Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 378, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT for Coweta County, Fayette County, Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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 24, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2011, 8:43 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Meriwether County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 24, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 10 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -532 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
192
WUUS52 KFFC 250015
SVRFFC
GAC077-113-199-250100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0378.110625T0015Z-110625T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
815 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 811 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST OF TYRONE TO NORTH OF
MORELAND TO WEST OF GRANTVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SHARPSBURG...TURIN...LONE OAK...PEACHTREE CITY...LUTHERSVILLE...
SENOIA...FAYETTEVILLE...HARALSON...BROOKS AND WOOLSEY.
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.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
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 3323 8489 3337 8475 3351 8471 3350 8461
3355 8444 3350 8442 3347 8438 3343 8440
3332 8438 3326 8444 3325 8451 3318 8450
3310 8453 3310 8486 3322 8486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 295DEG 28KT 3350 8468 3337 8474
3322 8494
$$1 follow-up statement
847
WWUS52 KFFC 250043
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
843 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011
GAC077-113-199-250051-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0378.000000T0000Z-110625T0100Z/
MERIWETHER GA-COWETA GA-FAYETTE GA-
843 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FAYETTE...EASTERN COWETA AND
NORTHERN MERIWETHER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. FOLKS ACROSS FAYETTE...EASTERN COWETA AND NORTHERN MERIWETHER
COUNTIES SHOULD BE CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING DUE TO PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3323 8489 3337 8475 3351 8471 3350 8461
3355 8444 3350 8442 3347 8438 3343 8440
3332 8438 3326 8444 3325 8451 3318 8450
3310 8453 3310 8486 3322 8486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 295DEG 28KT 3340 8446 3327 8452
3312 8472
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Meriwether and 3 more | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 9:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe, Talbot, Upson | 43 min |
| Jun 24, 9:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Glascock, Jefferson, Washington, Wilkinson | 39 min |
| Jun 24, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 10:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Washington | 51 min |
| Jun 25, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 50 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.