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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 250, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2012, 5:29 PM EDT for Bartow County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2012, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Bartow County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 1236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.3
- Supercell composite
- -2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
936
WUUS52 KFFC 082129
SVRFFC
GAC015-082215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0250.120708T2129Z-120708T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
529 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 527 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
CASSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ADAIRSVILLE AND WHITE.
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 3440 8493 3440 8474 3442 8473 3440 8465
3436 8466 3435 8464 3435 8466 3416 8465
3409 8468 3419 8499
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 211DEG 7KT 3425 8482
$$1 follow-up statement
784
WWUS52 KFFC 082147
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
547 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012
GAC015-082215-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0250.000000T0000Z-120708T2215Z/
BARTOW GA-
547 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR BARTOW COUNTY...
AT 544 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP
TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CARTERSVILLE...AND WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
EMERSON...GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER STATE PARK AND RED TOP MOUNTAIN
STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3440 8489 3440 8474 3438 8474 3435 8470
3416 8465 3409 8468 3419 8496
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 318DEG 4KT 3420 8480
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.