Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2012, 7:48 PM EDT for Meriwether County, Pike County, Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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 31, 2012, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2012, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Meriwether County, GA, Pike County, GA, Upson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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 31, 7:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Thomaston, GA | 911 CENTER REPORTS 5-7 TREES DOWN IN THE THOMASTON AREA NEAR HIGHWAY 19. |
| May 31, 7:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Thomaston, GA | 911 CENTER REPORTS 5 TREES DOWN IN THE THOMASTON AREA. |
| May 31, 8:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Molena, GA | 911 CENTER REPORTS 2 TREES DOWN IN THE MOLENA AREA. |
| May 31, 8:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 W Zebulon, GA | 911 CENTER REPORTS 1 TREE DOWN IN CONCORD. |
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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2029 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
811
WUUS52 KFFC 312348
SVRFFC
GAC199-231-293-010030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0140.120531T2348Z-120601T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
748 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
WESTERN UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 744 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 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF THOMASTON...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MOLENA...CONCORD...MEANSVILLE AND ZEBULON.
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 3315 8455 3314 8425 3277 8432 3279 8435
3277 8436 3278 8438 3284 8442 3282 8445
3285 8447 3286 8449 3287 8447 3288 8449
3285 8456
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 185DEG 15KT 3287 8442
$$2 follow-up statements
738
WWUS52 KFFC 010012
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
812 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2012
GAC199-293-010022-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0140.000000T0000Z-120601T0030Z/
MERIWETHER GA-UPSON GA-
812 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN UPSON AND SOUTHEASTERN
MERIWETHER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
LAT...LON 3305 8452 3308 8453 3308 8452 3310 8453
3311 8452 3315 8451 3314 8425 3299 8428
3300 8430 3299 8430 3299 8448 3297 8450
3297 8452 3304 8454
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 186DEG 26KT 3309 8439
$$
GAC231-010030-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0140.000000T0000Z-120601T0030Z/
PIKE GA-
812 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR PIKE COUNTY...
AT 808 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
LIFSEY SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HILLTOP
AND ZEBULON.
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 3305 8452 3308 8453 3308 8452 3310 8453
3311 8452 3315 8451 3314 8425 3299 8428
3300 8430 3299 8430 3299 8448 3297 8450
3297 8452 3304 8454
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 186DEG 26KT 3309 8439
$$816
WWUS52 KFFC 010031
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
831 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2012
GAC231-010039-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0140.000000T0000Z-120601T0030Z/
PIKE GA-
831 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PIKE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 830 PM
EDT...
AT 826 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM NEAR ZEBULON
HAD WEAKENED. THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
LAT...LON 3305 8452 3308 8453 3308 8452 3310 8453
3311 8452 3315 8451 3314 8425 3299 8428
3300 8430 3299 8430 3299 8448 3297 8450
3297 8452 3304 8454
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 186DEG 26KT 3319 8437
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 50 min |
| May 30, 10:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston | 28 min |
| May 31, 12:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley | 37 min |
| May 31, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 26 min |
| May 31, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 32 min |
| May 31, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 39 min |
| May 31, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 29 min |
| May 31, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 36 min |
| May 31, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 61 min |
| May 31, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Warren | 36 min |
| May 31, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 31 min |
| May 31, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Warren | 50 min |
| May 31, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 29 min |
| May 31, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.