Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2012, 5:19 PM EDT for Chattahoochee County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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, 5:19 PM EDT (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Muscogee County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 5:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Columbus, GA | 10 TO 20 TREES DOWN ACROSS COLUMBUS...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTH PART OF THE CITY. AT LEAST 10 POWER LINES DOWN. 1 TREE DOWN ON WYNNTON ROAD. 1 TREE ON HOUSE ON MATTHEW STREET. POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS FORT BENNING ROAD. |
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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 116 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.
660
WUUS52 KFFC 052119
SVRFFC
GAC053-215-052200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0221.120705T2119Z-120705T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
519 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTH CENTRAL MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 517 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
COLUMBUS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORT
BENNING/LAWSON ARMY AIR FIELD.
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 3236 8499 3241 8499 3243 8497 3246 8501
3250 8500 3253 8494 3246 8482 3228 8492
3232 8501 3235 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 040DEG 2KT 3243 8495
$$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, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter, Webster | 47 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, 5:33 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 |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.