Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT for Bibb County, Jones County, Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min. 3 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 16, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2012, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bibb County, GA, Jones County, GA, Twiggs County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Macon, GA | THE MEDIA RELAYED A REPORT OF A TREE ON A HOUSE ALONG 2ND AVENUE IN MACON. |
| May 16, 7:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Macon, GA | THE MEDIA RELAYED A REPORT OF A TREE DOWN ON A HOME ALONG SAINT CHARLES PLACE. |
| May 16, 7:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Macon, GA | THE 911 CENTER REPORTS AN ADDITIONAL 5 TREES DOWN AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF MACON. |
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 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
520 WUUS52 KFFC 162300 SVRFFC GAC021-169-289-162345- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0106.120516T2300Z-120516T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 700 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTH CENTRAL JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTHWESTERN TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 654 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 6 MILES SOUTH OF MACON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RUTLAND...FITZPATRICK...HUBER...DRY BRANCH...FRANKLINTON...CROSS KEYS AND GRISWOLDVILLE. 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 3294 8354 3277 8337 3268 8363 3278 8375 TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 226DEG 3KT 3275 8367 $$
2 follow-up statements
465 WWUS52 KFFC 162321 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 721 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012 GAC021-169-289-162345- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0106.000000T0000Z-120516T2345Z/ TWIGGS GA-JONES GA-BIBB GA- 721 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL BIBB...SOUTH CENTRAL JONES AND NORTHWESTERN TWIGGS COUNTIES... AT 720 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MACON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DRY BRANCH...FRANKLINTON...CROSS KEYS...POSTELL AND GRISWOLDVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX. && LAT...LON 3273 8358 3280 8372 3294 8354 3277 8337 TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 226DEG 3KT 3276 8366 $$
352 WWUS52 KFFC 162344 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 744 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012 GAC021-169-289-162353- /O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0106.000000T0000Z-120516T2345Z/ TWIGGS GA-JONES GA-BIBB GA- 744 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BIBB...SOUTH CENTRAL JONES AND NORTHWESTERN TWIGGS COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 745 PM EDT... ALTHOUGH THE WARNING HAS EXPIRED...THIS IS STILL A STRONG STORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS. 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 3273 8358 3280 8372 3294 8354 3277 8337 TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 226DEG 3KT 3277 8364 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 44 min |
| May 16, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 40 min |
| May 16, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 38 min |
| May 16, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 52 min |
| May 16, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 48 min |
| May 16, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Pulaski, Twiggs | 42 min |
| May 16, 7:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 48 min |
| May 16, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 42 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.