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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 10, 20124 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2012, 5:10 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 35 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, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Putnam County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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, 5:26 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGGreensboro, GA911 DISPATCH REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN IN GREENSBORO.
Jun 10, 5:41 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGUnion Point, GA911 DISPATCH REPORTED MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON GA HWY 77 SOUTH IN UNION POINT.

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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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°0°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.

862 
WUUS52 KFFC 102110
SVRFFC
GAC133-141-211-237-102145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0160.120610T2110Z-120610T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
510 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
  GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 506 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP
  TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 
  THE ROCK EAGLE 4-H CENTER TO PHOENIX AND THE OCONEE SPRINGS STATE 
  PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BUCKHEAD...GREENSBORO...SILOAM...UNION POINT...WHITE PLAINS AND
  WOODVILLE.

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 3347 8301 3345 8300 3317 8319 3319 8327
      3336 8354 3344 8354 3367 8338 3370 8340
      3373 8330 3370 8312 3362 8300 3358 8301
      3351 8298
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 210DEG 30KT 3344 8342 3343 8330
          3342 8324 3336 8321 3325 8321

$$
1 follow-up statement
936 
WWUS52 KFFC 102135
SVSFFC

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

GAC141-237-102143-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0160.000000T0000Z-120610T2145Z/
PUTNAM GA-HANCOCK GA-
535 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN HANCOCK AND PUTNAM
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE AREA OF SEVERE WINDS HAS MOVED OUT OF HANCOCK AND PUTNAM 
COUNTIES.

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3347 8301 3336 8316 3339 8319 3338 8322
      3340 8322 3340 8324 3348 8328 3347 8334
      3351 8339 3367 8338 3370 8340 3373 8330
      3370 8312 3362 8300 3358 8301 3351 8298
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 210DEG 30KT 3362 8329 3361 8317
          3360 8311 3354 8308 3343 8308

$$

GAC133-211-102145-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0160.000000T0000Z-120610T2145Z/
MORGAN GA-GREENE GA-
535 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR GREENE AND SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTIES...

AT 531 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM GRESHAMVILLE TO GREENSBORO...UNION POINT...SILOAM AND LIBERTY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PENFIELD...WRAYSWOOD...WHITE PLAINS...WOODVILLE AND JACKSONVILLE.

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 3347 8301 3336 8316 3339 8319 3338 8322
      3340 8322 3340 8324 3348 8328 3347 8334
      3351 8339 3367 8338 3370 8340 3373 8330
      3370 8312 3362 8300 3358 8301 3351 8298
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 210DEG 30KT 3362 8329 3361 8317
          3360 8311 3354 8308 3343 8308

$$

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, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones37 min
Jun 10, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam36 min
Jun 10, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley, Sumter, Talbot43 min
Jun 10, 5:17 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.