Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2012, 7:50 PM EDT for Butts County, Jasper County, Newton County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 min. 2 reports 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, 7:50 PM EDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2012, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Butts County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Newton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ene Jackson, GA | BUTTS COUNTY 911 RELAYED A REPORT OF AT LEAST THREE TREES DOWN NEAR JACKSON LAKE. |
| Jul 5, 7:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 8 Ene Jackson, GA | JASPER 911 RELAYED A REPORT OF AT LEAST 6 TREES AND THREE POWERLINES DOWN NEAR JACKSON LAKE. TIME IS BASED ON RADAR. |
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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 60 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.
950 WUUS52 KFFC 052350 SVRFFC GAC035-159-217-060015- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0231.120705T2350Z-120706T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 750 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BUTTS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WEST CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTH CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 815 PM EDT * AT 745 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF FLOVILLA...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JACKSON. 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 3319 8381 3328 8405 3344 8390 3337 8372 TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 028DEG 15KT 3334 8387 $$
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, 5:19 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, 7:56 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.