Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2012, 4:43 PM EDT for Sumter County, Webster County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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 5, 2012, 4:43 PM EDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Sumter County, GA, Webster County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 4:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Plains, GA | 4 TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 45 NORTH OF PLAINS. |
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 152 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
- 1009 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1299 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
567
WUUS52 KFFC 052043
SVRFFC
GAC261-307-052130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0220.120705T2043Z-120705T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
443 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 438 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 PLAINS...
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CROXTON CROSSROADS...LEVERETTS...DUMAS AND CENTERPOINT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 3195 8444 3193 8444 3191 8446 3192 8464
3214 8445 3214 8443 3217 8442 3216 8431
3211 8421 3191 8432 3191 8433 3187 8434
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 033DEG 4KT 3208 8435
$$1 follow-up statement
079
WWUS52 KFFC 052111
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
511 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012
GAC261-307-052130-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0220.000000T0000Z-120705T2130Z/
WEBSTER GA-SUMTER GA-
511 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN SUMTER AND SOUTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTIES...
AT 506 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP
TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PLAINS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT
20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DUMAS...CENTERPOINT AND LEVERETTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3195 8444 3193 8444 3191 8446 3192 8464
3214 8445 3214 8443 3217 8442 3216 8431
3211 8421 3191 8432 3191 8433 3187 8434
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 042DEG 17KT 3202 8446
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 22 min |
| Jul 5, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Schley | 24 min |
| Jul 5, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly, Marion, Schley, Sumter | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Taylor | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 34 min |
| Jul 5, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 35 min |
| Jul 5, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 28 min |
| Jul 5, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 24 min |
| Jul 5, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 27 min |
| Jul 5, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 32 min |
| Jul 5, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 27 min |
| Jul 5, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Walker | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 28 min |
| Jul 5, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 52 min |
| Jul 5, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 27 min |
| Jul 5, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 25 min |
| Jul 5, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Warren, Washington | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Newton | 25 min |
| Jul 5, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 34 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.