Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2012, 6:43 PM EDT for Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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, 6:43 PM EDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2012, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Meriwether County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 28 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.
764
WUUS52 KFFC 042243
SVRFFC
GAC199-042330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0218.120704T2243Z-120704T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
643 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT
* AT 638 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 GAY...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
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 3322 8464 3322 8450 3318 8450 3317 8451
3311 8452 3310 8453 3308 8452 3308 8453
3305 8452 3304 8454 3304 8470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 014DEG 7KT 3313 8458
$$1 follow-up statement
463
WWUS52 KFFC 042301
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
701 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
GAC199-042330-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0218.000000T0000Z-120704T2330Z/
MERIWETHER GA-
701 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY...
AT 656 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP
TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GAY...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3322 8464 3322 8450 3318 8450 3317 8451
3311 8452 3310 8453 3308 8452 3308 8453
3305 8452 3304 8454 3304 8470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 015DEG 5KT 3310 8459
$$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, 6:34 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, 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.