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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 26, 2011Chattahoochee County, Stewart County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2011, 7:21 PM EDT for Chattahoochee County, Stewart County, Georgia. It was in force for 54 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
Mar 26, 2011, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Stewart County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 26, 8:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 Wnw Lumpkin, GASTEWART COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO WITH TREES DOWN ON CANYON ROAD.

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
Mar 26, 1:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2011-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2011-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

330 
WUUS52 KFFC 262321
SVRFFC
GAC053-259-270015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0058.110326T2321Z-110327T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
721 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  STEWART COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 713 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES WEST
  OF LUMPKIN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  LUMPKIN AND RICHLAND.

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 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3203 8507 3214 8507 3219 8501 3220 8498
      3221 8499 3222 8498 3222 8494 3225 8493
      3226 8490 3228 8490 3229 8466 3193 8466
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 271DEG 27KT 3216 8514

$$
1 follow-up statement
329 
WWUS52 KFFC 270016
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
816 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011

GAC053-259-270026-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0058.000000T0000Z-110327T0015Z/
STEWART GA-CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-
816 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHATTAHOOCHEE AND
STEWART COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 815 PM EDT...

AT 813 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
BROOKLYN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. A NEW WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR 
EASTERN PORTIONS OF STEWART COUNTY.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FLORENCE MARINA STATE PARK...OMAHA...PROVIDENCE CANYON STATE PARK...
JAMESTOWN/SOUTH FORT BENNING...LOUVALE...CHARLES...LUMPKIN...
WESTVILLE...RENFROE AND RICHLAND.

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 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3203 8507 3214 8507 3219 8501 3220 8498
      3221 8499 3222 8498 3222 8494 3225 8493
      3226 8490 3228 8490 3229 8466 3193 8466
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 271DEG 27KT 3216 8514

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 9:25 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCDade39 hr
Mar 26, 10:02 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFloyd, Gordon4 hr
Mar 26, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair, Wheeler39 min
Mar 26, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens, Treutlen48 min
Mar 26, 2:46 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHarris, Troup29 min
Mar 26, 3:10 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether, Talbot35 min
Mar 26, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Treutlen40 min
Mar 26, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Heard49 min
Mar 26, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Talbot, Upson52 min
Mar 26, 3:44 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMeriwether, Talbot, Upson46 min
Mar 26, 3:46 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether44 min
Mar 26, 4:01 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFayette, Spalding44 min
Mar 26, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Monroe64 min
Mar 26, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette31 min
Mar 26, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Lamar, Monroe, Spalding49 min
Mar 26, 4:44 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Monroe46 min
Mar 26, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup39 min
Mar 26, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Paulding, Polk44 min
Mar 26, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Butts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam50 min
Mar 26, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson46 min
Mar 26, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson41 min
Mar 26, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee, Talbot56 min
Mar 26, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly, Sumter, Wilcox41 min
Mar 26, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Wilkes40 min
Mar 26, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Washington45 min
Mar 26, 5:50 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly40 min
Mar 26, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson34 min
Mar 26, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson47 min
Mar 26, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart51 min
Mar 26, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox35 min
Mar 26, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington, Wilkinson15 min
Mar 26, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Lamar, Monroe24 min
Mar 26, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson47 min
Mar 26, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Washington, Wilkinson24 min
Mar 26, 7:06 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCEmanuel28 min
Mar 26, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe46 min
Mar 26, 7:30 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCStewart45 min
Mar 26, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel24 min
Mar 26, 7:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach, Twiggs38 min
Mar 26, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Dade, Murray, Walker, Whitfield, Wilkes51 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.