Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2012, 9:23 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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 29, 2012, 9:23 PM EDT (01:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2012, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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 29, 9:42 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 Ne Chickamauga, GA | PUBLIC AT THE MCDONALDS REPORTED HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS. RADAR ESTIMATED TIME BETWEEN 2142 EDT AND 2150 EDT. |
| May 29, 9:42 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 E Chickamauga, GA | PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL AT THEIR RESIDENCE. THE HAIL DAMAGED THEIR FRESHLY PLANTED OKRA GARDEN. RADAR ESTIMATED TIME BETWEEN 2142 EDT AND 2152 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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 341 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1320 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
737
WUUS52 KFFC 300123
SVRFFC
GAC047-295-300200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0133.120530T0123Z-120530T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
923 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CATOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
NORTH CENTRAL WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
* AT 918 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 FORT
OGLETHORPE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CHICKAMAUGA AND RINGGOLD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT 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 3482 8508 3481 8511 3482 8513 3479 8514
3477 8515 3477 8531 3496 8538 3498 8536
3499 8509
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 340DEG 14KT 3495 8526
$$2 follow-up statements
432
WWUS52 KFFC 300137
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
937 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
GAC047-295-300200-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-120530T0200Z/
WALKER GA-CATOOSA GA-
937 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR CATOOSA AND NORTH CENTRAL WALKER COUNTIES...
AT 932 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
FORT OGLETHORPE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CHICKAMAUGA...RINGGOLD...BLUE SPRING...BEAUMONT...ROCK SPRING...WOOD
STATION AND NOBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3482 8508 3481 8511 3482 8513 3479 8514
3477 8515 3477 8531 3496 8538 3498 8536
3499 8509
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 340DEG 14KT 3490 8524
$$343
WWUS52 KFFC 300154
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
954 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
GAC047-295-300203-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-120530T0200Z/
WALKER GA-CATOOSA GA-
954 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CATOOSA AND NORTH CENTRAL
WALKER COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1000 PM EDT...
AT 951 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS STILL OBSERVED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCK SPRING...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NOBLE
AND WOOD STATION.
THIS IS STILL A STRONG STORM...IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE INDOORS. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO
PERSIST BEYOND THE EXPIRATION TIME OF THIS WARNING...A NEW WARNING
WILL BE ISSUED.
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 3482 8508 3481 8511 3482 8513 3479 8514
3477 8515 3477 8531 3496 8538 3498 8536
3499 8509
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 340DEG 14KT 3481 8523
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 9:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade | 42 min |
| May 29, 9:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 62 min |
| May 29, 10:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 24 min |
| May 29, 10:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 23 min |
| May 29, 10:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray and 3 more | 47 min |
| May 29, 10:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 31 min |
| May 29, 11:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens, Union | 41 min |
| May 29, 11:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding | 46 min |
| May 29, 11:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding | 40 min |
| May 30, 12:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, Forsyth, Lumpkin, Towns and 2 more | 28 min |
| May 30, 12:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton and 3 more | 40 min |
| May 30, 12:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Meriwether, Pike and 2 more | 62 min |
| May 30, 1:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Lamar, Monroe, Muscogee, Talbot, Upson | 58 min |
| May 30, 2:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Crawford, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Peach and 5 more | 43 min |
| May 30, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.