Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2012, 6:26 PM EDT for Jasper County, Morgan County, Newton County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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 9, 2012, 6:26 PM EDT (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2012, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jasper County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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 9, 6:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Madison, GA | MORGAN COUNTY EMA RELAYED A REPORT OF SEVERAL TREES...MORE THAN 6 DOWN IN THE AREA. |
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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 1537 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 787 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 1 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
892
WUUS52 KFFC 092226
SVRFFC
GAC159-211-217-092315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0253.120709T2226Z-120709T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
626 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 625 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
NEWBORN...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RUTLEDGE.
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 3344 8352 3352 8372 3361 8372 3361 8370
3360 8368 3363 8366 3367 8351
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 276DEG 7KT 3357 8367
$$1 follow-up statement
086
WWUS52 KFFC 092307
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
707 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012
GAC159-211-217-092317-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0253.000000T0000Z-120709T2315Z/
NEWTON GA-MORGAN GA-JASPER GA-
707 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL
JASPER...SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN AND EAST CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTIES EXPIRES
AT 715 PM EDT...
AT 702 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
REESE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
LAT...LON 3344 8352 3352 8372 3361 8372 3361 8370
3360 8368 3363 8366 3367 8351
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 276DEG 7KT 3356 8357
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns | 52 min |
| Jul 9, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 36 min |
| Jul 9, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 28 min |
| Jul 9, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Rockdale | 36 min |
| Jul 9, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 29 min |
| Jul 9, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 38 min |
| Jul 9, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walton | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee, Walton | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton | 26 min |
| Jul 9, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Morgan, Oconee, Walton | 53 min |
| Jul 9, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 29 min |
| Jul 9, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Warren | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 38 min |
| Jul 9, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Sumter | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter, Webster | 38 min |
| Jul 9, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 28 min |
| Jul 9, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 25 min |
| Jul 9, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 24 min |
| Jul 9, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock | 31 min |
| Jul 9, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Washington | 25 min |
| Jul 9, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 28 min |
| Jul 9, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts | 25 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.