Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jun 13, 2012, 8:16 PM EDT (00:16 UTC)

Expired

Jun 13, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT

In force

44 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Clayton County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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416 
WUUS52 KFFC 140016
SVRFFC
GAC063-121-140100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0168.120614T0016Z-120614T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
816 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTH CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 812 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
  HARTSFIELD-JACKSON AIRPORT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
  AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.

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 3355 8452 3365 8454 3366 8444 3360 8440
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 064DEG 4KT 3362 8445

$$

699 
WWUS52 KFFC 140052
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
852 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2012

GAC063-121-140102-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0168.000000T0000Z-120614T0100Z/
CLAYTON GA-FULTON GA-
852 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FULTON AND
NORTHWESTERN CLAYTON COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 900 PM EDT...

AT 849 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED 
HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARTSFIELD-JACKSON 
AIRPORT...MOVING SOUTHT AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WAS ALSO 
WEAKENING...AND AN ADDITIONAL 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 3355 8452 3365 8454 3366 8444 3360 8440
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 037DEG 5KT 3357 8448

$$

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.