Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2012, 4:52 PM EDT for Paulding 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 4, 2012, 4:52 PM EDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2012, 5:19 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Paulding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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, 5:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Cross Roads, GA | 6 TO 8 TREES DOWN ALONG CEDARCREST ROAD IN NORTHEAST PAULDING 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 74 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.
311
WUUS52 KFFC 042052
SVRFFC
GAC223-042130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0211.120704T2052Z-120704T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
452 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 451 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 9 MILES NORTH
OF DALLAS...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HIRAM.
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 3408 8493 3408 8474 3404 8474 3395 8474
3394 8472 3387 8473 3387 8493
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 355DEG 3KT 3404 8480
$$1 follow-up statement
063
WWUS52 KFFC 042119
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
519 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
GAC223-042128-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0211.000000T0000Z-120704T2130Z/
PAULDING GA-
519 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. AT 518 PM EDT... RADAR SHOWED THE
WEAKENING STORM NEAR CROSS ROADS AND NEW HOPE AND DRIFTING SOUTH AND
SOUTHEAST.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
LAT...LON 3408 8493 3408 8474 3404 8474 3395 8474
3394 8472 3387 8473 3387 8493
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 355DEG 3KT 3399 8478
$$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, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 47 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.