Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 26, 2011, 8:23 PM EDT (00:23 UTC)

Expired

Mar 26, 2011, 9:06 PM EDT

In force

43 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Floyd County, GA, Polk County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS52 KFFC 270023
SVRFFC
GAC115-233-270130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0063.110327T0023Z-110327T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 822 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 13 MILES WEST
  OF CAVE SPRING...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  CEDARTOWN...ARAGON AND ROCKMART.

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 EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3420 8505 3409 8505 3408 8492 3396 8498
      3395 8505 3390 8505 3390 8537 3390 8539
      3392 8540 3417 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 273DEG 29KT 3406 8554

$$

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 270106
SVSFFC

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

GAC115-233-270116-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-110327T0130Z/
POLK GA-FLOYD GA-
906 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN FLOYD AND POLK
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO 
LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY 
WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL 
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES INTO EASTERN POLK COUNTY.

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 400 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3420 8505 3409 8505 3408 8492 3396 8498
      3395 8505 3390 8505 3390 8537 3390 8539
      3392 8540 3417 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 273DEG 29KT 3404 8512

$$

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.