Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 371, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2011, 4:38 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. 3 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 24, 2011, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2011, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 24, 5:04 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Trion, GA | CHATTOOGA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELAYED REPORTS OF 2 DOWNED TREES. |
| Jun 24, 5:14 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Rome, GA | FLOYD COUNTY 911 RELAYED REPORTS OF AT LEAST 9 DOWNED TREES. |
| Jun 24, 5:14 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sw Rome, GA | FLOYD COUNTY 911 RELAYED REPORTS OF AT LEAST 9 DOWNED TREES. |
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 24, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1316 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 735 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
704
WUUS52 KFFC 242038
SVRFFC
GAC055-083-115-295-242115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0371.110624T2038Z-110624T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
438 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTHERN DADE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
NORTHERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 432 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WEST OF LAFAYETTE THROUGH WEST
OF SUMMERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TRION...RISING FAWN...CEDAR GROVE...CLOUDLAND...ARMUCHEE...LYERLY...
CHATTOOGAVILLE AND ROME.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM MAY OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3487 8558 3481 8520 3477 8520 3477 8514
3472 8517 3472 8505 3455 8506 3454 8509
3447 8509 3446 8511 3443 8509 3442 8511
3440 8505 3425 8515 3420 8527 3421 8546
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 281DEG 38KT 3479 8561 3471 8558
3459 8556 3451 8563 3434 8580
$$2 follow-up statements
782
WWUS52 KFFC 242050
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
450 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011
GAC055-083-115-295-242115-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0371.000000T0000Z-110624T2115Z/
WALKER GA-CHATTOOGA GA-DADE GA-FLOYD GA-
450 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN FLOYD...SOUTHERN DADE...CHATTOOGA AND WALKER COUNTIES...
AT 447 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
SHOW A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM AROUND CEDAR GROVE TO BERRYTON TO WEST OF
CHATTOOGAVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CENTER
POST...LYERLY...TRION...JAMES H. FLOYD STATE PARK...LINWOOD...
LAFAYETTE...NOBLE...HOLLAND...TIDINGS...NAOMI...SUBLIGNA...SUTTLES
MILL...ARMUCHEE...EVERETT SPRINGS...VILLANOW...LAKE MARVIN AND COOSA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM MAY OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3487 8558 3481 8520 3477 8520 3477 8514
3472 8517 3472 8505 3455 8506 3454 8509
3447 8509 3446 8511 3443 8509 3442 8511
3440 8505 3425 8515 3420 8527 3421 8546
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 281DEG 38KT 3474 8536 3468 8536
3453 8536 3444 8540 3430 8563
$$557
WWUS52 KFFC 242102
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
502 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011
GAC083-242110-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0371.000000T0000Z-110624T2115Z/
DADE GA-
502 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DADE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF DADE COUNTY.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...
CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT
1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3473 8544 3477 8529 3477 8524 3477 8515
3472 8517 3470 8506 3459 8506 3454 8509
3447 8509 3446 8511 3443 8509 3442 8511
3440 8505 3425 8515 3420 8527 3421 8546
3459 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 281DEG 38KT 3469 8517 3463 8516
3451 8521 3440 8526 3427 8550
$$
GAC055-115-295-242115-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0371.000000T0000Z-110624T2115Z/
WALKER GA-CHATTOOGA GA-FLOYD GA-
502 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN FLOYD...CHATTOOGA AND SOUTHERN WALKER COUNTIES...
AT 458 PM EDT/358 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
CONTINUED TO SHOW A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM AROUND NAOMI TO SUTTLES
MILL...SUBLIGNA...TIDINGS AND CHATTOOGAVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
VILLANOW...ARMUCHEE...EVERETT SPRINGS...LAKE MARVIN AND COOSA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM MAY OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3473 8544 3477 8529 3477 8524 3477 8515
3472 8517 3470 8506 3459 8506 3454 8509
3447 8509 3446 8511 3443 8509 3442 8511
3440 8505 3425 8515 3420 8527 3421 8546
3459 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 281DEG 38KT 3469 8517 3463 8516
3451 8521 3440 8526 3427 8550
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Union | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union, White | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall, Lumpkin, White | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 16 min |
| Jun 24, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray and 2 more | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon | 22 min |
| Jun 24, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Pickens | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Floyd, Gordon, Pickens | 50 min |
| Jun 24, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall, White | 25 min |
| Jun 24, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Paulding, Polk | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fulton | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Paulding | 43 min |
| Jun 24, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 16 min |
| Jun 24, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Henry | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 24 min |
| Jun 24, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Heard | 27 min |
| Jun 24, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Spalding | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard | 51 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.