Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2012, 4:43 PM EDT for Carroll County, Haralson County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min. 3 reports 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 4, 2012, 4:43 PM EDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carroll County, GA, Haralson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 71 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 4, 4:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tallapoosa, GA | 9 TREES DOWN IN THE TALLAPOOSA AREA TO INCLUDE SEVERAL ALONG HIGHWAY 120. 2 HOUSES HAD A TREE FALL ON THEM. |
| Jul 4, 5:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Bremen, GA | 6 TO 8 TREES DOWN JUST NORTH OF BREMEN ALONG HIGHWAY 1 AND ANOTHER 3 TREES DOWN NEAR WACO. |
| Jul 4, 5:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ne Mount Zion, GA | 1 TREE DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 1 NEAR BOWDON JUNCTION. |
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 76 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 278 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
910
WUUS52 KFFC 042043
SVRFFC
GAC045-143-042130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0210.120704T2043Z-120704T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
443 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTHERN HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 442 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
TALLAPOOSA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WACO...BREMEN...MOUNT ZION...BOWDON AND CARROLLTON.
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 3384 8517 3352 8494 3349 8531 3374 8537
3377 8537
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 329DEG 12KT 3372 8526
$$1 follow-up statement
045
WWUS52 KFFC 042108
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
508 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
GAC045-143-042130-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-120704T2130Z/
CARROLL GA-HARALSON GA-
508 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN HARALSON AND CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTIES...
AT 505 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MOUNT ZION...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOWDON
JUNCTION...JOHN TANNER STATE PARK...ABILENE...CLEM...BOWDON AND
CARROLLTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3383 8516 3352 8494 3349 8531 3374 8537
3377 8537
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 329DEG 12KT 3365 8521
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 8:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 36 min |
| Jul 3, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Pickens | 33 min |
| Jul 3, 8:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 32 min |
| Jul 3, 11:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker, Whitfield | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 29 min |
| Jul 4, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 35 min |
| Jul 4, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 44 min |
| Jul 4, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 33 min |
| Jul 4, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry, Spalding | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 26 min |
| Jul 4, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike, Spalding | 49 min |
| Jul 4, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 26 min |
| Jul 4, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Spalding | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 15 min |
| Jul 4, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 27 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.