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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 10, 2012Baldwin County, Jones County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2012, 4:23 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Jones 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
Jun 10, 2012, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Baldwin County, GA, Jones County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 4:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGGray, GA911 DISPATCH REPORTED 7 TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.
Jun 10, 4:46 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 E Ethridge, GA911 DISPATCH REPORTED 1 TREE DOWN IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY.

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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 2012-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 215 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2012-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
215 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

266 
WUUS52 KFFC 102023
SVRFFC
GAC009-169-102100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0158.120610T2023Z-120610T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
423 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 421 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60   
  MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35     
  MPH. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BRADLEY...HADDOCK...BROWNS CROSSING...BLOUNTSVILLE...ETHRIDGE AND
  MERIWETHER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3289 8342 3286 8349 3292 8364 3317 8354
      3318 8348 3318 8341 3318 8339 3317 8337
      3317 8332 3319 8329 3319 8324
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 203DEG 29KT 3297 8350

$$
1 follow-up statement
870 
WWUS52 KFFC 102056
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
456 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012

GAC009-169-102105-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-120610T2100Z/
JONES GA-BALDWIN GA-
456 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN BALDWIN AND EASTERN
JONES COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 500 PM EDT...

AT 451 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP
TO 60 MPH...BUT THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST OUT OF JONES AND 
BALDWIN COUNTIES AT 35 MPH INTO SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY.


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 3289 8342 3286 8349 3292 8364 3317 8354
      3318 8348 3318 8341 3318 8339 3317 8337
      3317 8332 3319 8329 3319 8324
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 203DEG 29KT 3321 8338

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 12:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel29 min
Jun 10, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp, Dooly38 min
Jun 10, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart40 min
Jun 10, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Peach51 min
Jun 10, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee, Stewart57 min
Jun 10, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Meriwether, Upson65 min
Jun 10, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Twiggs38 min
Jun 10, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup64 min
Jun 10, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot, Webster42 min
Jun 10, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam36 min
Jun 10, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley, Sumter, Talbot43 min
Jun 10, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Morgan, Putnam35 min
Jun 10, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Clayton, Douglas43 min
Jun 10, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Crawford, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Monroe and 3 more57 min
Jun 10, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge48 min
Jun 10, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding29 min
Jun 10, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach, Pulaski and 1 more47 min
Jun 10, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe45 min
Jun 10, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oconee, Walton36 min
Jun 10, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Paulding, Polk46 min
Jun 10, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes42 min
Jun 10, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Pulaski, Twiggs37 min
Jun 10, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Toombs, Treutlen50 min
Jun 10, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler59 min
Jun 10, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington59 min
Jun 10, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Washington48 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.