Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2012, 8:42 PM EDT for Bartow County, Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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, 8:42 PM EDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2012, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cartersville, GA | BARTOW 911 RELAYED A REPORT OF 10 TO 15 TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE FROM THE STORMS. TIME WAS ESTIMATED 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 1415 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2090 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
160 WUUS52 KFFC 060042 SVRFFC GAC015-057-060115- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0237.120706T0042Z-120706T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 842 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 915 PM EDT * AT 841 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 WHITE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CASSVILLE...CARTERSVILLE...EMERSON AND EUHARLEE. 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 3412 8460 3412 8495 3439 8493 3437 8460 TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 015DEG 13KT 3426 8476 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns, Union, White | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 24 min |
| Jul 5, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 52 min |
| Jul 5, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade, Walker | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Murray, Pickens | 25 min |
| Jul 5, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Spalding | 32 min |
| Jul 5, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 24 min |
| Jul 5, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Polk | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 8:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 36 min |
| Jul 5, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 25 min |
| Jul 5, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 9:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 9:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe | 53 min |
| Jul 5, 10:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 10:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 24 min |
| Jul 5, 10:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 11:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 28 min |
| Jul 5, 11:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 35 min |
| Jul 5, 11:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Jul 5, 11:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 11:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 12:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 12:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 12:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 12:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 1:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 23 min |
| Jul 6, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Newton, Putnam, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington, Wilkinson | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 52 min |
| Jul 6, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 49 min |
| Jul 6, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 52 min |
| Jul 6, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Henry | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon | 46 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.