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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 17, 2012Crawford County, Taylor County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2012, 4:53 PM EDT for Crawford County, Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 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
Jul 17, 2012, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Crawford County, GA, Taylor County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 12:00Z on 2012-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2377 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2012-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
2377 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
796 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 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.

958 
WUUS52 KFFC 172053
SVRFFC
GAC079-269-172145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0285.120717T2053Z-120717T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
453 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 449 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 6 MILES WEST
  OF ROBERTA...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  REYNOLDS AND BUTLER.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3255 8432 3272 8423 3270 8421 3270 8420
      3279 8416 3274 8398 3253 8403 3253 8405
      3252 8403 3251 8404 3251 8411 3249 8413
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 018DEG 5KT 3268 8411

$$

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1 follow-up statement
090 
WWUS52 KFFC 172124
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
524 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012

GAC079-172133-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0285.000000T0000Z-120717T2145Z/
CRAWFORD GA-
524 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED INTO TAYLOR 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3255 8432 3272 8423 3268 8419 3267 8413
      3268 8410 3264 8406 3263 8407 3259 8407
      3255 8402 3253 8403 3253 8405 3251 8404
      3251 8411 3249 8413
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 018DEG 5KT 3259 8413

$$

GAC269-172145-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0285.000000T0000Z-120717T2145Z/
TAYLOR GA-
524 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY...

AT 519 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
REYNOLDS...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
POTTERVILLE AND BUTLER.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3255 8432 3272 8423 3268 8419 3267 8413
      3268 8410 3264 8406 3263 8407 3259 8407
      3255 8402 3253 8403 3253 8405 3251 8404
      3251 8411 3249 8413
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 018DEG 5KT 3259 8413

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 9:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes25 min
Jul 17, 11:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs24 min
Jul 17, 12:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs37 min
Jul 17, 12:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson29 min
Jul 17, 12:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee32 min
Jul 17, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFulton37 min
Jul 17, 1:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBarrow28 min
Jul 17, 1:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike34 min
Jul 17, 1:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot26 min
Jul 17, 1:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalton31 min
Jul 17, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCToombs22 min
Jul 17, 1:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCForsyth34 min
Jul 17, 2:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee27 min
Jul 17, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale, Walton40 min
Jul 17, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett36 min
Jul 17, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion22 min
Jul 17, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Rockdale26 min
Jul 17, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot31 min
Jul 17, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDeKalb, Newton, Rockdale37 min
Jul 17, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Newton, Rockdale22 min
Jul 17, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris29 min
Jul 17, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly24 min
Jul 17, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly29 min
Jul 17, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite36 min
Jul 17, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley35 min
Jul 17, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris31 min
Jul 17, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Lamar, Monroe, Spalding44 min
Jul 17, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette33 min
Jul 17, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGreene, Oglethorpe47 min
Jul 17, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly30 min
Jul 17, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHancock27 min
Jul 17, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley24 min
Jul 17, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley31 min
Jul 17, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach, Pike, Talbot and 3 more29 min
Jul 17, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike41 min
Jul 17, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter38 min
Jul 17, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Washington, Wilkinson34 min
Jul 17, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard, Troup45 min
Jul 17, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Jones, Twiggs25 min
Jul 17, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup51 min
Jul 17, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMacon37 min
Jul 17, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOglethorpe32 min
Jul 17, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson30 min
Jul 17, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard31 min
Jul 17, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Heard42 min
Jul 17, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris31 min
Jul 17, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee33 min
Jul 17, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa23 min
Jul 17, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll25 min
Jul 17, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart23 min
Jul 17, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.