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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2012, 7:18 PM EDT for 4 counties in 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
- May 16, 2012, 7:18 PM EDT (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bleckley County, GA, Houston County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Twiggs County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.
319 WUUS52 KFFC 162318 SVRFFC GAC023-153-235-289-170000- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0107.120516T2318Z-120517T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 718 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN BLECKLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA EAST CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTH CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTH CENTRAL TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * AT 716 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 SAND BED...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KLONDIKE...OCMULGEE PUBLIC FISHING AREA...MOBLEY CROSSING... PAULK...MAGNOLIA...PORTER AND COLEY STATION. 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 3260 8347 3231 8334 3235 8371 3244 8371 TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 276DEG 5KT 3243 8359 $$
1 follow-up statement
322 WWUS52 KFFC 162345 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 745 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012 GAC023-153-235-289-170000- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0107.000000T0000Z-120517T0000Z/ TWIGGS GA-PULASKI GA-BLECKLEY GA-HOUSTON GA- 745 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL HOUSTON...SOUTHWESTERN BLECKLEY...NORTH CENTRAL PULASKI AND SOUTH CENTRAL TWIGGS COUNTIES... AT 744 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OCMULGEE PUBLIC FISHING AREA...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOBLEY CROSSING...PAULK...MAGNOLIA...PORTER AND BAILEYS PARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX. && LAT...LON 3254 8346 3231 8334 3235 8371 3240 8369 TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 276DEG 5KT 3243 8355 $$
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, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Twiggs | 45 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, 7:42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.