Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 296, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2012, 6:11 PM EDT for Talbot County, Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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 26, 2012, 6:11 PM EDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2012, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1583 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1146 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
449
WUUS52 KFFC 262211
SVRFFC
GAC263-269-262245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0296.120726T2211Z-120726T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
611 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHWESTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 609 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 JUNCTION
CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TALBOTTON.
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 3255 8444 3256 8445 3256 8449 3256 8453
3274 8458 3272 8431 3255 8430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 171DEG 7KT 3260 8442
$$1 follow-up statement
597
WWUS52 KFFC 262235
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
635 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
GAC263-269-262245-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0296.000000T0000Z-120726T2245Z/
TALBOT GA-TAYLOR GA-
635 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN TAYLOR AND EAST CENTRAL TALBOT COUNTIES...
AT 632 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
HOWARD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WESLEY
CHURCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3255 8444 3256 8445 3257 8449 3272 8449
3272 8431 3255 8430 3255 8431 3254 8440
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 279DEG 8KT 3258 8436
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 4:14 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Clarke, Crawford and 43 more | 17 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Treutlen | 27 min |
| Jul 26, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Webster | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 25 min |
| Jul 26, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 28 min |
| Jul 26, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 33 min |
| Jul 26, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor | 52 min |
| Jul 26, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 37 min |
| Jul 26, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 34 min |
| Jul 26, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 33 min |
| Jul 26, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 32 min |
| Jul 26, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Monroe | 31 min |
| Jul 26, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 26 min |
| Jul 26, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 37 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.