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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 305, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 27, 2012Jefferson County, Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2012, 5:01 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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 27, 2012, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Jefferson County, GA, Washington County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 27, 5:05 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 W Louisville, GAONE TREE REPORTED DOWN IN WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. TIME IS BASED ON RADAR.

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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 2012-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2176 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 2012-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -58 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
2176 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-22 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.

053 
WUUS52 KFFC 272101
SVRFFC
GAC163-303-272145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0305.120727T2101Z-120727T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
501 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 457 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
  DAVISBORO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  LOUISVILLE.

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 3311 8228 3304 8228 3301 8227 3293 8227
      3291 8261 3308 8265 3318 8226 3316 8226
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 259DEG 12KT 3301 8253

$$
1 follow-up statement
577 
WWUS52 KFFC 272117
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
517 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

GAC303-272128-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0305.000000T0000Z-120727T2145Z/
WASHINGTON GA-
517 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY
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 3308 8228 3293 8227 3292 8246 3292 8251
      3293 8252 3295 8254 3302 8255 3303 8260
      3308 8264 3318 8226 3316 8226
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 259DEG 12KT 3304 8245

$$

GAC163-272145-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0305.000000T0000Z-120727T2145Z/
JEFFERSON GA-
517 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY...

AT 517 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
LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOXLEY.

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 3308 8228 3293 8227 3292 8246 3292 8251
      3293 8252 3295 8254 3302 8255 3303 8260
      3308 8264 3318 8226 3316 8226
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 259DEG 12KT 3304 8245

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 8:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Monroe37 min
Jul 26, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford33 min
Jul 26, 10:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow31 min
Jul 27, 12:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon30 min
Jul 27, 3:53 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryFFCBleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Emanuel, Houston and 13 more15 hr
Jul 27, 4:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrisp52 min
Jul 27, 4:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox54 min
Jul 27, 6:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTelfair27 min
Jul 27, 1:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHouston, Peach26 min
Jul 27, 1:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJasper, Putnam34 min
Jul 27, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSumter28 min
Jul 27, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Houston32 min
Jul 27, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam23 min
Jul 27, 1:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCSchley, Sumter36 min
Jul 27, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTreutlen25 min
Jul 27, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Houston23 min
Jul 27, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDooly, Houston35 min
Jul 27, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCTalbot28 min
Jul 27, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBaldwin34 min
Jul 27, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBleckley, Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox29 min
Jul 27, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson25 min
Jul 27, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkinson34 min
Jul 27, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWashington30 min
Jul 27, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCUpson27 min
Jul 27, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJones25 min
Jul 27, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan33 min
Jul 27, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk30 min
Jul 27, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll27 min
Jul 27, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk25 min
Jul 27, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Hancock, Washington, Wilkinson39 min
Jul 27, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Marion, Taylor36 min
Jul 27, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPutnam24 min
Jul 27, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHeard36 min
Jul 27, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCrawford, Taylor38 min
Jul 27, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington34 min
Jul 27, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry, Newton, Rockdale25 min
Jul 27, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta51 min
Jul 27, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCFayette31 min
Jul 27, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Newton, Rockdale40 min
Jul 27, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCOconee, Walton35 min
Jul 27, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson31 min
Jul 27, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHenry36 min
Jul 27, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fayette, Spalding48 min
Jul 27, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Jasper, Newton, Spalding39 min
Jul 27, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMorgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe36 min
Jul 27, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPike28 min
Jul 27, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether, Pike31 min
Jul 27, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCButts, Jasper, Lamar, Spalding35 min
Jul 27, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhite29 min
Jul 27, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot21 min
Jul 27, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, Spalding, Upson47 min
Jul 27, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Floyd33 min
Jul 27, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Muscogee, Talbot30 min
Jul 27, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee43 min
Jul 27, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow30 min
Jul 27, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee42 min
Jul 27, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Talbot, Taylor35 min
Jul 27, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWhitfield26 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.