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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 404, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 27, 2011Douglas County, Paulding County, Georgia

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 1:04 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG6 Nnw Chattahoochee Hil, GADOUGLAS 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2011-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 761 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2011-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

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1 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

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 8:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston23 min
Jun 26, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam36 min
Jun 26, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee, Oglethorpe31 min
Jun 26, 8:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon26 min
Jun 26, 8:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Putnam50 min
Jun 26, 8:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart31 min
Jun 26, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Houston, Peach25 min
Jun 26, 8:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe39 min
Jun 26, 8:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster35 min
Jun 26, 8:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson34 min
Jun 26, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Butts, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe62 min
Jun 26, 9:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Houston, Twiggs27 min
Jun 26, 9:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler24 min
Jun 26, 9:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Greene, Hancock, Madison, Morgan, Oconee and 3 more62 min
Jun 26, 9:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter36 min
Jun 26, 9:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson46 min
Jun 26, 10:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Wheeler29 min
Jun 26, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen27 min
Jun 26, 10:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Wilcox28 min
Jun 26, 10:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair31 min
Jun 26, 10:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Toombs27 min
Jun 26, 10:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Emanuel, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs and 2 more49 min
Jun 26, 11:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery51 min
Jun 27, 9:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot45 min
Jun 27, 9:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion26 min
Jun 27, 10:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot21 min
Jun 27, 10:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot23 min
Jun 27, 11:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot41 min
Jun 27, 11:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot27 min
Jun 27, 12:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot32 min
Jun 27, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor37 min
Jun 27, 1:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas25 min
Jun 27, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor49 min
Jun 27, 1:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton28 min
Jun 27, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Fayette30 min
Jun 27, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether51 min
Jun 27, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSpalding24 min
Jun 27, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup33 min
Jun 27, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris29 min
Jun 27, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray31 min
Jun 27, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris35 min
Jun 27, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Pickens49 min
Jun 27, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee38 min
Jun 27, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb26 min
Jun 27, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGwinnett46 min
Jun 27, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart43 min
Jun 27, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes46 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.