Severe Thunderstorm Warning 322, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 2, 2012, 2:04 PM EDT (18:04 UTC)

Expired

Aug 2, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT

In force

41 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Dodge County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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037 
WUUS52 KFFC 021804
SVRFFC
GAC091-315-021845-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0322.120802T1804Z-120802T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
204 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 202 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF ROCHELLE TO ROCHELLE
  TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF PITTS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ABBEVILLE AND RHINE.

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 3185 8359 3186 8360 3194 8356 3207 8346
      3198 8316 3189 8321 3187 8319 3188 8318
      3185 8318 3184 8321 3184 8354
TIME...MOT...LOC 1804Z 307DEG 12KT 3203 8343 3192 8347
          3180 8357

$$

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.