Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 423, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2011, 2:26 PM EDT for Towns County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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
- Jul 4, 2011, 2:26 PM EDT (18:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2011, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Towns County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hiawassee, GA | TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. |
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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 1794 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
399
WUUS52 KFFC 041826
SVRFFC
GAC281-041900-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0423.110704T1826Z-110704T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
226 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN TOWNS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT
* AT 221 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIAWASSEE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PLUM
ORCHARD GAP SHELTER...TITUS AND MACEDONIA.
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 3494 8358 3491 8360 3488 8365 3486 8366
3487 8380 3490 8381 3491 8383 3499 8388
3500 8360
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 263DEG 3KT 3495 8378
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 10:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 32 min |
| Jul 4, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 23 min |
| Jul 4, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 32 min |
| Jul 4, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Butts, Hancock, Jones, Lamar, Monroe and 3 more | 44 min |
| Jul 4, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 23 min |
| Jul 4, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 26 min |
| Jul 4, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan, Oglethorpe | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 32 min |
| Jul 4, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale, Walton | 44 min |
| Jul 4, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington, Wilkinson | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 29 min |
| Jul 4, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 26 min |
| Jul 4, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 24 min |
| Jul 4, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 35 min |
| Jul 4, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton | 33 min |
| Jul 4, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Union | 32 min |
| Jul 4, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Union | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 32 min |
| Jul 4, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 51 min |
| Jul 4, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin, Towns, Union | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Paulding | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Lumpkin, White | 29 min |
| Jul 4, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade, Walker | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 26 min |
| Jul 4, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Lumpkin, White | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Gordon, Paulding | 32 min |
| Jul 4, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 29 min |
| Jul 4, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 45 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.