Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2012, 10:30 AM EST for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 30 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
- Feb 24, 2012, 10:30 AM EST (15:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 11:00 AM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baldwin County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Putnam County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 10:45 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Eatonton, GA | THE PUTNAM 911 CENTER REPORTED TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 129 AND TREES DOWN IN EATONTON AS WELL AS TRAFFIC LIGHTS OUT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 8:48 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 1231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 83 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
716
WUUS52 KFFC 241530
SVRFFC
GAC009-159-169-207-237-241600-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0033.120224T1530Z-120224T1600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1030 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHERN JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1100 AM EST
* AT 1028 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP
TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 5 SOUTH OF BERNER TO MCELHENEYS CROSSROADS...MOVING EAST AT
60 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PLANT
SCHERER...ADGATEVILLE...JULIETTE...HILLSBORO...JARRELL
PLANTATION...PIEDMONT...STANFORDVILLE...ROUND OAK...WAYSIDE...
WILLARD...BRADLEY...RESSEAUS CROSSROADS...WARFIELD...
BLOUNTSVILLE...ETHRIDGE...FLAT ROCK...PLANT HARLEE BRANCH...
ROCKVILLE AND MERIWETHER.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3328 8321 3325 8326 3319 8328 3318 8325
3305 8330 3304 8396 3320 8387 3318 8382
3319 8381 3321 8383 3324 8381 3327 8383
3329 8381 3336 8318
TIME...MOT...LOC 1529Z 261DEG 53KT 3323 8371 3316 8376
3310 8384
$$1 follow-up statement
644
WWUS52 KFFC 241548
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1048 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
GAC207-241558-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120224T1600Z/
MONROE GA-
1048 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...THE STORM HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3328 8321 3325 8326 3319 8328 3318 8325
3311 8327 3309 8372 3331 8366 3336 8318
TIME...MOT...LOC 1548Z 261DEG 53KT 3333 8321 3325 8336
3317 8352
$$
GAC009-159-169-237-241600-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120224T1600Z/
PUTNAM GA-JONES GA-BALDWIN GA-JASPER GA-
1048 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN JASPER...NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN...NORTHERN JONES AND
SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES...
AT 1044 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE 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 ROCKVILLE TO RESSEAUS CROSSROADS
TO HILLSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BLOUNTSVILLE...ETHRIDGE...FLAT ROCK...MERIWETHER AND PLANT HARLEE
BRANCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3328 8321 3325 8326 3319 8328 3318 8325
3311 8327 3309 8372 3331 8366 3336 8318
TIME...MOT...LOC 1548Z 261DEG 53KT 3333 8321 3325 8336
3317 8352
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 7:44 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan, Newton | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 8:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 8:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 8:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Newton | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 8:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 45 min |
| Feb 24, 8:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 26 min |
| Feb 24, 9:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Spalding | 44 min |
| Feb 24, 9:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Morgan | 37 min |
| Feb 24, 9:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 9:23 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton | 37 min |
| Feb 24, 9:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 9:40 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 9:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 10:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 35 min |
| Feb 24, 10:14 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 10:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Pike | 28 min |
| Feb 24, 10:39 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Morgan, Putnam, Taliaferro | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 10:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe | 22 min |
| Feb 24, 11:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jasper, Jones, Putnam | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 11:06 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 11:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Troup | 35 min |
| Feb 24, 11:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 35 min |
| Feb 24, 11:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Putnam | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 11:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 11:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette, Harris, Henry, Meriwether, Pike, Rockdale and 3 more | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 12:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Warren | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 12:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 41 min |
| Feb 24, 12:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Butts, Clarke, Greene, Jasper, Jones and 10 more | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 12:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 37 min |
| Feb 24, 12:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Crawford, Greene, Jasper, Lamar, Marion and 7 more | 47 min |
| Feb 24, 1:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Greene, Hancock, Houston and 10 more | 23 min |
| Feb 24, 2:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 26 min |
| Feb 24, 2:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 2:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dodge, Johnson, Laurens, Pulaski, Wilcox | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 3:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair and 4 more | 51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.