Severe Thunderstorm Warning 461, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 8, 2011, 6:38 PM EDT (22:38 UTC)

Expired

Aug 8, 2011, 7:15 PM EDT

In force

37 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Pickens County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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857 
WUUS52 KFFC 082238
SVRFFC
GAC015-057-129-227-082315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0461.110808T2238Z-110808T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
638 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHEASTERN BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 637 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 11 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF WALESKA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  FUNKHOUSER...SALACOA VALLEY...TALMADGE AND LAKE ARROWHEAD.

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 3443 8442 3424 8455 3440 8481 3450 8474
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 299DEG 10KT 3443 8469

$$

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.