Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 2013, 10:18 PM EDT for Banks County, Barrow County, Jackson County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2013, 10:18 PM EDT (02:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2013, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Jackson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 8:24 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 1020 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 902 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 339 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 9.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
361
WUUS52 KFFC 120218
SVRFFC
GAC011-013-157-120300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0087.130412T0218Z-130412T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1018 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BARROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN BANKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
* AT 1014 PM 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 JUST WEST OF
BETHLEHEM OR 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINDER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WINDER...ARCADE...PENDERGRASS...JEFFERSON...MAYSVILLE...COMMERCE
AND HOMER.
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...HAIL OR 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. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3436 8356 3438 8342 3426 8335 3390 8372
3392 8378 3396 8382
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 210DEG 33KT 3396 8373
$$2 follow-up statements
169
WWUS52 KFFC 120243
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1043 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013
GAC013-120252-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-130412T0300Z/
BARROW GA-
1043 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BARROW COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND THE
THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3406 8356 3414 8365 3438 8345 3438 8342
3426 8335 3406 8355
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 220DEG 39KT 3415 8353
$$
GAC011-157-120300-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-130412T0300Z/
BANKS GA-JACKSON GA-
1043 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL JACKSON AND SOUTHEASTERN BANKS COUNTIES...
AT 1037 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. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JEFFERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO APPLE
VALLEY...COMMERCE...BANKS CROSSING AND FIVE POINTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED WEAK 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...HAIL OR 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. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3406 8356 3414 8365 3438 8345 3438 8342
3426 8335 3406 8355
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 220DEG 39KT 3415 8353
$$506
WWUS52 KFFC 120257 RRA
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1057 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013
GAC011-157-120305-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-130412T0300Z/
BANKS GA-JACKSON GA-
1057 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL JACKSON AND
SOUTHEASTERN BANKS COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1100 PM EDT...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED
TO PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE OR LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH 1115 PM EDT. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
LIKELY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3406 8356 3414 8365 3438 8345 3438 8342
3426 8335 3406 8355
TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 215DEG 39KT 3426 8343
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Pickens | 28 min |
| Apr 11, 8:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dawson, Gilmer, Pickens | 49 min |
| Apr 11, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton | 47 min |
| Apr 11, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Lumpkin | 49 min |
| Apr 11, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett, Hall | 52 min |
| Apr 11, 9:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Troup | 34 min |
| Apr 11, 10:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Troup | 54 min |
| Apr 11, 11:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 44 min |
| Apr 11, 11:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 24 min |
| Apr 11, 11:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Stewart | 51 min |
| Apr 11, 11:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 36 min |
| Apr 11, 11:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 41 min |
| Apr 12, 12:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Putnam, Taliaferro | 47 min |
| Apr 12, 2:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 38 min |
| Apr 12, 2:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Warren | 47 min |
| Apr 12, 3:05 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 8 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.