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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 132, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 22, 20124 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2012, 11:19 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 26 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 22, 2012, 11:19 PM EDT (03:19 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2012, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Emanuel County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 22, 11:20 PM EDT	HAIL 0.5	Zaidee, GA
May 22, 11:30 PM EDT	HAIL 1	2 E Soperton, GA	911 CALL CENTER RELAYED A REPORT OF QUARTER SIZED HAIL 2 MILES EAST OF SOPERTON.

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 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 216 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 407 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1926 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

604 
WUUS52 KFFC 230319
SVRFFC
GAC107-209-279-283-230345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0132.120523T0319Z-120523T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1119 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTH CENTRAL EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTH CENTRAL TOOMBS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT

* AT 1115 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF OAK PARK...MOVING EAST AT 20
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  NUNEZ.

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 3224 8253 3247 8259 3252 8228 3236 8224
      3234 8223 3231 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 0319Z 254DEG 19KT 3241 8246

$$

1 follow-up statement

823 
WWUS52 KFFC 230341
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1141 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

GAC107-209-279-283-230350-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0132.000000T0000Z-120523T0345Z/
TREUTLEN GA-TOOMBS GA-MONTGOMERY GA-EMANUEL GA-
1141 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EMANUEL...
NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...NORTH CENTRAL TOOMBS AND EASTERN TREUTLEN
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1145 PM EDT...

AT 1134 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NUNEZ...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LEXSY.

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 3224 8253 3247 8259 3252 8228 3236 8224
      3234 8223 3231 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 0340Z 254DEG 19KT 3244 8233

$$

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, 10:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen	33 min
May 22, 10:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Montgomery, Toombs	37 min
May 23, 12:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Toombs	33 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.