Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 26, 2011, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)

Expired

Mar 26, 2011, 5:45 PM EDT

In force

44 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Haralson County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Polk County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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688 
WUUS52 KFFC 262101
SVRFFC
GAC143-223-233-262145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0041.110326T2101Z-110326T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
501 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  WESTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 459 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 29 MILES WEST
  OF BRASWELL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ESOM
  HILL...FELTON...ANTIOCH...EUBANK LAKE...DRAKETOWN...VAN WERT...
  YORKVILLE AND UNION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. ALTHOUGH
CURRENT DATA DOES NOT INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF A TORNADO...A TORNADO
MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3401 8490 3379 8489 3379 8495 3381 8505
      3380 8505 3382 8538 3397 8540
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 267DEG 35KT 3389 8542

$$

651 
WWUS52 KFFC 262140
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
540 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011

GAC143-223-233-262150-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-110326T2145Z/
POLK GA-PAULDING GA-HARALSON GA-
540 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN HARALSON...WESTERN
PAULDING AND SOUTHERN POLK COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 
545 PM EDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER 
SEVERE. HEAVY RAIN AND SOME LIGHTNING CAN STILL BE EXPECTED THROUGH 
600 PM EDT.

IF YOU SAW 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3401 8490 3379 8489 3379 8495 3381 8505
      3380 8505 3382 8538 3397 8540
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 267DEG 35KT 3391 8496

$$

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.