Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2012, 2:57 PM EDT for Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. 4 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 22, 2012, 2:57 PM EDT (18:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2012, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Toombs County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 12 S Lyons, GA | PUBLIC REPORTED NINE PINE TREES DOWN AND THE ROOFS OF TIN SHELTERS PULLED OFF. |
| May 22, 3:00 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 12 S Lyons, GA | PUBLIC REPORTED PENNY SIZED HAIL THAT STRIPPED THE LEAVES OFF CORN STALKS. |
| May 22, 3:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Se Johnson Corner, GA | TOOMBS COUNTY 911 RELAYED A REPORT OF 3 DOWNED TREES ALONG HIGHWAY 147 IN SOUTHEASTERN TOOMBS COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED TIME AROUND 1505 EDT. |
| May 22, 3:14 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 Sse New Branch, GA | UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH AGENT REPORTED HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES IN SOUTHEASTERN TOOMBS COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 398 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1333 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
600
WUUS52 KFFC 221857
SVRFFC
GAC279-221930-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0130.120522T1857Z-120522T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
257 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN TOOMBS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT
* AT 255 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 ENGLISH
EDDY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
JOHNSON CORNER AND NEW BRANCH.
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 3193 8228 3193 8233 3194 8238 3195 8239
3195 8240 3196 8243 3197 8244 3207 8247
3213 8219 3192 8222 3191 8226
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 260DEG 23KT 3200 8234
$$2 follow-up statements
033
WWUS52 KFFC 221910
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
310 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
GAC279-221930-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0130.000000T0000Z-120522T1930Z/
TOOMBS GA-
310 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN TOOMBS COUNTY...
AT 308 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
JOHNSON CORNER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF SOUTHEASTERN TOOMBS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3192 8227 3193 8228 3193 8233 3193 8234
3209 8237 3213 8219 3192 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 260DEG 23KT 3201 8224
$$716
WWUS52 KFFC 221922
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
322 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
GAC279-221931-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0130.000000T0000Z-120522T1930Z/
TOOMBS GA-
322 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TOOMBS COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 330 PM EDT...
AT 318 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED ON DOPPLER
RADAR. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW
BRANCH...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH INTO TATTNALL COUNTY.
.
THIS IS STILL A DANGEROUS STORM...IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE INDOORS.
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 3192 8227 3193 8228 3193 8233 3193 8234
3209 8237 3213 8219 3192 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 260DEG 23KT 3202 8216
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson, Madison | 44 min |
| May 21, 8:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 27 min |
| May 21, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 50 min |
| May 21, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 31 min |
| May 21, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 28 min |
| May 22, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 24 min |
| May 22, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 37 min |
| May 22, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 31 min |
| May 22, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 26 min |
| May 22, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 25 min |
| May 22, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 20 min |
| May 22, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall | 33 min |
| May 22, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Toombs | 38 min |
| May 22, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 36 min |
| May 22, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Pickens | 32 min |
| May 22, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 18 min |
| May 22, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 30 min |
| May 22, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens | 32 min |
| May 22, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 37 min |
| May 22, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Walker and 1 more | 33 min |
| May 22, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray and 3 more | 32 min |
| May 22, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Dawson, Gordon, Pickens | 32 min |
| May 22, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett | 31 min |
| May 22, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Oconee, Walton | 31 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.