Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 404, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2011, 12:53 PM EDT for Douglas County, Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 27, 2011, 12:53 PM EDT (16:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2011, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Douglas County, GA, Paulding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 1:04 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nnw Chattahoochee Hil, GA | DOUGLAS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELAYED A REPORT OF A DOWNED TREE ON DORSETT BRIDGE ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 761 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 705 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
059
WUUS52 KFFC 271653
SVRFFC
GAC097-223-271745-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0404.110627T1653Z-110627T1745Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1253 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 145 PM EDT
* AT 1248 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIRAM...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DOUGLASVILLE AND LITHIA SPRINGS.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3395 8480 3388 8472 3381 8473 3380 8463
3375 8458 3365 8466 3364 8473 3362 8474
3363 8475 3358 8482 3373 8491 3378 8490
3379 8494 3383 8496
TIME...MOT...LOC 1653Z 316DEG 14KT 3382 8480
$$
161 follow-up statement
025
WWUS52 KFFC 271724
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
124 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
GAC223-271731-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0404.000000T0000Z-110627T1745Z/
PAULDING GA-
124 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED INTO DOUGLAS COUNTY. ANOTHER
THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF HIRAM WAS PRODUCING OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING
AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...BUT WAS BELOW THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
THRESHOLDS OF ONE INCH IN DIAMETER HAIL OR WIND GUSTS OF 58 MILES
AND HOUR OR MORE.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3378 8490 3379 8473 3380 8472 3381 8469
3380 8463 3375 8458 3369 8463 3368 8466
3366 8466 3364 8473 3362 8474 3363 8475
3358 8482 3373 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 1721Z 316DEG 14KT 3374 8471
$$
GAC097-271745-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0404.000000T0000Z-110627T1745Z/
DOUGLAS GA-
124 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT
FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY...
AT 118 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
DOUGLASVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHAPEL
HILL AND SWEETWATER CREEK STATE PARK.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3378 8490 3379 8473 3380 8472 3381 8469
3380 8463 3375 8458 3369 8463 3368 8466
3366 8466 3364 8473 3362 8474 3363 8475
3358 8482 3373 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 1721Z 316DEG 14KT 3374 8471
$$
16The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 23 min |
| Jun 26, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee, Oglethorpe | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 8:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 8:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Putnam | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Peach | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 8:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Butts, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 9:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Twiggs | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 9:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 9:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Hancock, Madison, Morgan, Oconee and 3 more | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 9:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 9:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 10:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 10:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 10:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 10:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 10:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Emanuel, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs and 2 more | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 11:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery | 51 min |
| Jun 27, 9:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 9:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 26 min |
| Jun 27, 10:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 21 min |
| Jun 27, 10:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 23 min |
| Jun 27, 11:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot | 41 min |
| Jun 27, 11:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 27 min |
| Jun 27, 12:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot | 32 min |
| Jun 27, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 1:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 25 min |
| Jun 27, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 49 min |
| Jun 27, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 28 min |
| Jun 27, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 30 min |
| Jun 27, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 51 min |
| Jun 27, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 24 min |
| Jun 27, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Pickens | 49 min |
| Jun 27, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 26 min |
| Jun 27, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.