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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 511, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 16, 2011, 7:26 PM EST for Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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
- Nov 16, 2011, 7:26 PM EST (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2011, 7:49 PM EST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Toombs County, GA
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 1:35 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 769 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 991 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
058
WUUS52 KFFC 170026
SVRFFC
GAC279-170115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0511.111117T0026Z-111117T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
726 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL TOOMBS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 815 PM EST
* AT 722 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR VIDALIA TO CEDAR
CROSSING...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
JOHNSON CORNER...PONDEROSA...NEW BRANCH AND OHOOPEE.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3202 8220 3198 8248 3210 8242 3217 8245
3220 8245 3221 8244 3227 8222 3225 8220
3222 8220 3218 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 257DEG 40KT 3218 8233 3212 8231
3204 8236
$$1 follow-up statement
938
WWUS52 KFFC 170049
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
749 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011
GAC279-170058-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0511.000000T0000Z-111117T0115Z/
TOOMBS GA-
749 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL TOOMBS COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
SEVERE WEATHER. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND OCCASIONAL
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS TOOMBS COUNTY FOR
ANOTHER 30 TO 45 MINUTES...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED
AT THIS TIME.
LAT...LON 3202 8220 3198 8248 3210 8242 3217 8245
3220 8245 3221 8244 3227 8222 3225 8220
3222 8220 3218 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 257DEG 40KT 3223 8205 3217 8203
3209 8208
$$
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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.