Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2012, 4:27 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Gordon County, Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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 19, 2012, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cherokee County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Pickens County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 4:40 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 Wsw Jasper, GA | EMPLOYEE AT LAWSON CHEVROLET REPORTED NICKLE-SIZED HAIL. RADAR ESTIMATED TIME FROM 1640 EDT TO 1645 EDT. |
| May 19, 4:55 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 Sw Jasper, GA | PUBLIC REPORTED NICKLE-SIZED HAIL COVERING THEIR YARD ON FAIRVIEW ROAD IN JASPER FROM ABOUT 1655 EDT TO THEIR CALL TIME OF 1712 EDT. |
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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 112 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.
592
WUUS52 KFFC 192027
SVRFFC
GAC057-129-227-192115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0120.120519T2027Z-120519T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
427 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 426 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 JASPER...
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CANTON AND WALESKA.
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 3438 8431 3421 8452 3435 8465 3435 8464
3436 8466 3441 8465 3441 8469 3453 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 053DEG 3KT 3440 8446
$$1 follow-up statement
513
WWUS52 KFFC 192030
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
430 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2012
GAC129-192040-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0120.000000T0000Z-120519T2115Z/
GORDON GA-
430 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN GORDON
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
LAT...LON 3438 8431 3421 8452 3435 8465 3435 8464
3436 8466 3441 8465 3443 8465 3453 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 053DEG 3KT 3440 8446
$$
GAC057-227-192115-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0120.000000T0000Z-120519T2115Z/
PICKENS GA-CHEROKEE GA-
430 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE AND PICKENS COUNTIES...
AT 426 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
TATE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CANTON...WALESKA...LAKE ARROWHEAD...SALACOA VALLEY AND TALMADGE.
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 3438 8431 3421 8452 3435 8465 3435 8464
3436 8466 3441 8465 3443 8465 3453 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 053DEG 3KT 3440 8446
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Gilmer, Pickens | 14 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.