Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2012, 7:16 PM EDT for Douglas County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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 21, 2012, 7:16 PM EDT (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2012, 7:44 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Douglas County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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 44 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
371
WUUS52 KFFC 212316
SVRFFC
GAC097-220000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0124.120521T2316Z-120522T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
716 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 712 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
FAIRPLAY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BILL
ARP...HANNAH AND CHAPEL HILL.
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 3377 8490 3378 8489 3378 8483 3366 8466
3362 8474 3363 8475 3361 8477 3360 8480
3358 8481 3358 8490
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 318DEG 3KT 3367 8487
$$1 follow-up statement
354
WWUS52 KFFC 212344
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
744 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2012
GAC097-212354-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-120522T0000Z/
DOUGLAS GA-
744 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
LAT...LON 3377 8490 3378 8489 3378 8483 3366 8466
3362 8474 3363 8475 3361 8477 3360 8480
3358 8481 3358 8490
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 318DEG 3KT 3365 8485
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 26 min |
| May 21, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 23 min |
| May 21, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 33 min |
| May 21, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 31 min |
| May 21, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 22 min |
| May 21, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 31 min |
| May 21, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 33 min |
| May 21, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 30 min |
| May 21, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 30 min |
| May 21, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton | 34 min |
| May 21, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 12 min |
| May 21, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 34 min |
| May 21, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 25 min |
| May 21, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton | 31 min |
| May 21, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 27 min |
| May 21, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 34 min |
| May 21, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 32 min |
| May 21, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 37 min |
| May 21, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Pike, Spalding | 33 min |
| May 21, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 31 min |
| May 21, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 27 min |
| May 21, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 37 min |
| May 21, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale | 35 min |
| May 21, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 33 min |
| May 21, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 33 min |
| May 21, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Henry | 14 min |
| May 21, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton | 41 min |
| May 21, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 23 min |
| May 21, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 35 min |
| May 21, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 33 min |
| May 21, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 25 min |
| May 21, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 25 min |
| May 21, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 27 min |
| May 21, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 37 min |
| May 21, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 44 min |
| May 21, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 38 min |
| May 21, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 35 min |
| May 21, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 34 min |
| May 21, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 42 min |
| May 21, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 39 min |
| May 21, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 35 min |
| May 21, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 25 min |
| May 21, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 23 min |
| May 21, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 26 min |
| May 21, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 40 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.