Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2012, 5:43 PM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 47 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, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crawford County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Houston County, GA, Macon County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Taylor County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 6:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fort Valley, GA | PEACH COUNTY 911 RELAYED REPORTS OF A FEW DOWNED TREES. RADAR ESTIMATED TIME OF 1800 EDT. |
| Jun 10, 6:26 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Se Warner Robins, GA | PUBLIC REPORTED 4 TREES DOWN IN THEIR YARD ON BEAR LAKE ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 12:41 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.
216
WUUS52 KFFC 102143
SVRFFC
GAC079-093-153-193-225-235-269-102230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0161.120610T2143Z-120610T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
543 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
DOOLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
PEACH COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN MACON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
EAST CENTRAL TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 541 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
REYNOLDS TO MARSHALLVILLE TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOOLING TO
LILLY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
VIENNA...PINEHURST...UNADILLA...FORT VALLEY...PERRY...BYRON...
CENTERVILLE...WARNER ROBINS AND HAWKINSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. ALTHOUGH
CURRENT DATA DOES NOT INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF A TORNADO...A TORNADO
MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
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 3225 8395 3238 8407 3253 8415 3280 8386
3272 8380 3267 8367 3266 8357 3264 8355
3252 8354 3248 8349 3240 8350 3230 8338
3214 8337 3211 8347 3212 8361 3208 8361
3203 8385
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 229DEG 35KT 3258 8405 3246 8398
3234 8386 3221 8382 3211 8384
$$2 follow-up statements
470
WWUS52 KFFC 102157
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
557 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012
GAC079-093-153-193-225-235-269-102230-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-120610T2230Z/
PULASKI GA-PEACH GA-MACON GA-TAYLOR GA-CRAWFORD GA-DOOLY GA-
HOUSTON GA-
557 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR HOUSTON...EASTERN DOOLY...SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD...EXTREME EAST
CENTRAL TAYLOR...NORTHEASTERN MACON...PEACH AND PULASKI COUNTIES...
AT 556 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 LEE POPE TO FORT VALLEY TO MOSS OAK TO ELKO TO PINEHURST...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TIPPETTVILLE...PERRY...MIAMI VALLEY...GROVANIA...FRIENDSHIP...
POWERVILLE...CLINCHFIELD...LAKEWOOD...HOUSTON LAKE...HAYNEVILLE...
MOCK SPRINGS...FINLEYSON...SAND BED...BYRON...JACK BROWN ESTATES...
KATHLEEN...WALLACE...BROWNDALE...KLONDIKE...CENTERVILLE...BONAIRE...
WARNER ROBINS...HAWKINSVILLE...ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE...ELBERTA...
HARTFORD...PULASKI STATE PRISON...OCMULGEE PUBLIC FISHING AREA AND
MOBLEY CROSSING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. ALTHOUGH
CURRENT DATA DOES NOT INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF A TORNADO...A TORNADO
MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
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 3232 8385 3243 8397 3260 8408 3280 8386
3272 8380 3264 8355 3252 8354 3248 8349
3240 8350 3230 8338 3214 8337 3211 8346
3212 8361 3208 8361 3204 8382
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 229DEG 35KT 3267 8393 3255 8386
3243 8374 3230 8370 3220 8372
$$988
WWUS52 KFFC 102225
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
625 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012
GAC079-093-153-193-225-235-269-102234-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-120610T2230Z/
PULASKI GA-PEACH GA-MACON GA-TAYLOR GA-CRAWFORD GA-DOOLY GA-
HOUSTON GA-
625 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HOUSTON...EASTERN DOOLY...
SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD...EXTREME EAST CENTRAL TAYLOR...NORTHEASTERN
MACON...PEACH AND PULASKI COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 630 PM EDT...
AT 621 PM EDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS
UP TO 60 MPH LOOKS TO BE WEAKENING SLIGHTLY. WILL THEREFORE LET
WARNING EXPIRE AND REPLACE WITH A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY.
THIS IS STILL A STRONG STORM...IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE INDOORS.
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 3232 8385 3243 8397 3260 8408 3280 8386
3272 8380 3264 8355 3252 8354 3248 8349
3240 8350 3230 8338 3214 8337 3211 8346
3212 8361 3208 8361 3204 8382
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 229DEG 35KT 3284 8369 3272 8362
3260 8350 3247 8346 3237 8349
$$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, 4:39 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, 5:45 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 |
Nearby
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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.