Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2012, 4:39 PM EDT for Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Putnam County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 4:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Eatonton, GA | PUTNAM COUNTY 911 RELAYED A REPORT OF 2 TREES DOWNED ONTO LINES. RADAR ESTIMATED TIME OF 1655 EDT. |
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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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.
235
WUUS52 KFFC 102039
SVRFFC
GAC237-102115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0159.120610T2039Z-120610T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
439 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 431 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF EATONTON...MOVING NORTH AT
RESSEAUS CROSSROADS 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
EATONTON...STANFORDVILLE...FLATROCK...WILLARD....ROCKVILLE...
WARFIELD...THE ROCK EAGLE 4-H CENTER AND PHOENIX.
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 3326 8324 3325 8326 3319 8328 3317 8332
3318 8339 3318 8354 3345 8346 3348 8328
3345 8325 3340 8324 3340 8322 3338 8322
3339 8320 3338 8318
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 193DEG 28KT 3311 8345
$$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, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 37 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.