Severe Thunderstorm Warning 385, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jun 26, 2011, 5:53 PM EDT (21:53 UTC)

Expired

Jun 26, 2011, 6:30 PM EDT

In force

37 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Carroll County, GA, Haralson County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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167 
WUUS52 KFFC 262153
SVRFFC
GAC045-143-262230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0385.110626T2153Z-110626T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
553 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 547 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 
  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 TALLAPOOSA...THROUGH TALLAPOOSA TO 
  WEST OF BOWDON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNT
  ZION...WACO...BREMEN...BUCHANAN...VILLA RICA...TEMPLE...ROOPVILLE
  AND CARROLLTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT 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 3390 8539 3391 8511 3390 8504 3382 8504
      3379 8491 3358 8491 3345 8498 3343 8502
      3343 8522 3344 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 285DEG 23KT 3385 8541 3370 8532
          3346 8543

$$

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.