Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2012, 6:25 PM EDT for Jasper County, Morgan County, Newton County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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 18, 2012, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2012, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jasper County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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 18, 6:44 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Wnw Shady Dale, GA | 911 CENTER REPORTED 2 TREES DOWN ALONG POST ROAD. |
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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 698 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
462
WUUS52 KFFC 182225
SVRFFC
GAC159-211-217-182315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0293.120718T2225Z-120718T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
625 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
EAST CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 624 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
NEWBORN...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHADY
DALE.
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 3344 8351 3343 8353 3337 8353 3333 8354
3339 8375 3358 8371 3356 8346
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 004DEG 3KT 3346 8364
$$2 follow-up statements
935
WWUS52 KFFC 182240
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
640 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
GAC159-211-217-182315-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-120718T2315Z/
NEWTON GA-MORGAN GA-JASPER GA-
640 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN JASPER...SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN AND EAST CENTRAL NEWTON
COUNTIES...
AT 638 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
FARRAR...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHADY
DALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3344 8351 3343 8353 3340 8353 3340 8354
3334 8354 3340 8374 3358 8371 3356 8346
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 004DEG 3KT 3345 8364
$$092
WWUS52 KFFC 182306
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
706 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
GAC159-217-182316-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-120718T2315Z/
NEWTON GA-JASPER GA-
706 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JASPER AND EAST
CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
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 3344 8351 3343 8352 3343 8353 3345 8355
3353 8368 3358 8367 3356 8346
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 004DEG 3KT 3343 8364
$$
GAC211-182315-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-120718T2315Z/
MORGAN GA-
706 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY...
AT 701 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF REESE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3344 8351 3343 8352 3343 8353 3345 8355
3353 8368 3358 8367 3356 8346
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 004DEG 3KT 3343 8364
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 10:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade | 43 min |
| Jul 17, 10:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 41 min |
| Jul 17, 10:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 61 min |
| Jul 17, 11:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 1:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 44 min |
| Jul 18, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 29 min |
| Jul 18, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 29 min |
| Jul 18, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 24 min |
| Jul 18, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 52 min |
| Jul 18, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 37 min |
| Jul 18, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 40 min |
| Jul 18, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Oconee, Walton | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 25 min |
| Jul 18, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 52 min |
| Jul 18, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Pike | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 47 min |
| Jul 18, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 25 min |
| Jul 18, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 68 min |
| Jul 18, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 44 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.