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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 27, 2012Bartow County, Cherokee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2012, 7:33 PM EDT for Bartow County, Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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 27, 2012, 7:33 PM EDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2012, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.

369 
WUUS52 KFFC 272333
SVRFFC
GAC015-057-280015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0310.120727T2333Z-120728T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 731 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 WHITE...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WALESKA...CANTON...BALL GROUND...WOODSTOCK...HOLLY SPRINGS...FREE
  HOME AND BUFFINGTON.

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 3440 8481 3440 8474 3442 8473 3441 8459
      3438 8458 3438 8445 3431 8426 3424 8426
      3418 8431 3417 8436 3413 8436 3411 8442
      3407 8442 3408 8468 3435 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 308DEG 18KT 3433 8467

$$

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, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson, Washington44 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, 7:40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.