Severe Thunderstorm Warning 387, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jun 26, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 26, 2011, 6:45 PM EDT

In force

45 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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450 
WUUS52 KFFC 262200
SVRFFC
GAC015-057-067-223-227-262245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0387.110626T2200Z-110626T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHWESTERN COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 555 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 WEST OF TALKING ROCK TO WEST OF WHITE 
  AND WEST OF DALLAS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  CARTERSVILLE...EMERSON...ACWORTH...WALESKA...HIRAM...KENNESAW...
  JASPER...CANTON...HOLLY SPRINGS...POWDER SPRINGS...WOODSTOCK...
  BUFFINGTON...NELSON...AUSTELL...BALL GROUND AND MARIETTA.

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 900 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3444 8432 3420 8438 3409 8443 3380 8463
      3377 8489 3381 8504 3395 8505 3396 8497
      3407 8493 3418 8479 3441 8469 3441 8465
      3455 8465 3455 8437 3457 8435
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 289DEG 28KT 3458 8473 3427 8481
          3397 8500

$$

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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.