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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 296, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 26, 2012Talbot County, Taylor County, Georgia

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 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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2012-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1583 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2012-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -90 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 4:14 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Clarke, Crawford and 43 more17 hr
Jul 26, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen27 min
Jul 26, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWebster35 min
Jul 26, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford25 min
Jul 26, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMuscogee29 min
Jul 26, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot28 min
Jul 26, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether33 min
Jul 26, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee30 min
Jul 26, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor52 min
Jul 26, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart37 min
Jul 26, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson34 min
Jul 26, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb33 min
Jul 26, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson32 min
Jul 26, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMonroe31 min
Jul 26, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart26 min
Jul 26, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMarion29 min
Jul 26, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBibb37 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.