Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2012, 10:56 PM EDT for Clayton County, DeKalb County, Fulton 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, 10:56 PM EDT (02:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2012, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clayton County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 11:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Atlanta, GA | 6 TO 8 TREES DOWN |
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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 745 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
596
WUUS52 KFFC 100256
SVRFFC
GAC063-089-121-100345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0259.120710T0256Z-120710T0345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1056 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHWESTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
* AT 1051 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
HAPEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ATLANTA...GRANT PARK-ZOO ATLANTA...MIDTOWN...BUCKHEAD...AVONDALE
ESTATES...DECATUR...CLARKSTON AND DRUID HILLS.
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 3382 8449 3383 8447 3383 8445 3384 8446
3385 8446 3386 8445 3382 8421 3362 8432
3365 8454
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 237DEG 5KT 3367 8439
$$3 follow-up statements
664
WWUS52 KFFC 100310
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1110 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012
GAC063-089-121-100345-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0259.000000T0000Z-120710T0345Z/
DEKALB GA-CLAYTON GA-FULTON GA-
1110 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL FULTON...NORTHWESTERN CLAYTON AND SOUTHWESTERN DEKALB
COUNTIES...
AT 1105 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
LAKEWOOD PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST
END...CONLEY...BOLTON...TURNER FIELD...ATLANTA...GRANT PARK-ZOO
ATLANTA...CEDAR GROVE...SWEET AUBURN...MIDTOWN...ATLANTIC STATION...
EDGEWOOD...BUCKHEAD...LA VISTA...KIRKWOOD...EAST LAKE...
PANTHERSVILLE...SCOTTDALE...AVONDALE ESTATES...DECATUR...CLARKSTON...
DRUID HILLS...VIRGINIA HIGHLAND...PIEDMONT PARK...LITTLE FIVE POINTS
AND GRESHAM PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3382 8449 3383 8447 3383 8445 3384 8446
3385 8446 3386 8445 3382 8421 3362 8432
3365 8454
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 237DEG 5KT 3368 8437
$$529
WWUS52 KFFC 100327
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1127 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012
GAC063-089-121-100345-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0259.000000T0000Z-120710T0345Z/
DEKALB GA-CLAYTON GA-FULTON GA-
1127 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL FULTON...NORTHWESTERN CLAYTON AND SOUTHWESTERN DEKALB
COUNTIES...
AT 1124 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRESHAM PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
ALSO SEEING HIGH RAINFALL RATES FOR THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREAS
WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. WITH RAIN STILL OCCURRING...AREAS ARE
LIKELY TO SEE MINOR FLOODING. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE TRUE NEAR
NORMALLY PRONE STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ATLANTA...GRANT PARK-ZOO ATLANTA...CEDAR GROVE...SWEET AUBURN...
MIDTOWN...ATLANTIC STATION...EDGEWOOD...BUCKHEAD...LA VISTA...
KIRKWOOD...EAST LAKE...PANTHERSVILLE...SCOTTDALE...AVONDALE
ESTATES...DECATUR...CLARKSTON...DRUID HILLS...VIRGINIA HIGHLAND...
PIEDMONT PARK AND LITTLE FIVE POINTS.
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 3382 8449 3383 8447 3383 8445 3384 8446
3385 8446 3386 8445 3382 8421 3362 8432
3365 8454
TIME...MOT...LOC 0325Z 237DEG 5KT 3369 8435
$$684
WWUS52 KFFC 100346
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1146 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012
GAC063-089-121-100355-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0259.000000T0000Z-120710T0345Z/
DEKALB GA-CLAYTON GA-FULTON GA-
1146 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL FULTON...NORTHWESTERN
CLAYTON AND SOUTHWESTERN DEKALB COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1145 PM EDT...
ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE SEVERE THREAT HAS ABATED...STILL SEEING HIGH
RAINFALL RATES FOR THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREAS WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES
PER HOUR. WITH RAIN STILL OCCURRING...AREAS ARE LIKELY TO SEE MINOR
FLOODING. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE TRUE NEAR NORMALLY PRONE STREAMS
AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ATLANTA...GRANT PARK-ZOO ATLANTA...CEDAR GROVE...SWEET AUBURN...
MIDTOWN...ATLANTIC STATION...EDGEWOOD...BUCKHEAD...LA VISTA...
KIRKWOOD...EAST LAKE...PANTHERSVILLE...SCOTTDALE...AVONDALE
ESTATES...DECATUR...CLARKSTON...DRUID HILLS...VIRGINIA HIGHLAND...
PIEDMONT PARK AND LITTLE FIVE POINTS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
LAT...LON 3382 8449 3383 8447 3383 8445 3384 8446
3385 8446 3386 8445 3382 8421 3362 8432
3365 8454
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 237DEG 5KT 3369 8435
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 26 min |
| Jul 9, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale | 25 min |
| Jul 9, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 31 min |
| Jul 9, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 26 min |
| Jul 9, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 41 min |
| Jul 9, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 38 min |
| Jul 9, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 9:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 9:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 9:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 10:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Monroe | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 10:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 29 min |
| Jul 9, 10:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 26 min |
| Jul 9, 10:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 10:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 31 min |
| Jul 9, 11:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 11:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 38 min |
| Jul 9, 11:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 23 min |
| Jul 10, 12:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 12:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 1:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 1:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 1:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 2:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Union | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 12:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 24 min |
| Jul 10, 12:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 24 min |
| Jul 10, 12:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 12:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 12:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 12:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 1:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 20 min |
| Jul 10, 1:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 1:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 19 min |
| Jul 10, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Fannin, Murray, Union, Walker and 1 more | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 22 min |
| Jul 10, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 17 min |
| Jul 10, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 20 min |
| Jul 10, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens, Union | 24 min |
| Jul 10, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Lumpkin, Union | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 23 min |
| Jul 10, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 24 min |
| Jul 10, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 35 min |
| Jul 10, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall, Lumpkin | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 26 min |
| Jul 10, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 23 min |
| Jul 10, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson | 51 min |
| Jul 10, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 48 min |
| Jul 10, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Jackson, Madison | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 39 min |
| Jul 10, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Spalding | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oconee | 37 min |
| Jul 10, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Polk | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 44 min |
| Jul 10, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Rockdale | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Jackson | 33 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.