Severe Thunderstorm Warning 469, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 9, 2011, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)

Expired

Aug 9, 2011, 5:45 PM EDT

In force

42 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Twiggs County, GA

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 12 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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533 
WUUS52 KFFC 092103
SVRFFC
GAC289-092145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0469.110809T2103Z-110809T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
503 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL 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 15 MILES      
  NORTHWEST OF JEFFERSONVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DANVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 3260 8354 3266 8356 3266 8358 3268 8361
      3274 8360 3274 8357 3282 8349 3284 8351
      3285 8350 3289 8340 3258 8323 3258 8324
      3252 8337
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 291DEG 32KT 3278 8355

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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.