Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 519, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 22, 2011, 5:32 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 43 min. 8 reports 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
- Dec 22, 2011, 5:32 PM EST (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2011, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 5:34 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Hogansville, GA | 911 RELAYED A REPORT OF SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE HOGANSVILLE AREA. |
| Dec 22, 5:44 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 S Luthersville, GA | 911 RELAYES A REPORT OF THREE TREES DOWN IN THE PRIMROSE COMMUNITY. |
| Dec 22, 5:44 PM EST | TORNADO 1 | 2 Sw Moreland, GA | A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASSESSMENT TEAM DETERMINED THAT AS THE STORM PROGRESSED NORTHEAST...A CIRCULATION DEVELOPED AND TIGHTENED BETWEEN GRANTVILLE AND MORELAND RESULTING IN SHORT LIVED TORNADO DAMAGE. A DAMAGE PATH OF JUST OVER A MILE WAS FOUND WITH EF1 D |
| Dec 22, 5:45 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Moreland, GA | POWER LINES DOWN ON WEST GRANTVILLE RD. |
| Dec 22, 5:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Moreland, GA | POWER LINES DOWN ON MARTIN MILL RD. |
| Dec 22, 6:16 PM EST | TORNADO 1 | 2 S Woolsey, GA | AN NWS ASSESSMENT TEAM DETERMINED THAT A WEAK TORNADO WITH WINDS OF 95 MPH TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 616 PM EST ON THE NORTHEAST SHORE OF LAKE HORTON NEAR THE END OF WOOLSEY CREEK TRAIL AND JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 92. THE TORNADO TRAVELED 1.6 MILES WITH INTERMITTENT DA |
| Dec 22, 6:18 PM EST | TORNADO 0 | 5 Nnw Fayetteville, GA | A NWS DAMAGE SURVEY CONCLUDED A WEAK TORNADO...RATED EF0 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 80 MPH...TOUCHED DOWN NEAR LEES MILL RD JUST WEST OF HWY 92 IN NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY. THE TORNADO TRAVELED NORTHEAST ABOUT 1 MILE. ABOUT 50 TREES AND 6 POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED OR |
| Dec 22, 6:20 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Woolsey, GA | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED ROOF DAMAGE TO RESIDENCE ALONG MUD BRIDGE ROAD ALONG WITH A LARGE BARN AND TWO OUT HOUSES DESTROYED. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 3:20 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 549 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
619
WUUS52 KFFC 222232
SVRFFC
GAC077-113-199-285-222315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0519.111222T2232Z-111222T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
532 PM EST THU DEC 22 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 615 PM EST
* AT 530 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOGANSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LONE
OAK...GRANTVILLE...LUTHERSVILLE...MORELAND...SHARPSBURG...TURIN...
HARALSON...SENOIA...PEACHTREE CITY...BROOKS...FAYETTEVILLE AND
WOOLSEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. ALTHOUGH
CURRENT DATA DOES NOT INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF A TORNADO...A TORNADO
MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
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 1100 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3320 8502 3322 8495 3325 8494 3353 8448
3338 8439 3332 8438 3329 8442 3326 8443
3325 8451 3321 8450 3303 8498 3316 8509
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 244DEG 38KT 3315 8493
$$1 follow-up statement
818
WWUS52 KFFC 222256
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
556 PM EST THU DEC 22 2011
GAC285-222306-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0519.000000T0000Z-111222T2315Z/
TROUP GA-
556 PM EST THU DEC 22 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TROUP COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3353 8448 3338 8439 3332 8438 3329 8442
3326 8443 3325 8451 3321 8450 3313 8472
3326 8477 3331 8484
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 244DEG 38KT 3326 8466
$$
GAC077-113-199-222315-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0519.000000T0000Z-111222T2315Z/
MERIWETHER GA-COWETA GA-FAYETTE GA-
556 PM EST THU DEC 22 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EST
FOR FAYETTE...SOUTHEASTERN COWETA AND NORTHEASTERN MERIWETHER
COUNTIES...
AT 553 PM EST...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 LUTHERSVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THERE IS ALSO A TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT FOR A
PORTION OF THE WARNED AREA.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SHARPSBURG...TURIN...HARALSON...SENOIA...PEACHTREE CITY...STARRS
MILL...BROOKS...LAKE HORTON...FAYETTEVILLE...INMAN AND WOOLSEY.
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 1100 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3353 8448 3338 8439 3332 8438 3329 8442
3326 8443 3325 8451 3321 8450 3313 8472
3326 8477 3331 8484
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 244DEG 38KT 3326 8466
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 9:11 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 47 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 22, 8:04 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 47 more | 116 min |
| Dec 22, 3:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Haralson, Polk | 39 min |
| Dec 22, 4:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 61 min |
| Dec 22, 4:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 32 min |
| Dec 22, 4:34 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union | 26 min |
| Dec 22, 4:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray and 2 more | 53 min |
| Dec 22, 4:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard, Troup | 66 min |
| Dec 22, 4:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon | 23 min |
| Dec 22, 4:56 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 34 min |
| Dec 22, 5:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon | 32 min |
| Dec 22, 5:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard | 45 min |
| Dec 22, 5:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Murray, Pickens | 25 min |
| Dec 22, 5:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Pickens | 31 min |
| Dec 22, 5:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 24 min |
| Dec 22, 5:40 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 35 min |
| Dec 22, 5:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether | 46 min |
| Dec 22, 6:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson | 43 min |
| Dec 22, 6:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall | 37 min |
| Dec 22, 6:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Pike, Spalding | 49 min |
| Dec 22, 6:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley, Taylor | 25 min |
| Dec 22, 6:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 27 min |
| Dec 22, 6:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe, Upson | 47 min |
| Dec 22, 6:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Jackson, Madison and 1 more | 47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.