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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2012, 4:53 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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
- May 14, 2012, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Emanuel County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 518 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
661
WUUS52 KFFC 142053
SVRFFC
GAC107-142130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0105.120514T2053Z-120514T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
453 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 452 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NUNEZ...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SWAINSBORO...TWIN CITY AND GARFIELD.
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 3257 8201 3243 8238 3247 8246 3257 8254
3281 8214 3266 8208 3261 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 235DEG 18KT 3255 8238
$$2 follow-up statements
765
WWUS52 KFFC 142109
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
509 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012
GAC107-142130-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0105.000000T0000Z-120514T2130Z/
EMANUEL GA-
509 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN EMANUEL COUNTY...
AT 507 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SWAINSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MODOC...TWIN CITY...GEORGE L SMITH STATE PARK...CANOOCHEE AND
GARFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3257 8201 3248 8228 3264 8242 3281 8214
3266 8208 3261 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 235DEG 18KT 3260 8230
$$131
WWUS52 KFFC 142122
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
522 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012
GAC107-142130-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0105.000000T0000Z-120514T2130Z/
EMANUEL GA-
522 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN EMANUEL COUNTY...
AT 521 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING PENNY TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CANOOCHEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TWIN
CITY...GEORGE L SMITH STATE PARK AND GARFIELD.
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 3257 8201 3252 8220 3270 8230 3281 8214
3266 8208 3261 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 235DEG 18KT 3263 8221
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 10:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 37 min |
| May 14, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 35 min |
| May 14, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 26 min |
| May 14, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 48 min |
| May 14, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.