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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 270, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 10, 2012Dodge County, Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2012, 8:48 PM EDT for Dodge County, Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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, 8:48 PM EDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2012, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Dodge County, GA, Laurens County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 9:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGEastman, GA6 TO 8 TREES DOWN...MAINLY IN THE EASTMAN 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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2012-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 914 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2012-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
914 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

661 
WUUS52 KFFC 110048
SVRFFC
GAC091-175-110130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0270.120711T0048Z-120711T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
848 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTH CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 844 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
  EASTMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RENTZ
  AND CADWELL.

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 3202 8322 3212 8331 3214 8331 3215 8332
      3218 8330 3219 8331 3243 8302 3224 8283
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 231DEG 14KT 3215 8320

$$
1 follow-up statement
879 
WWUS52 KFFC 110102
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
902 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2012

GAC091-175-110130-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0270.000000T0000Z-120711T0130Z/
LAURENS GA-DODGE GA-
902 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL DODGE AND SOUTH CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTIES...

AT 859 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
EASTMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PLAINFIELD...RENTZ...CADWELL AND CEDAR GROVE.

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 3207 8315 3213 8323 3215 8325 3216 8326
      3217 8328 3219 8331 3243 8302 3224 8283
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 231DEG 14KT 3218 8315

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 8:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper43 min
Jul 10, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock39 min
Jul 10, 8:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Wilcox51 min
Jul 10, 8:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon32 min
Jul 10, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Oconee31 min
Jul 10, 8:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Pike51 min
Jul 10, 8:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford43 min
Jul 10, 8:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClayton39 min
Jul 10, 8:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCClarke, Greene, Oconee, Oglethorpe37 min
Jul 10, 8:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBanks36 min
Jul 10, 8:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWarren38 min
Jul 10, 8:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta, Douglas51 min
Jul 10, 9:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam38 min
Jul 10, 9:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas44 min
Jul 10, 10:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCobb, Fulton57 min
Jul 10, 11:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth42 min
Jul 10, 11:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth50 min
Jul 11, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson29 min
Jul 11, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson38 min
Jul 11, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp33 min
Jul 11, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Warren24 min
Jul 11, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Sumter24 min
Jul 11, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson33 min
Jul 11, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGlascock30 min
Jul 11, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts26 min
Jul 11, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts34 min
Jul 11, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts23 min
Jul 11, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson36 min
Jul 11, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLamar34 min
Jul 11, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge23 min
Jul 11, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson34 min
Jul 11, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes23 min
Jul 11, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMontgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler23 min
Jul 11, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCLaurens20 min
Jul 11, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Emanuel, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs and 2 more36 min
Jul 11, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley30 min
Jul 11, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Laurens, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler38 min
Jul 11, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston33 min
Jul 11, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley26 min
Jul 11, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston20 min
Jul 11, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen, Wheeler19 min
Jul 11, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTwiggs23 min
Jul 11, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford25 min
Jul 11, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen, Wheeler7 min
Jul 11, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair17 min
Jul 11, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson, Laurens, Treutlen13 min
Jul 11, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson, Laurens, Treutlen33 min
Jul 11, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge, Telfair7 min
Jul 11, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDodge30 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.