Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Atlanta, GA
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 4:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Gray, GA | 911 DISPATCH REPORTED 7 TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Jun 10, 4:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Ethridge, GA | 911 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 12:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Peach | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Stewart | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Meriwether, Upson | 65 min |
| Jun 10, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 64 min |
| Jun 10, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot, Webster | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion, Schley, Sumter, Talbot | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Morgan, Putnam | 35 min |
| Jun 10, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Clayton, Douglas | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Monroe and 3 more | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach, Pulaski and 1 more | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Walton | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Paulding, Polk | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski, Twiggs | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Toombs, Treutlen | 50 min |
| Jun 10, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler | 59 min |
| Jun 10, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 59 min |
| Jun 10, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Washington | 48 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.