Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 163, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2012, 1:27 PM EDT for Johnson County, Laurens County, Treutlen County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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 11, 2012, 1:27 PM EDT (17:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Treutlen County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 1:28 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Dublin, GA | LAURENS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELAYED REPORTS OF SEVERAL DOWNED TREES AND LINES IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN...INCLUDING A DOWNED TREE ON INTERSTATE 16 THAT HAS BEEN CLEARED. RADAR ESTIMATED TIME OF 1328 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
008
WUUS52 KFFC 111727
SVRFFC
GAC167-175-283-111800-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0163.120611T1727Z-120611T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
127 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
WESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHWESTERN TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 200 PM EDT
* AT 119 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
DUDLEY TO DUBLIN TO CEDAR GROVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EAST
DUBLIN...CHAPPELLS MILL...BREWTON...MINTER...LOWERY...ORLAND AND
WRIGHTSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM MAY OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
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 3218 8301 3240 8293 3244 8296 3260 8320
3270 8296 3276 8294 3281 8282 3264 8260
3258 8259 3256 8260 3253 8257 3251 8265
3250 8254 3241 8259
TIME...MOT...LOC 1724Z 237DEG 30KT 3260 8304 3255 8295
3249 8286 3246 8284 3243 8284 3236 8286
3230 8291
$$1 follow-up statement
131
WWUS52 KFFC 111739
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
139 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2012
GAC167-175-283-111800-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0163.000000T0000Z-120611T1800Z/
TREUTLEN GA-LAURENS GA-JOHNSON GA-
139 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN JOHNSON...EASTERN LAURENS AND NORTHWESTERN TREUTLEN
COUNTIES...
AT 134 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM TUCKERS CROSSROAD TO BREWTON TO MINTER TO ROCKLEDGE TO LOWERY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SCOTT...LOVETT...ORIANNA...ORLAND...SPANN...BLACKVILLE AND
WRIGHTSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM MAY OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3241 8259 3228 8285 3247 8286 3265 8306
3270 8296 3276 8294 3281 8282 3264 8260
3258 8259 3256 8260 3253 8257 3251 8265
3249 8254
TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 237DEG 30KT 3267 8289 3262 8280
3256 8271 3253 8269 3250 8269 3243 8271
3237 8276
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 38 min |
| Jun 11, 12:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Webster | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 12:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Pulaski | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski, Twiggs | 43 min |
| Jun 11, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Montgomery, Treutlen, Washington | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Laurens, Telfair, Wheeler and 1 more | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 28 min |
| Jun 11, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 18 min |
| Jun 11, 3:47 PM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 30 more | 13 hr |
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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.