Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 381, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2011, 3:08 PM EDT for Macon County, Schley County, Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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 26, 2011, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Macon County, GA, Schley County, GA, Taylor County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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 26, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 1451 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
524 WUUS52 KFFC 261908 SVRFFC GAC193-249-269-261945- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0381.110626T1908Z-110626T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 308 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN MACON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA CENTRAL SCHLEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 345 PM EDT * AT 306 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR IDEAL...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ELLAVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. 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 900 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3227 8407 3222 8433 3250 8437 3253 8416 TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 349DEG 9KT 3242 8425 $$
1 follow-up statement
331 WWUS52 KFFC 261924 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 324 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011 GAC193-249-269-261945- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0381.000000T0000Z-110626T1945Z/ SCHLEY GA-MACON GA-TAYLOR GA- 324 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN TAYLOR...WESTERN MACON AND CENTRAL SCHLEY COUNTIES... AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUPERT. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED BEHIND THIS ONE...5 MILES SOUTH OF BUTLER...AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHARING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3227 8407 3222 8433 3250 8437 3253 8416 TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 180DEG 0KT 3243 8425 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 11:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walker | 23 min |
| Jun 26, 12:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 14 min |
| Jun 26, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 20 min |
| Jun 26, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 15 min |
| Jun 26, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Walker, Whitfield | 54 min |
| Jun 26, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 23 min |
| Jun 26, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Polk, Walker and 1 more | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding, Pickens | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard, Troup | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton and 2 more | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Hall, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Henry, Spalding | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 53 min |
| Jun 26, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Lamar, Newton and 3 more | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Spalding | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Marion, Taylor | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Hall, Jackson, Morgan and 4 more | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Taylor | 30 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.