Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 25, 2011, 2:25 AM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 54 min. 4 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
- Feb 25, 2011, 2:25 AM EST (07:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2011, 3:19 AM EST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cherokee County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Pickens County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2:41 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Ellijay, GA | GILMER COUNTY 911 RELAYED REPORTS OF 2 DOWNED TREES IN ELLIJAY. |
| Feb 25, 3:00 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Epworth, GA | ONE TREE DOWN. |
| Feb 25, 3:07 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Blue Ridge, GA | FANNIN COUNTY 911 RELAYED REPORTS OF 2 DOWNED TREES. |
| Feb 25, 3:09 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Jasper, GA | PICKENS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A DOWNED TREE IN ELLIJAY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 11:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1511 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
521
WUUS52 KFFC 250725
SVRFFC
GAC057-111-123-227-250830-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0004.110225T0725Z-110225T0830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
225 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 330 AM EST
* AT 225 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP
TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
10 MILES WEST OF MCCAYSVILLE-COPPERHILL TO 10 MILES WEST OF TALKING
ROCK TO 20 MILES WEST OF WOODSTOCK...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ELLIJAY...EAST ELLIJAY...WALESKA...BLUE RIDGE...JASPER...
MORGANTON...CANTON...HOLLY SPRINGS...NELSON...BALL GROUND...
BUFFINGTON AND FREE HOME.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND 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 400 AM EST FRIDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3499 8414 3494 8418 3488 8411 3483 8415
3478 8412 3464 8416 3457 8425 3458 8433
3455 8434 3447 8432 3447 8426 3419 8426
3418 8435 3408 8442 3409 8459 3411 8461
3409 8465 3473 8465 3481 8459 3500 8462
TIME...MOT...LOC 0725Z 270DEG 54KT 3499 8449 3452 8462
3418 8480
$$2 follow-up statements
461
WWUS52 KFFC 250759
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
259 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011
GAC057-111-123-227-250830-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110225T0830Z/
CHEROKEE GA-PICKENS GA-GILMER GA-FANNIN GA-
259 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EST
FOR FANNIN...GILMER...PICKENS AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
AT 255 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR EPWORTH TO TALKING ROCK TO KELLOGG
CREEK...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
A WEAKENING TREND HAS BEEN NOTED ON RADAR AND IF THIS CONTINUES...
THE WARNING MAY BE CANCELLED EARLY OR ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AT THIS TIME... THESE STORMS REMAIN DANGEROUS. IF YOU ARE IN
ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD
MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST FRIDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3499 8414 3494 8418 3488 8411 3483 8415
3478 8412 3464 8416 3457 8425 3458 8433
3455 8434 3447 8432 3447 8426 3419 8426
3418 8435 3408 8442 3409 8459 3411 8461
3409 8465 3473 8465 3481 8459 3500 8462
TIME...MOT...LOC 0758Z 277DEG 36KT 3491 8431 3449 8440
3411 8455
$$277
WWUS52 KFFC 250819
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
319 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011
GAC057-111-123-227-250827-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110225T0830Z/
CHEROKEE GA-PICKENS GA-GILMER GA-FANNIN GA-
319 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FANNIN...GILMER...PICKENS AND
CHEROKEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS WEAKENED AND IS QUICKLY MOVING EAST
OUT OF FANNIN ...GILMER ...PICKENS AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES AND SEVERE
WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.
ALTHOUGH THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45
MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING ARE STILL POSSIBLE
WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS AS IT MOVES EAST AT 45 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF FANNIN ...GILMER ...PICKENS
AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES AND SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.
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 400 AM EST FRIDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3499 8414 3494 8418 3488 8411 3483 8415
3478 8412 3464 8416 3457 8425 3458 8433
3455 8434 3447 8432 3447 8426 3419 8426
3418 8435 3408 8442 3409 8459 3411 8461
3409 8465 3473 8465 3481 8459 3500 8462
TIME...MOT...LOC 0817Z 277DEG 36KT 3488 8408 3446 8417
3409 8432
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 1:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Walker | 63 min |
| Feb 25, 1:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 57 min |
| Feb 25, 1:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 54 min |
| Feb 25, 2:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Troup | 54 min |
| Feb 25, 2:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Hall | 62 min |
| Feb 25, 2:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 27 min |
| Feb 25, 3:19 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 13 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.