Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT for Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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 10, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Paulding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 5:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Ese Dallas, GA | NOAA RESEARCH TEAM RELAYED A REPORT OF QUARTER SIZED HAIL. |
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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 774 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
871
WUUS52 KFFC 102115
SVRFFC
GAC223-102200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0263.120710T2115Z-120710T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
515 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 513 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 DALLAS...
MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HIRAM.
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 3396 8497 3408 8493 3408 8474 3395 8474
3395 8472 3393 8472 3379 8473 3377 8489
3381 8504 3390 8503 3391 8505 3395 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 201DEG 10KT 3390 8488
$$1 follow-up statement
054
WWUS52 KFFC 102151
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
551 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2012
GAC223-102201-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0263.000000T0000Z-120710T2200Z/
PAULDING GA-
551 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PAULDING COUNTY EXPIRES AT 600
PM EDT...
AT 546 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BURNT HICKORY RIDGE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CROSS
ROADS.
IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY!
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU
CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
LAT...LON 3396 8497 3408 8493 3408 8474 3395 8474
3395 8472 3393 8472 3379 8473 3377 8489
3381 8504 3390 8503 3391 8505 3395 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 201DEG 10KT 3399 8484
$$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, 10:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton | 49 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, 5:31 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.