Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2011, 1:14 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Treutlen County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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 27, 2011, 1:14 PM EDT (17:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2011, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Emanuel County, GA, Treutlen County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:13 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, 1:35 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 Wnw Twin City, 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 220 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.
994
WUUS52 KFFC 271714
SVRFFC
GAC107-283-271800-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0088.110327T1714Z-110327T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
114 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHERN TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 200 PM EDT
* AT 109 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ADRIAN...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SWAINSBORO...NUNEZ...OAK PARK...STILLMORE AND TWIN CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DAMAGING WINDS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL OCCURRED AS THIS STORM MOVED
THROUGH BREWTON AND SURROUNDNIG AREAS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE
STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION.
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 3254 8203 3255 8209 3251 8215 3236 8224
3231 8223 3246 8267 3249 8264 3251 8265
3253 8257 3258 8260 3264 8252 3265 8247
3265 8248 3266 8248 3261 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 287DEG 37KT 3255 8262
$$2 follow-up statements
267
WWUS52 KFFC 271739
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
139 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011
GAC283-271748-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-110327T1800Z/
TREUTLEN GA-
139 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN TREUTLEN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MVOED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3254 8203 3255 8209 3251 8215 3236 8224
3247 8244 3254 8240 3263 8218 3261 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 1738Z 286DEG 34KT 3249 8236
$$
GAC107-271800-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-110327T1800Z/
EMANUEL GA-
139 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN EMANUEL COUNTY...
AT 137 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
NUNEZ OR 3 MILES SOUTH OF SWAINSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LEXSY...STILLMORE...TWIN CITY AND GEORGE L SMITH STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT 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 3254 8203 3255 8209 3251 8215 3236 8224
3247 8244 3254 8240 3263 8218 3261 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 1738Z 286DEG 34KT 3249 8236
$$631
WWUS52 KFFC 271758
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
158 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011
GAC107-271808-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-110327T1800Z/
EMANUEL GA-
158 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN EMANUEL COUNTY
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 200 PM EDT...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3254 8203 3255 8209 3251 8215 3236 8224
3247 8244 3254 8240 3263 8218 3261 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 286DEG 34KT 3244 8214
$$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, 10:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Monroe, Upson | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 42 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 |
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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.