Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 428, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2011, 5:23 PM EDT for Fannin County, Union County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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, 5:23 PM EDT (21:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fannin County, GA, Union County, GA
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 5:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 W Blairsville, GA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON OLD HIGHWAY 76 WEST OF BLAIRSVILLE. |
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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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.
972 WUUS52 KFFC 042123 SVRFFC GAC111-291-042215- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0428.110704T2123Z-110704T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 523 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 615 PM EDT * AT 520 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 HEMP... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JONES CREEK...NOTTELY DAM AND IVY LOG. 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. && LAT...LON 3499 8397 3478 8401 3485 8422 3499 8421 TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 273DEG 13KT 3488 8412 $$
1 follow-up statement
470 WWUS52 KFFC 042200 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 600 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011 GAC111-291-042210- /O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0428.000000T0000Z-110704T2215Z/ UNION GA-FANNIN GA- 600 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FANNIN AND NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. LAT...LON 3499 8397 3478 8401 3485 8422 3499 8421 TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 273DEG 13KT 3487 8396 $$
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, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns | 34 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, 5:24 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.