Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 215, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2012, 6:11 PM EDT for Pike County, Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 2012, 6:11 PM EDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Pike County, GA, Spalding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 21 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.
609
WUUS52 KFFC 042211
SVRFFC
GAC231-255-042300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0215.120704T2211Z-120704T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
611 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
WESTERN SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 610 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLIAMSON...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CONCORD AND ZEBULON.
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 3313 8451 3317 8451 3318 8450 3325 8450
3326 8444 3329 8442 3331 8439 3320 8425
3309 8425 3308 8452 3312 8452
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 324DEG 6KT 3326 8445
$$1 follow-up statement
821
WWUS52 KFFC 042232
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
632 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
GAC231-255-042300-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0215.000000T0000Z-120704T2300Z/
SPALDING GA-PIKE GA-
632 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN PIKE AND SOUTHWESTERN SPALDING COUNTIES...
AT 628 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP
TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HILLTOP...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
15 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VAUGHN...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3313 8451 3317 8451 3318 8450 3325 8450
3326 8444 3329 8442 3331 8439 3320 8425
3309 8425 3308 8452 3312 8452
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 313DEG 11KT 3313 8439
$$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, 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, 6:17 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.