Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2011, 10:57 AM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 48 min. 3 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
- Mar 27, 2011, 10:57 AM EDT (14:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2011, 11:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bibb County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Upson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 11:10 AM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 S Musella, GA | AT 341 AND EAST HOPEWELL ROAD. |
| Mar 27, 11:35 AM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 S Lizella, GA | |
| Mar 27, 11:50 AM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 N Roberta, GA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 9:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 1069 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
838
WUUS52 KFFC 271457
SVRFFC
GAC021-079-207-293-271545-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0086.110327T1457Z-110327T1545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1057 AM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT
* AT 1055 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF CULLODEN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ROBERTA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 500 PM EDT SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3273 8424 3274 8423 3273 8425 3274 8427
3276 8433 3292 8431 3288 8371 3269 8373
3269 8377 3267 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 1457Z 276DEG 36KT 3282 8420
$$3 follow-up statements
793
WWUS52 KFFC 271510
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1110 AM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011
GAC293-271521-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-110327T1545Z/
UPSON GA-
1110 AM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN UPSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...AND THUS THE
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3269 8377 3267 8380 3272 8416 3281 8412
3291 8412 3288 8371 3269 8373
TIME...MOT...LOC 1511Z 276DEG 36KT 3280 8403
$$
GAC021-079-207-271545-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-110327T1545Z/
MONROE GA-BIBB GA-CRAWFORD GA-
1110 AM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EDT
FOR NORTHERN CRAWFORD...WESTERN BIBB AND SOUTHWESTERN MONROE
COUNTIES...
AT 1109 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MUSELLA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ROBERTA...KNOXVILLE...SANDY POINT...LIZELLA...LAKE TOBESOFKEE...JACK
BROWN ESTATES AND WESLEYAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 500 PM EDT SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3269 8377 3267 8380 3272 8416 3281 8412
3291 8412 3288 8371 3269 8373
TIME...MOT...LOC 1511Z 276DEG 36KT 3280 8403
$$227
WWUS52 KFFC 271526
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1126 AM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011
GAC207-271536-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-110327T1545Z/
MONROE GA-
1126 AM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3270 8402 3273 8403 3285 8399 3286 8398
3285 8396 3285 8389 3289 8383 3288 8371
3269 8373 3268 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 1526Z 276DEG 36KT 3278 8385
$$
GAC021-079-271545-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-110327T1545Z/
BIBB GA-CRAWFORD GA-
1126 AM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD AND WESTERN BIBB COUNTIES...
AT 1123 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SANDY POINT...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LIZELLA...LAKE TOBESOFKEE...JACK BROWN ESTATES AND WESLEYAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 500 PM EDT SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3270 8402 3273 8403 3285 8399 3286 8398
3285 8396 3285 8389 3289 8383 3288 8371
3269 8373 3268 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 1526Z 276DEG 36KT 3278 8385
$$250
WWUS52 KFFC 271534
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1134 AM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011
GAC079-271544-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-110327T1545Z/
CRAWFORD GA-
1134 AM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3272 8377 3275 8383 3279 8385 3282 8389
3285 8389 3289 8383 3288 8371 3275 8373
3272 8372 3269 8374
TIME...MOT...LOC 1534Z 276DEG 36KT 3277 8376
$$
GAC021-271545-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-110327T1545Z/
BIBB GA-
1134 AM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EDT
FOR WESTERN BIBB COUNTY...
AT 1132 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LIZELLA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WESLEYAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 500 PM EDT SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3272 8377 3275 8383 3279 8385 3282 8389
3285 8389 3289 8383 3288 8371 3275 8373
3272 8372 3269 8374
TIME...MOT...LOC 1534Z 276DEG 36KT 3277 8376
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Webster | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 43 min |
| Mar 26, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 8:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Stewart, Sumter, Webster | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Murray | 51 min |
| Mar 26, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon | 52 min |
| Mar 26, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Lumpkin, Union | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Wilkinson | 40 min |
| Mar 26, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Gilmer, Pickens | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd | 38 min |
| Mar 26, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall, White | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 9:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 10:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding, Polk | 52 min |
| Mar 26, 10:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Fulton, Henry | 25 min |
| Mar 26, 10:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Hall, Jackson | 38 min |
| Mar 26, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 60 min |
| Mar 26, 10:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, DeKalb, Henry, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale and 1 more | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 11:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton | 34 min |
| Mar 27, 1:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 2:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 29 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Talbot, Troup, Upson | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 3:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Peach, Upson | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 6:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall, Jackson | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 6:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 7:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 27 min |
| Mar 27, 7:38 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 46 hr |
| Mar 27, 10:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Talbot, Upson | 30 min |
| Mar 27, 10:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Monroe | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Laurens, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Sumter, Webster | 53 min |
| Mar 27, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Pulaski | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge | 53 min |
| Mar 27, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 59 min |
| Mar 27, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Wilcox | 56 min |
| Mar 27, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 54 min |
| Mar 27, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox | 25 min |
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.