Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2012, 4:03 PM EDT for Dawson County, Gilmer County, Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 14 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 19, 2012, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2012, 4:17 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dawson County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Pickens County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 980 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
163
WUUS52 KFFC 192003
SVRFFC
GAC085-123-227-192045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0119.120519T2003Z-120519T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
403 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 358 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
NORTHEAST OF JASPER...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
NELSON AND TALKING ROCK.
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 3455 8419 3454 8419 3452 8417 3449 8414
3437 8435 3437 8440 3439 8443 3438 8447
3438 8450 3455 8461 3463 8424
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 060DEG 8KT 3457 8424
$$1 follow-up statement
125
WWUS52 KFFC 192017
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
417 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2012
GAC085-123-227-192027-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0119.000000T0000Z-120519T2045Z/
PICKENS GA-DAWSON GA-GILMER GA-
417 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GILMER...
NORTHWESTERN DAWSON AND PICKENS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FAUSETT
LAKE...SEQUOYAH LAKE...LAKE TAMARACK...NELSON...MARBLEHILL...TATE...
JASPER...TALKING ROCK AND BLAINE.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
LAT...LON 3455 8419 3454 8419 3452 8417 3449 8414
3437 8435 3437 8440 3439 8443 3438 8447
3438 8450 3455 8461 3463 8424
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 060DEG 8KT 3455 8427
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Gordon, Pickens | 48 min |
| May 19, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 28 min |
| May 19, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens | 35 min |
| May 19, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens | 28 min |
| May 19, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens | 33 min |
| May 19, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray | 39 min |
| May 19, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon, Murray | 36 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.