Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2012, 6:34 PM EDT for Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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, 6:34 PM EDT (22:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2012, 7:04 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Spalding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 27 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.
416
WUUS52 KFFC 042234
SVRFFC
GAC255-042315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0216.120704T2234Z-120704T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
634 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 628 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SUNNY SIDE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ORCHARD HILL AND GRIFFIN.
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 3332 8438 3335 8439 3335 8425 3334 8424
3334 8415 3330 8413 3330 8411 3328 8409
3325 8412 3318 8412 3318 8422 3319 8424
3331 8440
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 297DEG 6KT 3331 8435
$$2 follow-up statements
583
WWUS52 KFFC 042252
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
652 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
GAC255-042315-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0216.000000T0000Z-120704T2315Z/
SPALDING GA-
652 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR SPALDING COUNTY...
AT 647 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP
TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WALKER MILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 5 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3332 8438 3335 8439 3335 8425 3334 8424
3334 8415 3330 8413 3330 8411 3328 8409
3325 8412 3318 8412 3318 8422 3319 8424
3331 8440
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 296DEG 3KT 3327 8417
$$162
WWUS52 KFFC 042304
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
704 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
GAC255-042313-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0216.000000T0000Z-120704T2315Z/
SPALDING GA-
704 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SPALDING COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN...AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE STILL POSSIBLE
AS THE STORM OVER EAST SPALDING COUNTY GRADUALLY WEAKENS.
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 3332 8438 3335 8439 3335 8425 3334 8424
3334 8415 3330 8413 3330 8411 3328 8409
3325 8412 3318 8412 3318 8422 3319 8424
3331 8440
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 296DEG 3KT 3327 8416
$$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, 6:11 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, 6:35 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.