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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 311, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 28, 2012Macon County, Peach County, Taylor County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2012, 6:16 PM EDT for Macon County, Peach County, Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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 28, 2012, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2012, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Macon County, GA, Peach County, GA, Taylor County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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 28, 6:22 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 E Garden Valley, GAMIDDLE FLINT 911 RELAYED A REPORT OF A DOWNED TREE IN THE GA HWY 127 AREA OF MACON COUNTY. TIME ESTIMATED OFF 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 2012-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 362 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 2012-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
362 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1131 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 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.

697 
WUUS52 KFFC 282216
SVRFFC
GAC193-225-269-282245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0311.120728T2216Z-120728T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
616 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN PEACH COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN MACON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 610 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND 
WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HICKS...MOVING EAST 
AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
  AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.

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 3252 8402 3236 8394 3234 8414 3250 8413
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 280DEG 3KT 3245 8406

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 8:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.