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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 14, 2012Stewart County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2012, 5:20 PM EDT for Stewart County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min. 4 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 14, 2012, 5:20 PM EDT (21:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Stewart County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 5:22 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Se Lumpkin, GAA COUNTY OFFICIAL REPORTED A TREE DOWN ON TROATMAN ROAD.
Jun 14, 5:22 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 Ese Lumpkin, GACOUNTY OFFICIAL REPORTED A TREE DOWN ON HOLDER ROAD.
Jun 14, 5:22 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG6 E Lumpkin, GAEMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED 3 TREES DOWN APPROXIMATELY SIX MILES EAST OF LUMPKIN.
Jun 14, 5:22 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGLumpkin, GASTEWART COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE RELAYED A REPORT OF A DOWNED TREE IN LUMPKIN. RADAR ESTIMATED TIME OF 1722 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2012-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1971 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 2012-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 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
1971 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
887 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

499 
WUUS52 KFFC 142120
SVRFFC
GAC259-142200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0172.120614T2120Z-120614T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
520 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN STEWART COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 516 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
  LUMPKIN...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SANFORD.

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 3192 8492 3195 8497 3197 8497 3197 8500
      3198 8502 3209 8489 3207 8466 3192 8468
      3192 8469
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 045DEG 10KT 3198 8481

$$
1 follow-up statement
389 
WWUS52 KFFC 142150
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
550 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012

GAC259-142200-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0172.000000T0000Z-120614T2200Z/
STEWART GA-
550 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN STEWART COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 600 PM EDT...

AT 549 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
SANFORD...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 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 3192 8492 3195 8497 3197 8497 3197 8500
      3198 8502 3209 8489 3207 8466 3192 8468
      3192 8469
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 045DEG 10KT 3192 8488

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fayette39 min
Jun 13, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fulton44 min
Jun 13, 8:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLumpkin55 min
Jun 13, 8:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, Fulton58 min
Jun 13, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Fulton48 min
Jun 13, 8:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCClayton, Fulton6 hr
Jun 13, 9:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCobb, Fulton6 hr
Jun 13, 9:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb24 min
Jun 13, 9:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDeKalb80 min
Jun 13, 9:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton44 min
Jun 13, 10:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel62 min
Jun 14, 1:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter25 min
Jun 14, 1:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas, Fulton34 min
Jun 14, 4:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTowns31 min
Jun 14, 7:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks25 min
Jun 14, 8:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Jackson41 min
Jun 14, 8:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison40 min
Jun 14, 9:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow34 min
Jun 14, 12:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard39 min
Jun 14, 1:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard67 min
Jun 14, 2:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee54 min
Jun 14, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee52 min
Jun 14, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk50 min
Jun 14, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart43 min
Jun 14, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup49 min
Jun 14, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Talbot34 min
Jun 14, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTroup36 min
Jun 14, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion, Schley, Sumter, Webster47 min
Jun 14, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Webster51 min
Jun 14, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart28 min
Jun 14, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris42 min
Jun 14, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley35 min
Jun 14, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee33 min
Jun 14, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley, Sumter49 min
Jun 14, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Pulaski47 min
Jun 14, 7:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Houston, Macon, Peach41 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.