Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jul 5, 2012, 7:26 PM EDT (23:26 UTC)

Expired

Jul 5, 2012, 7:49 PM EDT

In force

23 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Meriwether County, GA, Troup County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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.

710 
WUUS52 KFFC 052326
SVRFFC
GAC199-285-060015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0229.120705T2326Z-120706T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
726 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 725 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 BIG
  SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DURAND.

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 3301 8499 3301 8478 3285 8472 3287 8475
      3287 8497 3288 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 002DEG 17KT 3295 8491

$$

704 
WWUS52 KFFC 052349
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
749 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

GAC199-285-052357-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0229.000000T0000Z-120706T0015Z/
TROUP GA-MERIWETHER GA-
749 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MERIWETHER AND
SOUTHEASTERN TROUP COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 749 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THE ONCE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED 
TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 
MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
STORM. THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STOVALL AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 TO 
15 MPH. 

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 3301 8499 3301 8478 3285 8472 3287 8475
      3287 8497 3288 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 002DEG 17KT 3286 8491

$$

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.