Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jul 1, 2012, 6:18 PM EDT (22:18 UTC)

Expired

Jul 1, 2012, 6:46 PM EDT

In force

28 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Morgan County, GA, Putnam County, GA

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

800 
WUUS52 KFFC 012218
SVRFFC
GAC211-237-012300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0187.120701T2218Z-120701T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 613 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
  BUCKHEAD...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BUCKHEAD AND PHOENIX.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 3335 8354 3344 8353 3345 8356 3361 8355
      3362 8335 3360 8335 3354 8327 3349 8328
      3340 8324 3340 8322 3338 8322 3339 8319
      3336 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 273DEG 5KT 3351 8341

$$

015 
WWUS52 KFFC 012246
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
646 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

GAC211-237-012253-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0187.000000T0000Z-120701T2300Z/
PUTNAM GA-MORGAN GA-
646 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN AND
NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 
SEVERE WEATHER. AT 645 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 
RADAR INDICATED A SCATTERED LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT 
EXTENDED FROM NORTH MORGAN COUNTY...SOUTHWARD TO NORTH PUTNAM 
COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED... GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH 
AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

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 3335 8354 3344 8353 3345 8356 3361 8355
      3362 8335 3360 8335 3354 8327 3349 8328
      3340 8324 3340 8322 3338 8322 3339 8319
      3336 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 273DEG 5KT 3351 8337

$$

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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.