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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 419, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2011, 5:03 PM EDT for Butts County, Lamar County, Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 13 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2011, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2011, 5:16 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Butts County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Spalding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 49 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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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 1281 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1095 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
107
WUUS52 KFFC 032103
SVRFFC
GAC035-171-255-032130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0419.110703T2103Z-110703T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
503 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BUTTS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 458 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
JENKINSBURG...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CHAPPEL MILL.
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 3330 8412 3330 8408 3332 8407 3331 8406
3336 8404 3336 8402 3326 8389 3320 8396
3320 8404 3313 8404 3311 8406 3320 8420
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 041DEG 12KT 3325 8405
$$1 follow-up statement
359
WWUS52 KFFC 032116
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
516 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011
GAC035-171-255-032126-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0419.000000T0000Z-110703T2130Z/
SPALDING GA-LAMAR GA-BUTTS GA-
516 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BUTTS...
NORTHEASTERN LAMAR AND SOUTHEASTERN SPALDING COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3330 8412 3330 8408 3332 8407 3331 8406
3336 8404 3336 8402 3326 8389 3320 8396
3320 8404 3313 8404 3311 8406 3320 8420
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 041DEG 12KT 3322 8408
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette, Spalding | 24 min |
| Jul 2, 8:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette, Spalding | 23 min |
| Jul 2, 9:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 10:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 10:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 27 min |
| Jul 2, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 24 min |
| Jul 3, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 41 min |
| Jul 3, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan | 25 min |
| Jul 3, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 36 min |
| Jul 3, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 30 min |
| Jul 3, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 41 min |
| Jul 3, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Lamar | 37 min |
| Jul 3, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 31 min |
| Jul 3, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 53 min |
| Jul 3, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 27 min |
| Jul 3, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 24 min |
| Jul 3, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee | 36 min |
| Jul 3, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 30 min |
| Jul 3, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 32 min |
| Jul 3, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 36 min |
| Jul 3, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Jones | 28 min |
| Jul 3, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Terrell | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 30 min |
| Jul 3, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones | 23 min |
| Jul 3, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 34 min |
| Jul 3, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 26 min |
| Jul 3, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Jul 3, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.