Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2012, 10:27 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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, 10:27 PM EDT (02:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2012, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Emanuel County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Treutlen County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 10:41 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | E Rockledge, GA | PUBLIC REPORTED HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS IN ROCKLEDGE. THE HAIL HAD BEEN ONGOING FOR TEN MINUTES AT TIME OF REPORT. |
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 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 879 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
305 WUUS52 KFFC 230227 SVRFFC GAC107-167-175-283-230300- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0131.120523T0227Z-120523T0300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1027 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WEST CENTRAL EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTH CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTHERN TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1100 PM EDT * AT 1024 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 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ADRIAN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ORIANNA...SCOTT...BLACKVILLE...FIVE POINTS...GILLIS SPRINGS AND NORRISTOWN. 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 3261 8251 3243 8245 3238 8274 3255 8279 TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 256DEG 13KT 3248 8268 $$
1 follow-up statement
874
WWUS52 KFFC 230247
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1047 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
GAC175-230256-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0131.000000T0000Z-120523T0300Z/
LAURENS GA-
1047 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
LAT...LON 3238 8271 3246 8269 3246 8265 3249 8264
3251 8266 3251 8265 3252 8268 3257 8267
3261 8251 3243 8245
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 256DEG 13KT 3250 8260
$$
GAC107-167-283-230300-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0131.000000T0000Z-120523T0300Z/
TREUTLEN GA-JOHNSON GA-EMANUEL GA-
1047 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL EMANUEL...SOUTH CENTRAL JOHNSON AND NORTHERN
TREUTLEN COUNTIES...
AT 1041 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLACKVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ADRIAN...GILLIS SPRINGS AND NORRISTOWN.
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 3238 8271 3246 8269 3246 8265 3249 8264
3251 8266 3251 8265 3252 8268 3257 8267
3261 8251 3243 8245
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 256DEG 13KT 3250 8260
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan, Walton | 31 min |
| May 22, 8:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 35 min |
| May 22, 9:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 35 min |
| May 22, 10:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 28 min |
| May 22, 10:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 25 min |
| May 22, 10:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 37 min |
| May 22, 11:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen | 26 min |
| May 23, 12:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 33 min |
Nearby
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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.