Severe Thunderstorm Warning 316, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 1, 2012, 4:48 PM EDT (20:48 UTC)

Expired

Aug 1, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT

In force

42 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Floyd County, GA

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS52 KFFC 012048
SVRFFC
GAC115-012130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0316.120801T2048Z-120801T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
448 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 447 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 8 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF ROME...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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 3428 8544 3428 8539 3430 8538 3434 8536
      3438 8533 3438 8519 3412 8514 3410 8543
      3417 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 011DEG 16KT 3430 8532

$$

015 
WWUS52 KFFC 012121
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
521 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

GAC115-012130-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0316.000000T0000Z-120801T2130Z/
FLOYD GA-
521 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY...

AT 519 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 OVER 
SOUTHWESTERN FLOYD COUNTY...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAS 
SHOWN A WEAKENING TREND...AND IF THIS CONTINUES A NEW WARNING WILL 
NOT BE ISSUED.

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

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 3428 8544 3428 8539 3429 8536 3427 8535
      3428 8534 3427 8534 3411 8529 3410 8543
      3417 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 011DEG 16KT 3416 8535

$$

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.