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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 1, 2012Taliaferro County, Warren County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2012, 4:44 PM EDT for Taliaferro County, Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 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, 4:44 PM EDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Taliaferro County, GA, Warren County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jul 1, 4:46 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Raytown, GA	TALIAFERRO COUNTY 911 RELAYED REPORTS OF SEVERAL DOWNED TREES ON COUNTY ROADS IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED TIME BETWEEN 1646 EDT AND 1700 EDT IN THIS PORTION OF THE COUNTY.

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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

321 
WUUS52 KFFC 012044
SVRFFC
GAC265-301-012130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0180.120701T2044Z-120701T2130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL TALIAFERRO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 441 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 CAMAK...
  MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO REESE
  AND MESENA.

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 3327 8243 3333 8255 3330 8266 3365 8283
      3366 8282 3362 8275 3362 8269 3360 8268
      3361 8264 3346 8258 3341 8254 3336 8254
      3334 8243 3331 8239
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 263DEG 4KT 3350 8264

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	25 min
Jul 1, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	32 min
Jul 1, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Glascock	30 min
Jul 1, 3:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin	38 min
Jul 1, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Washington	30 min
Jul 1, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hancock	36 min
Jul 1, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	32 min
Jul 1, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hancock	40 min
Jul 1, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	33 min
Jul 1, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	31 min
Jul 1, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Washington	26 min
Jul 1, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Warren	39 min
Jul 1, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hancock, Warren	46 min
Jul 1, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	24 min
Jul 1, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Polk	23 min
Jul 1, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren	50 min
Jul 1, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	28 min
Jul 1, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin	37 min
Jul 1, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Putnam	34 min
Jul 1, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Morgan	25 min
Jul 1, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	32 min
Jul 1, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Harris	37 min
Jul 1, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Putnam	34 min
Jul 1, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jones	31 min
Jul 1, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Houston	25 min
Jul 1, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Putnam	35 min
Jul 1, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dooly	33 min
Jul 1, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Wilkes	32 min
Jul 1, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Marion	29 min
Jul 1, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach	33 min
Jul 1, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Talbot	31 min
Jul 1, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Troup	42 min
Jul 1, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry, Newton	27 min
Jul 1, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Jones, Monroe	24 min
Jul 1, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry, Spalding	51 min
Jul 1, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Spalding	27 min
Jul 1, 6:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Morgan, Putnam	28 min
Jul 1, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Monroe	35 min
Jul 1, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Crawford	34 min
Jul 1, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Peach	24 min
Jul 1, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts	23 min
Jul 1, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Henry	29 min
Jul 1, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Lamar	30 min
Jul 1, 7:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dodge, Laurens	25 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.