

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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.