Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 25, 2011, 2:48 AM EST for Carroll County, Haralson County, Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 min. 2 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
- Feb 25, 2011, 2:48 AM EST (07:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2011, 3:15 AM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carroll County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Paulding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2:55 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Dallas, GA | ONE TREE DOWN ON HIGH SHOALS ROAD. |
| Feb 25, 3:02 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Carrollton, GA | TWO TREES AND TWO POWER LINES DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 11:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1511 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
420
WUUS52 KFFC 250748
SVRFFC
GAC045-143-223-250815-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0007.110225T0748Z-110225T0815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
248 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
EASTERN HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 315 AM EST
* AT 244 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 7 MILES EAST OF BRASWELL TO TEMPLE TO BOWDON... MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNT
ZION...DALLAS...VILLA RICA...ROOPVILLE...CARROLLTON AND HIRAM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST FRIDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3395 8501 3396 8498 3403 8495 3409 8490
3409 8474 3379 8471 3378 8490 3357 8490
3342 8505 3343 8530 3358 8533
TIME...MOT...LOC 0747Z 278DEG 17KT 3403 8483 3375 8505
3355 8532
$$1 follow-up statement
133
WWUS52 KFFC 250814
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
314 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011
GAC045-143-223-250824-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110225T0815Z/
CARROLL GA-HARALSON GA-PAULDING GA-
314 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PAULDING...EASTERN HARALSON
AND CARROLL COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 315 AM EST...
AT 314 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
LINE OF STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST... AND THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 315 AM EST.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST FRIDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3395 8501 3396 8498 3403 8495 3409 8490
3409 8474 3379 8471 3378 8490 3357 8490
3342 8505 3343 8530 3358 8533
TIME...MOT...LOC 0814Z 278DEG 17KT 3401 8468 3373 8490
3353 8517
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 1:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Walker | 63 min |
| Feb 25, 1:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 57 min |
| Feb 25, 1:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 54 min |
| Feb 25, 2:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens | 54 min |
| Feb 25, 2:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Troup | 54 min |
| Feb 25, 2:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Hall | 62 min |
| Feb 25, 3:19 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 13 hr |
Nearby
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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.