Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2012, 8:05 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Cobb County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min. 2 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
- May 6, 2012, 8:05 PM EDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2012, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cherokee County, GA, Cobb County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 8:08 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Holly Springs, GA | DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED. |
| May 6, 8:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Ene Kennesaw, GA | A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN OFF OF SHALLOWFORD ROAD JUST EAST OF CANTON ROAD. ONE OF THE TREES FELL ON A HOUSE. |
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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 632 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1817 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
561
WUUS52 KFFC 070005
SVRFFC
GAC057-067-070045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0101.120507T0005Z-120507T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
805 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 800 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 NEAR
WOODSTOCK...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOLLY
SPRINGS AND CANTON.
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...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.
&&
LAT...LON 3422 8442 3418 8433 3417 8436 3413 8436
3410 8442 3404 8441 3402 8443 3406 8465
3426 8457
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 194DEG 8KT 3410 8451
$$2 follow-up statements
148
WWUS52 KFFC 070019
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
819 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012
GAC057-067-070045-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-120507T0045Z/
CHEROKEE GA-COBB GA-
819 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN COBB AND SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
AT 815 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WOODSTOCK...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OAK
GROVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3420 8459 3417 8446 3410 8442 3404 8441
3403 8444 3405 8458 3406 8465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 018DEG 4KT 3407 8451
$$778
WWUS52 KFFC 070037
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
837 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012
GAC057-070047-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-120507T0045Z/
CHEROKEE GA-
837 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM OVER CHEROKEE COUNTY HAS WEAKENED. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE STILL POSSIBLE AS THIS STORM
CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND MOVE SOUTH INTO COBB COUNTY.
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.
LAT...LON 3408 8464 3408 8462 3408 8447 3407 8442
3404 8441 3405 8455 3406 8465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 018DEG 4KT 3405 8452
$$
GAC067-070045-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-120507T0045Z/
COBB GA-
837 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN COBB COUNTY...
AT 834 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SWEAT MOUNTAIN...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3408 8464 3408 8462 3408 8447 3407 8442
3404 8441 3405 8455 3406 8465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 018DEG 4KT 3405 8452
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Union | 28 min |
| May 6, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 36 min |
| May 6, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 28 min |
| May 6, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 23 min |
| May 6, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 51 min |
| May 6, 8:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 35 min |
| May 6, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 34 min |
| May 6, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 33 min |
| May 6, 8:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 36 min |
| May 6, 9:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 31 min |
| May 6, 9:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 37 min |
| May 6, 9:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 37 min |
| May 7, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 52 min |
| May 7, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 28 min |
| May 7, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 41 min |
| May 7, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley | 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.