Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2012, 2:13 PM EDT for Telfair County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Telfair County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 886 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 901 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
689
WUUS52 KFFC 051813
SVRFFC
GAC271-051900-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0154.120605T1813Z-120605T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
213 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT
* AT 212 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF JACKSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
JACKSONVILLE.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3180 8309 3181 8314 3185 8318 3188 8318
3189 8320 3199 8310 3192 8268 3190 8269
3185 8277 3178 8286 3178 8289 3178 8299
3177 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 284DEG 31KT 3190 8311
$$1 follow-up statement
425
WWUS52 KFFC 051836
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
236 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012
GAC271-051900-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-120605T1900Z/
TELFAIR GA-
236 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN TELFAIR COUNTY...
AT 232 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
JACKSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HORSE
CREEK WMA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3180 8309 3182 8308 3184 8307 3185 8309
3188 8306 3194 8296 3191 8269 3190 8269
3185 8277 3178 8286 3178 8299 3177 8300
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 284DEG 31KT 3185 8289
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 5:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 24 min |
| Jun 5, 5:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade, Walker | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 5:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 6:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Polk, Walker | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 7:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 24 min |
| Jun 5, 11:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Monroe | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 11:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs | 25 min |
| Jun 5, 11:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 12:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Bleckley, Dodge, Houston, Jones, Laurens and 2 more | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 12:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 12:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 27 min |
| Jun 5, 12:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 12:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 12:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Houston, Peach, Pulaski, Twiggs | 25 min |
| Jun 5, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 1:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Toombs | 24 min |
| Jun 5, 1:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup | 43 min |
| Jun 5, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski, Telfair, Wheeler, Wilcox | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Montgomery | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley, Sumter, Webster | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Macon, Peach, Taylor | 25 min |
| Jun 5, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Meriwether | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 28 min |
| Jun 5, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Houston, Macon, Peach, Taylor | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike and 1 more | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach, Twiggs | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Lamar, Pike, Spalding and 1 more | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Clayton, Henry, Lamar, Monroe | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens, Wilkinson | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 23 min |
| Jun 5, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 25 min |
| Jun 5, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 24 min |
| Jun 5, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.