Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Feb 24, 2012, 8:28 AM EST (13:28 UTC)

Expired

Feb 24, 2012, 9:00 AM EST

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Pike County, GA, Spalding County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS52 KFFC 241328
SVRFFC
GAC077-113-199-231-255-241400-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0031.120224T1328Z-120224T1400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
828 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHWESTERN SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 900 AM EST

* AT 826 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60
  MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF GAY...MOVING EAST AT
  40 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. ALTHOUGH
CURRENT DATA DOES NOT INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF A TORNADO...A TORNADO
MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3330 8447 3311 8435 3305 8478 3312 8481
TIME...MOT...LOC 1328Z 251DEG 34KT 3312 8475

$$

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.