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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 508, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 16, 2011Laurens County, Wilkinson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 16, 2011, 4:17 PM EST for Laurens County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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
Nov 16, 2011, 4:17 PM EST (21:17 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 2011, 5:00 PM EST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Laurens County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 16, 4:53 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG3 Wsw Tuckers Crossroad, GALAURENS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL DOWNED TREES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 16, 1:35 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2011-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 627 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2011-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
627 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

015 
WUUS52 KFFC 162117
SVRFFC
GAC175-319-162200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0508.111116T2117Z-111116T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
417 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN WILKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 500 PM EST

* AT 414 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALLENTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

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

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 900 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING 
FOR GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3252 8319 3268 8329 3282 8297 3280 8296
      3277 8296 3275 8294 3271 8295 3272 8286
      3270 8283 3268 8279 3266 8280 3264 8276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 246DEG 37KT 3257 8328

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 16, 11:23 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade67 min
Nov 16, 12:04 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd, Polk41 min
Nov 16, 12:22 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Douglas38 min
Nov 16, 12:46 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCobb, Paulding29 min
Nov 16, 1:06 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb, Fulton39 min
Nov 16, 1:11 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHarris, Troup49 min
Nov 16, 1:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, DeKalb, Fulton35 min
Nov 16, 1:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Forsyth47 min
Nov 16, 1:42 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFannin, Murray48 min
Nov 16, 1:44 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett26 min
Nov 16, 1:52 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether, Talbot, Upson38 min
Nov 16, 1:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Union31 min
Nov 16, 2:04 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHall26 min
Nov 16, 2:13 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee47 min
Nov 16, 2:24 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCLamar, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson36 min
Nov 16, 2:37 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray53 min
Nov 16, 2:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion24 min
Nov 16, 2:56 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Lamar, Monroe34 min
Nov 16, 3:00 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart, Webster45 min
Nov 16, 3:08 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam39 min
Nov 16, 3:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Twiggs, Wilkinson40 min
Nov 16, 3:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington58 min
Nov 16, 3:38 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Webster37 min
Nov 16, 3:44 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock, Putnam46 min
Nov 16, 3:44 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington46 min
Nov 16, 3:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Houston, Twiggs36 min
Nov 16, 4:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Washington, Wilkinson42 min
Nov 16, 4:13 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon, Schley, Sumter, Taylor32 min
Nov 16, 4:21 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly39 min
Nov 16, 4:23 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJefferson, Washington37 min
Nov 16, 4:50 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens40 min
Nov 16, 5:00 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp30 min
Nov 16, 5:00 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJefferson45 min
Nov 16, 5:06 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJefferson39 min
Nov 16, 5:21 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Pulaski, Wilcox24 min
Nov 16, 5:27 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCEmanuel48 min
Nov 16, 5:41 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Pulaski, Wilcox49 min
Nov 16, 5:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair, Wilcox51 min
Nov 16, 6:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler37 min
Nov 16, 6:51 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCMontgomery, Telfair, Wheeler39 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.