Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2011, 12:22 AM EDT for Chattahoochee County, Marion County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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 28, 2011, 12:22 AM EDT (04:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2011, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Marion County, GA, Muscogee County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 12:35 AM EDT | HAIL 1 | Fort Benning/Lawson Arm, GA | QUARTER-SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY FORT BENNING MILITARY POLICE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 643 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
322
WUUS52 KFFC 280422
SVRFFC
GAC053-197-215-280500-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0099.110328T0422Z-110328T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1222 AM EDT MON MAR 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 100 AM EDT
* AT 1217 AM 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 10 MILES WEST
OF COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BIBB
CITY...FORT BENNING/LAWSON ARMY AIR FIELD...NORTH FORT BENNING...
CUSSETA AND BUENA VISTA.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3231 8498 3232 8500 3234 8501 3237 8499
3239 8499 3243 8498 3245 8500 3251 8501
3252 8447 3223 8445
TIME...MOT...LOC 0422Z 276DEG 37KT 3242 8509
$$1 follow-up statement
039
WWUS52 KFFC 280454
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1254 AM EDT MON MAR 28 2011
GAC215-280504-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-110328T0500Z/
MUSCOGEE GA-
1254 AM EDT MON MAR 28 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MUSCOGEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3231 8498 3234 8501 3238 8499 3238 8494
3242 8486 3241 8484 3242 8478 3250 8473
3252 8471 3252 8447 3223 8445
TIME...MOT...LOC 0454Z 281DEG 33KT 3236 8477
$$
GAC053-197-280500-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-110328T0500Z/
MARION GA-CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-
1254 AM EDT MON MAR 28 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
FOR CHATTAHOOCHEE AND CENTRAL MARION COUNTIES...
AT 1250 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CUSSETA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
EELBECK/WEST FORT BENNING...CHRISTOPHER...MARION ESTATES...OAKLAND...
ZELLOBEE...BRANTLEY...BUENA VISTA AND MANTA.
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 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3231 8498 3234 8501 3238 8499 3238 8494
3242 8486 3241 8484 3242 8478 3250 8473
3252 8471 3252 8447 3223 8445
TIME...MOT...LOC 0454Z 281DEG 33KT 3236 8477
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 12:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Heard | 33 min |
| Mar 28, 1:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Schley | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 3:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton | 37 min |
| Mar 28, 1:44 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 40 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.