Severe Thunderstorm Warning 472, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 9, 2011, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)

Expired

Aug 9, 2011, 6:13 PM EDT

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Crisp County, GA

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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214 
WUUS52 KFFC 092143
SVRFFC
GAC081-092230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0472.110809T2143Z-110809T2230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRISP COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 542 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 6 MILES       
  SOUTHWEST OF CORDELE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

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 3183 8388 3184 8394 3185 8395 3190 8394
      3193 8392 3203 8396 3203 8361 3181 8361
      3180 8362 3180 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 268DEG 16KT 3188 8387

$$

975 
WWUS52 KFFC 092213
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
613 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011

GAC081-092223-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0472.000000T0000Z-110809T2230Z/
CRISP GA-
613 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CRISP COUNTY 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 3183 8388 3184 8394 3185 8395 3190 8394
      3193 8392 3203 8396 3203 8361 3181 8361
      3180 8362 3180 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 268DEG 16KT 3188 8371

$$

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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.