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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 179, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 1, 20124 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2012, 4:25 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 50 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
Jul 1, 2012, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Warren County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 4:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sw Crawfordville, GATWO TREES DOWN ON I-20 BLOCKING LANE AT MILE MARKER 147.

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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2012-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2785 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 2012-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -38 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
2785 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-200 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1830 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 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.

434 
WUUS52 KFFC 012025
SVRFFC
GAC133-141-265-301-012115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0179.120701T2025Z-120701T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
425 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  TALIAFERRO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WEST CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 421 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITE
  PLAINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SHARON AND CRAWFORDVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3336 8303 3353 8312 3364 8290 3362 8288
      3364 8287 3365 8284 3365 8282 3345 8271
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 245DEG 5KT 3348 8298

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington25 min
Jul 1, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin32 min
Jul 1, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock30 min
Jul 1, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin38 min
Jul 1, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington30 min
Jul 1, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock36 min
Jul 1, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard32 min
Jul 1, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock40 min
Jul 1, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin33 min
Jul 1, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris31 min
Jul 1, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington26 min
Jul 1, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWarren39 min
Jul 1, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Warren46 min
Jul 1, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones24 min
Jul 1, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk23 min
Jul 1, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard28 min
Jul 1, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin37 min
Jul 1, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam34 min
Jul 1, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Warren46 min
Jul 1, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan25 min
Jul 1, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes32 min
Jul 1, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris37 min
Jul 1, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam34 min
Jul 1, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones31 min
Jul 1, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Houston25 min
Jul 1, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Putnam35 min
Jul 1, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly33 min
Jul 1, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes32 min
Jul 1, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion29 min
Jul 1, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach33 min
Jul 1, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot31 min
Jul 1, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup42 min
Jul 1, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Newton27 min
Jul 1, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Jones, Monroe24 min
Jul 1, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Spalding51 min
Jul 1, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSpalding27 min
Jul 1, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Putnam28 min
Jul 1, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe35 min
Jul 1, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford34 min
Jul 1, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach24 min
Jul 1, 7:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts23 min
Jul 1, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry29 min
Jul 1, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar30 min
Jul 1, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Laurens25 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.