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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 3, 2012Jefferson County, Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2012, 3:08 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 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 3, 2012, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Jefferson County, GA, Washington County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 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 3, 3:12 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGLouisville, GAJEFFERSON COUNTY 911 RELAYED A REPORT OF THREE TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 2012-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1364 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2012-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
1364 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1287 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 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.

345 
WUUS52 KFFC 031908
SVRFFC
GAC163-303-032000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0190.120703T1908Z-120703T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
308 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 306 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 6 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF DAVISBORO...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  LOUISVILLE...BARTOW AND RIDDLEVILLE.

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 3284 8243 3290 8271 3312 8261 3312 8258
      3314 8258 3310 8239
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 014DEG 4KT 3303 8252

$$
1 follow-up statement
347 
WWUS52 KFFC 031921
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
321 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

GAC163-303-032000-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0190.000000T0000Z-120703T2000Z/
WASHINGTON GA-JEFFERSON GA-
321 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 316 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
GRANGE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BARTOW...RIDDLEVILLE AND DAVISBORO.

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 3311 8262 3306 8240 3284 8243 3290 8271
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 014DEG 4KT 3302 8252

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 8:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFloyd25 min
Jul 3, 2:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCNewton28 min
Jul 3, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton36 min
Jul 3, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard25 min
Jul 3, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson23 min
Jul 3, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks, Jackson33 min
Jul 3, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson28 min
Jul 3, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam36 min
Jul 3, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard33 min
Jul 3, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee30 min
Jul 3, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene28 min
Jul 3, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke26 min
Jul 3, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock37 min
Jul 3, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson34 min
Jul 3, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Muscogee31 min
Jul 3, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Washington28 min
Jul 3, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oconee23 min
Jul 3, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot37 min
Jul 3, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel49 min
Jul 3, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson33 min
Jul 3, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson31 min
Jul 3, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene27 min
Jul 3, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee52 min
Jul 3, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee35 min
Jul 3, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson, Washington33 min
Jul 3, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll24 min
Jul 3, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard38 min
Jul 3, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison36 min
Jul 3, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam34 min
Jul 3, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin13 min
Jul 3, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Johnson, Washington, Wilkinson40 min
Jul 3, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll44 min
Jul 3, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTaylor25 min
Jul 3, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry37 min
Jul 3, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPaulding34 min
Jul 3, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson48 min
Jul 3, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison31 min
Jul 3, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas26 min
Jul 3, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Washington, Wilkinson38 min
Jul 3, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster36 min
Jul 3, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite35 min
Jul 3, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel33 min
Jul 3, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Spalding43 min
Jul 3, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Taylor51 min
Jul 3, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Monroe, Upson49 min
Jul 3, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding28 min
Jul 3, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar42 min
Jul 3, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette38 min
Jul 3, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Bleckley, Twiggs36 min
Jul 3, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe24 min
Jul 3, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow34 min
Jul 3, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette48 min
Jul 3, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry44 min
Jul 3, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs23 min
Jul 3, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens32 min
Jul 3, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Crawford27 min
Jul 3, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Monroe25 min
Jul 3, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Twiggs53 min
Jul 3, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee, Pickens32 min
Jul 3, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp28 min
Jul 3, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPeach25 min
Jul 3, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton, DeKalb, Henry41 min
Jul 3, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair, Wheeler24 min
Jul 3, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair, Wilcox43 min
Jul 3, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCherokee25 min
Jul 3, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Forsyth, Fulton49 min
Jul 3, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWheeler28 min
Jul 3, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPickens33 min
Jul 3, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp32 min
Jul 3, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair33 min
Jul 3, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLee32 min
Jul 3, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDawson, Forsyth, Pickens37 min
Jul 3, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs41 min
Jul 3, 7:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair, Wheeler, Wilcox32 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.