Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 311, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 6:22 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Garden Valley, GA | MIDDLE 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 8:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 23 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.