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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 17, 2012Wilkes County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2012, 3:30 PM EDT for Wilkes County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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 17, 2012, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2012, 3:56 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Wilkes County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 179 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2012-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 257 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2012-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
257 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1197 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

092 
WUUS52 KFFC 171930
SVRFFC
GAC317-172030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0109.120517T1930Z-120517T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
330 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WILKES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 329 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 14 MILES EAST
  OF TIGNALL...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WASHINGTON.

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 3368 8273 3391 8286 3398 8264 3388 8260
      3388 8257 3387 8256 3382 8259 3377 8256
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 064DEG 12KT 3391 8251

$$
1 follow-up statement
084 
WWUS52 KFFC 171956
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
356 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012

GAC317-172006-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0109.000000T0000Z-120517T2030Z/
WILKES GA-
356 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WILKES COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 
SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...VERY 
HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

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 3368 8273 3391 8286 3398 8264 3388 8260
      3388 8257 3387 8256 3382 8259 3377 8256
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 064DEG 12KT 3387 8260

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 8:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPulaski41 min
May 16, 8:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene50 min
May 16, 8:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly49 min
May 16, 8:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Pulaski61 min
May 16, 8:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene53 min
May 16, 9:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Wilcox59 min
May 16, 10:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp41 min
May 16, 11:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp48 min
May 17, 11:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Bleckley, Twiggs31 min
May 17, 12:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly50 min
May 17, 12:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Houston, Macon46 min
May 17, 1:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dooly61 min
May 17, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter43 min
May 17, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor47 min
May 17, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan45 min
May 17, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan67 min
May 17, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes31 min
May 17, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Jefferson, Madison and 3 more25 min
May 17, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin, Jefferson, Johnson, Wilkinson53 min
May 17, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones41 min
May 17, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth, Hall46 min
May 17, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee, Walton51 min
May 17, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Dodge, Emanuel, Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen and 1 more44 min
May 17, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGilmer41 min
May 17, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor45 min
May 17, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Gwinnett, Hall40 min
May 17, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth46 min
May 17, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton37 min
May 17, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Fulton48 min
May 17, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Stewart, Sumter, Webster44 min
May 17, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens37 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.