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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 520, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 22, 2011, 6:02 PM EST for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 43 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
- Dec 22, 2011, 6:02 PM EST (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2011, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Harris County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Pike County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Upson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 3:20 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 45 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.
141
WUUS52 KFFC 222302
SVRFFC
GAC145-199-231-263-293-222345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0520.111222T2302Z-111222T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
602 PM EST THU DEC 22 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHWESTERN TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHERN UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 645 PM EST
* AT 558 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF WARM SPRINGS...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SHILOH...MANCHESTER...WOODBURY...MOLENA...THOMASTON...MEANSVILLE...
YATESVILLE AND THE ROCK.
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 3311 8426 3309 8424 3304 8425 3303 8427
3299 8427 3299 8416 3294 8412 3287 8412
3277 8481 3295 8484
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 258DEG 35KT 3289 8474
$$2 follow-up statements
709
WWUS52 KFFC 222323
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
623 PM EST THU DEC 22 2011
GAC145-222333-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0520.000000T0000Z-111222T2345Z/
HARRIS GA-
623 PM EST THU DEC 22 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HARRIS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3294 8458 3311 8426 3308 8424 3304 8425
3303 8427 3299 8427 3298 8417 3294 8412
3287 8412 3283 8466
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 258DEG 35KT 3293 8450
$$
GAC199-231-263-293-222345-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0520.000000T0000Z-111222T2345Z/
TALBOT GA-PIKE GA-MERIWETHER GA-UPSON GA-
623 PM EST THU DEC 22 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EST
FOR NORTHERN UPSON...SOUTHEASTERN MERIWETHER...SOUTHEASTERN PIKE AND
EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL TALBOT COUNTIES...
AT 621 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 CREST...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SPREWELL BLUFF STATE PARK...ROWLAND...SUNNYSIDE...ATWATER...LIFSEY
SPRINGS...HANNAHS MILL...THOMASTON...MEANSVILLE...REDBONE
CROSSROADS...YATESVILLE AND THE ROCK.
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 3294 8458 3311 8426 3308 8424 3304 8425
3303 8427 3299 8427 3298 8417 3294 8412
3287 8412 3283 8466
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 258DEG 35KT 3293 8450
$$805
WWUS52 KFFC 222339
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
639 PM EST THU DEC 22 2011
GAC199-231-263-293-222349-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0520.000000T0000Z-111222T2345Z/
TALBOT GA-PIKE GA-MERIWETHER GA-UPSON GA-
639 PM EST THU DEC 22 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN UPSON...SOUTHEASTERN
MERIWETHER...SOUTHEASTERN PIKE AND EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL TALBOT
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 645 PM EST...
AT 635 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ATWATER...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MEANSVILLE...REDBONE CROSSROADS...YATESVILLE AND THE ROCK.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3294 8458 3311 8426 3308 8424 3304 8425
3303 8427 3299 8427 3298 8417 3294 8412
3287 8412 3283 8466
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 258DEG 35KT 3296 8432
$$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, 5:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Troup | 43 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, 6:08 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.