Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 23, 2012, 9:40 AM EST for Heard County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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
- Jan 23, 2012, 9:40 AM EST (14:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2012, 10:30 AM EST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Heard County, GA, Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 3:44 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jan 23, 8:49 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 463 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 492 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 722 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
700
WUUS52 KFFC 231440
SVRFFC
GAC149-285-231530-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0026.120123T1440Z-120123T1530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
940 AM EST MON JAN 23 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN HEARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1030 AM EST
* AT 932 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP
TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE 15 MILES WEST OF WEST
POINT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAGRANGE...CORINTH AND HOGANSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. ALTHOUGH
CURRENT DATA DOES NOT INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF A TORNADO...A TORNADO
MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3328 8499 3326 8495 3322 8494 3322 8490
3321 8488 3305 8487 3287 8487 3287 8519
3321 8526
TIME...MOT...LOC 1438Z 252DEG 31KT 3310 8536 3299 8535
3293 8541 3288 8548
$$2 follow-up statements
455
WWUS52 KFFC 231504
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1004 AM EST MON JAN 23 2012
GAC149-285-231530-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120123T1530Z/
TROUP GA-HEARD GA-
1004 AM EST MON JAN 23 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM EST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN HEARD AND TROUP COUNTIES...
AT 1001 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM WARES CROSSROADS TO CANNONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HILLCREST...LAGRANGE...HARRISONVILLE...SMITHS CROSSROAD...CORINTH...
LOUISE...HOGANSVILLE...BIG SPRINGS AND MOUNTVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3322 8518 3328 8499 3326 8495 3322 8494
3322 8490 3321 8488 3297 8487 3292 8511
3308 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 1503Z 251DEG 36KT 3318 8509 3307 8508
3300 8510 3294 8516
$$830
WWUS52 KFFC 231522
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1022 AM EST MON JAN 23 2012
GAC149-285-231531-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120123T1530Z/
TROUP GA-HEARD GA-
1022 AM EST MON JAN 23 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HEARD AND TROUP
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1030 AM EST...
AT 1016 AM EST...A POTENTIAL LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS
DETECTED BY RADAR BUT WEAKENING. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM CORINTH TO LOUISE TO SMITHS CROSSROAD...MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BIG
SPRINGS AND MOUNTVILLE.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3322 8518 3328 8499 3326 8495 3322 8494
3322 8490 3321 8488 3297 8487 3292 8511
3308 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 1521Z 251DEG 36KT 3324 8488 3313 8488
3306 8490 3300 8496
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 4:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 37 min |
| Jan 23, 4:56 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 23, 6:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 41 min |
| Jan 23, 8:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 41 min |
| Jan 23, 8:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 61 min |
| Jan 23, 9:24 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 6 hr |
| Jan 23, 9:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 46 min |
| Jan 23, 9:46 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 19 hr |
| Jan 23, 10:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Spalding | 40 min |
| Jan 23, 11:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 41 min |
Nearby
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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.