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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 1, 2012Butts County, Henry County, Newton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2012, 5:48 PM EDT for Butts County, Henry County, Newton County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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, 5:48 PM EDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Butts County, GA, Henry County, GA, Newton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 6:05 PM EDTHAIL 12 Sse Mcdonough, GAHENRY COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED PEA TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN THE MCDONOUGH AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED TIME OF 1805 EDT TO 1815 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 52 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.

121 
WUUS52 KFFC 012148 RRA
SVRFFC
GAC035-151-217-012215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0184.120701T2148Z-120701T2215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BUTTS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 546 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 7 MILES NORTH
  OF JENKINSBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  FLOVILLA AND JACKSON.

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 3357 8411 3353 8405 3356 8401 3344 8381
      3341 8385 3340 8383 3337 8386 3334 8386
      3333 8384 3330 8383 3323 8391 3343 8422
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 308DEG 8KT 3342 8398

$$

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, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren50 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, 5:51 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.