Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2012, 6:22 PM EDT for Lumpkin County, Union County, White County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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 13, 2012, 6:22 PM EDT (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lumpkin County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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 13, 6:42 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Nw Low Gap Shelter, GA | PUBLIC REPORTED UP TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND NEAR PINE TOP ROAD. |
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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 878 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
379
WUUS52 KFFC 132222
SVRFFC
GAC187-291-311-132300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0166.120613T2222Z-120613T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
622 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN LUMPKIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
CENTRAL UNION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHWESTERN WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 619 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOW GAP
SHELTER...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WHITLEY GAP SHELTER...OWLTOWN...VOGEL STATE PARK...BLOOD MOUNTAIN
SHELTER AND WOODS HOLE SHELTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 3481 8378 3479 8378 3469 8382 3475 8405
3485 8392
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 056DEG 6KT 3480 8387
$$1 follow-up statement
532
WWUS52 KFFC 132253
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
653 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2012
GAC187-291-311-132301-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-120613T2300Z/
WHITE GA-UNION GA-LUMPKIN GA-
653 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN
LUMPKIN...EAST CENTRAL UNION AND NORTHWESTERN WHITE COUNTIES EXPIRES
AT 700 PM EDT...
AT 647 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VOGEL STATE
PARK...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WAS WEAKENING...AND AN
ADDITIONAL WARNING FOR THIS STORM IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
LAT...LON 3481 8378 3479 8378 3469 8382 3475 8405
3485 8392
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 037DEG 5KT 3476 8388
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 25 min |
| Jun 13, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 46 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.