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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 5, 20126 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2012, 12:50 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2012, 12:50 PM EDT (16:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2012, 1:15 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bleckley County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Houston County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Twiggs County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 5, 12:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 140 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2012-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2120 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2012-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2120 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

931 
WUUS52 KFFC 051650
SVRFFC
GAC023-091-153-225-235-289-051715-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0148.120605T1650Z-120605T1715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1250 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BLECKLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHWESTERN DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EAST CENTRAL PEACH COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTH CENTRAL TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 115 PM EDT

* AT 1245 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 PERRY...
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL AS THIS STORM MOVED NEAR PERRY. 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO 
PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3253 8340 3239 8325 3229 8334 3237 8377
      3255 8374
TIME...MOT...LOC 1649Z 280DEG 22KT 3244 8364

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 5:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade24 min
Jun 5, 5:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade, Walker35 min
Jun 5, 5:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Dade, Walker48 min
Jun 5, 6:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Polk, Walker35 min
Jun 5, 7:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson24 min
Jun 5, 11:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Monroe31 min
Jun 5, 11:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Twiggs25 min
Jun 5, 11:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford34 min
Jun 5, 12:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Bleckley, Dodge, Houston, Jones, Laurens and 2 more39 min
Jun 5, 12:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen35 min
Jun 5, 12:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris27 min
Jun 5, 12:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler42 min
Jun 5, 12:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion51 min
Jun 5, 12:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Twiggs, Wilkinson46 min
Jun 5, 12:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler46 min
Jun 5, 1:01 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCToombs24 min
Jun 5, 1:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup43 min
Jun 5, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Pulaski, Telfair, Wheeler, Wilcox38 min
Jun 5, 1:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Heard, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup46 min
Jun 5, 1:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox42 min
Jun 5, 1:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Montgomery31 min
Jun 5, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley, Sumter, Webster45 min
Jun 5, 1:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens52 min
Jun 5, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor34 min
Jun 5, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Macon, Peach, Taylor25 min
Jun 5, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Coweta, Heard, Meriwether32 min
Jun 5, 2:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair28 min
Jun 5, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair47 min
Jun 5, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Houston, Macon, Peach, Taylor44 min
Jun 5, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly35 min
Jun 5, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike and 1 more32 min
Jun 5, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Pulaski, Wilcox49 min
Jun 5, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach, Twiggs44 min
Jun 5, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Fayette, Henry, Lamar, Pike, Spalding and 1 more33 min
Jun 5, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Twiggs, Wilkinson52 min
Jun 5, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilcox34 min
Jun 5, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Clayton, Henry, Lamar, Monroe31 min
Jun 5, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Laurens, Wilkinson45 min
Jun 5, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair23 min
Jun 5, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper25 min
Jun 5, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen39 min
Jun 5, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion24 min
Jun 5, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.