Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 482, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 2011, 3:20 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 2011, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bleckley County, GA, Houston County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Twiggs County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 12:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
162
WUUS52 KFFC 051920
SVRFFC
GAC023-153-235-289-051945-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0482.110905T1920Z-110905T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
320 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN BLECKLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT
* AT 315 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP
TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 26 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF JEFFERSONVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PORTER...MAGNOLIA...COLEY STATION...ROYAL...KATHLEEN...BONAIRE...
TARVERSVILLE...BULLARD...DISTRICT PATH...MARION...RIPLEY...
FITZPATRICK AND HUBER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3231 8363 3274 8358 3277 8353 3275 8332
3269 8329 3229 8341
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 191DEG 41KT 3239 8350
$$2 follow-up statements
741
WWUS52 KFFC 051933
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
333 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
GAC023-153-235-051943-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0482.000000T0000Z-110905T1945Z/
PULASKI GA-BLECKLEY GA-HOUSTON GA-
333 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN HOUSTON...WESTERN
BLECKLEY AND NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THE EARLIER WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE COUNTY.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3248 8349 3252 8354 3256 8355 3258 8354
3263 8354 3266 8357 3266 8359 3274 8358
3277 8353 3275 8332 3269 8329 3252 8334
3246 8349
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 191DEG 41KT 3254 8347
$$
GAC289-051945-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0482.000000T0000Z-110905T1945Z/
TWIGGS GA-
333 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR TWIGGS COUNTY...
AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP
TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TARVERSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT
45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BULLARD...DISTRICT PATH...MARION...RIPLEY...FITZPATRICK...HUBER AND
JEFFERSONVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3248 8349 3252 8354 3256 8355 3258 8354
3263 8354 3266 8357 3266 8359 3274 8358
3277 8353 3275 8332 3269 8329 3252 8334
3246 8349
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 191DEG 41KT 3254 8347
$$280
WWUS52 KFFC 051945
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
345 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
GAC289-051954-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0482.000000T0000Z-110905T1945Z/
TWIGGS GA-
345 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TWIGGS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 345
PM EDT...
AT 339 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THE STORM IS BEGINNING TO
WEAKEN AND THUS THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. GUSTY WINDS
WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BULLARD...MOVING
NORTH AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RIPLEY...FITZPATRICK...HUBER AND JEFFERSONVILLE.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3248 8349 3252 8354 3256 8355 3258 8354
3263 8354 3266 8357 3266 8359 3274 8358
3277 8353 3275 8332 3269 8329 3252 8334
3246 8349
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 191DEG 41KT 3266 8344
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 12:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 59 hr |
| Sep 5, 12:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 23 min |
| Sep 5, 12:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Troup | 36 min |
| Sep 5, 1:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 20 min |
| Sep 5, 1:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 1:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas | 35 min |
| Sep 5, 2:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 35 min |
| Sep 5, 2:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 41 min |
| Sep 5, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 48 min |
| Sep 5, 2:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 42 min |
| Sep 5, 2:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 34 min |
| Sep 5, 2:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 39 min |
| Sep 5, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 30 min |
| Sep 5, 3:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 42 min |
| Sep 5, 3:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether | 37 min |
| Sep 5, 3:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding | 34 min |
| Sep 5, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 33 min |
| Sep 5, 3:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 3:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 40 min |
| Sep 5, 3:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Paulding | 48 min |
| Sep 5, 4:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Union | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 4:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Morgan, Oconee | 29 min |
| Sep 5, 4:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton | 36 min |
| Sep 5, 4:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry | 47 min |
| Sep 5, 4:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 20 min |
| Sep 5, 4:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding | 40 min |
| Sep 5, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oconee | 49 min |
| Sep 5, 4:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 47 min |
| Sep 5, 4:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 41 min |
| Sep 5, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 48 min |
| Sep 5, 5:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford | 18 min |
| Sep 5, 5:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Pickens | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 5:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Madison | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 30 min |
| Sep 5, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett, Hall | 41 min |
| Sep 5, 6:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones, Putnam | 24 min |
| Sep 5, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 33 min |
| Sep 5, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.