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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 5, 2012Telfair County, Georgia

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.

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

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 886 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 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
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

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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.

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, 12:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Houston, Peach, Pulaski, Twiggs25 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, 2:16 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

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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.