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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 330, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2012, 5:16 PM EDT for Banks County, Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2012, 5:16 PM EDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Banks County, GA, Hall County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 713 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
991
WUUS52 KFFC 082116
SVRFFC
GAC011-139-082200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0330.120808T2116Z-120808T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
516 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
WESTERN BANKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 514 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 7 MILES EAST
OF CLERMONT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LULA
AND GILLSVILLE.
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 3444 8362 3449 8354 3427 8351 3427 8359
3429 8362 3427 8364 3427 8381 3450 8378
3451 8366
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 000DEG 7KT 3448 8366
$$1 follow-up statement
068
WWUS52 KFFC 082153
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
553 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012
GAC011-139-082203-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0330.000000T0000Z-120808T2200Z/
BANKS GA-HALL GA-
553 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HALL AND WESTERN
BANKS COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 600 PM EDT...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
LAT...LON 3444 8362 3449 8354 3427 8351 3427 8359
3429 8362 3427 8364 3427 8381 3450 8378
3451 8366
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 000DEG 7KT 3441 8366
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson, Madison | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 8:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones, Monroe | 62 min |
| Aug 8, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 79 min |
| Aug 8, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jackson | 90 min |
| Aug 8, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 25 min |
| Aug 8, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 63 min |
| Aug 8, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hall | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Walton | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 7:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett, Walton | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.