Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 73, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Sep 5, 2011, 3:18 PM EDT for Carroll County, Coweta County, Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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
- Sep 5, 2011, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carroll County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Heard County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 3:47 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Clem, GA | CARROLL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELAYED REPORTS OF 3-4 DOWNED TREES IN THE COUNTY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 12:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
752
WFUS52 KFFC 051918
TORFFC
GAC045-077-149-052000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0073.110905T1918Z-110905T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
318 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
WEST CENTRAL COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN HEARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 315 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FRANKLIN...
MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CENTRALHATCHEE AND WHITESBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE
A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 800 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3365 8503 3359 8491 3358 8490 3358 8487
3356 8483 3323 8504 3324 8517
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 199DEG 35KT 3327 8509
$$3 follow-up statements
115
WWUS52 KFFC 051931
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
331 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
GAC045-077-149-052000-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-110905T2000Z/
CARROLL GA-COWETA GA-HEARD GA-
331 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN HEARD...WEST CENTRAL COWETA AND SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL
COUNTIES...
AT 328 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR POWERS
CROSSROADS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HANDY...PLANT WANSLEY...LOWELL...PLANT YATES...CLEM...WHITESBURG...
SEATON LAKE AND BYERS CROSSROADS.
TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS LIKE WE HAVE TODAY CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES THAT
DEVELOP RAPIDLY AND GIVE LITTLE TIME FOR WARNING. SUCH TORNADOES
ALSO FORM WITH LITTLE OR NO LIGHTNING ACTIVITY. TAKE PRECAUTIONS NOW
TO RESPOND QUICKLY IN THE EVENT A WARNING IS ISSUED OR A TORNADO IS
SPOTTED IN YOUR AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3365 8503 3359 8491 3358 8490 3357 8484
3356 8483 3332 8498 3330 8500 3335 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 206DEG 30KT 3336 8501
$$175
WWUS52 KFFC 051944
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
344 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
GAC149-051954-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-110905T2000Z/
HEARD GA-
344 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HEARD 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3365 8503 3359 8491 3358 8490 3358 8488
3356 8483 3342 8492 3347 8509
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 207DEG 40KT 3349 8494
$$
GAC045-077-052000-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-110905T2000Z/
CARROLL GA-COWETA GA-
344 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN COWETA AND SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTIES...
AT 342 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITESBURG...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CLEM...
SEATON LAKE AND BYERS CROSSROADS.
TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS LIKE WE HAVE TODAY CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES THAT
DEVELOP RAPIDLY AND GIVE LITTLE TIME FOR WARNING. SUCH TORNADOES
ALSO FORM WITH LITTLE OR NO LIGHTNING ACTIVITY. TAKE PRECAUTIONS NOW
TO RESPOND QUICKLY IN THE EVENT A WARNING IS ISSUED OR A TORNADO IS
SPOTTED IN YOUR AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3365 8503 3359 8491 3358 8490 3358 8488
3356 8483 3342 8492 3347 8509
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 207DEG 40KT 3349 8494
$$697
WWUS52 KFFC 051954
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
354 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
GAC045-077-052000-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-110905T2000Z/
CARROLL GA-COWETA GA-
354 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN COWETA AND EAST CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTIES...
AT 351 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITESBURG...OR 11 MILES EAST
OF CARROLLTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3364 8501 3359 8491 3356 8488 3356 8485
3356 8483 3345 8491 3349 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 207DEG 40KT 3359 8487
$$
BMX/56The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 12:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 59 hr |
| Sep 5, 12:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 23 min |
| Sep 5, 12:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Troup | 36 min |
| Sep 5, 1:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 20 min |
| Sep 5, 1:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 1:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas | 35 min |
| Sep 5, 2:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 35 min |
| Sep 5, 2:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 41 min |
| Sep 5, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 48 min |
| Sep 5, 2:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 42 min |
| Sep 5, 2:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 34 min |
| Sep 5, 2:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 39 min |
| Sep 5, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 30 min |
| Sep 5, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs | 25 min |
| Sep 5, 3:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether | 37 min |
| Sep 5, 3:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding | 34 min |
| Sep 5, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 33 min |
| Sep 5, 3:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 3:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 40 min |
| Sep 5, 3:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Paulding | 48 min |
| Sep 5, 4:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Union | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 4:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Morgan, Oconee | 29 min |
| Sep 5, 4:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton | 36 min |
| Sep 5, 4:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry | 47 min |
| Sep 5, 4:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 20 min |
| Sep 5, 4:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding | 40 min |
| Sep 5, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oconee | 49 min |
| Sep 5, 4:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 47 min |
| Sep 5, 4:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 41 min |
| Sep 5, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 48 min |
| Sep 5, 5:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford | 18 min |
| Sep 5, 5:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Pickens | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 5:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Madison | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 30 min |
| Sep 5, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett, Hall | 41 min |
| Sep 5, 6:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones, Putnam | 24 min |
| Sep 5, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 33 min |
| Sep 5, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 39 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 2011Every tornado warning in 2011Tornadoes in 2011
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.