Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2012, 3:52 PM EDT for Bleckley County, Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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
- Aug 9, 2012, 3:52 PM EDT (19:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bleckley County, GA, Pulaski County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 3:58 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hawkinsville, GA | PULASKI COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELAYED REPORTS OF 2 DOWNED TREES AND SEVERAL DOWNED POWER LINES IN AND JUST EAST OF THE HAWKINSVILLE AREA. 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 2486 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
763
WUUS52 KFFC 091952
SVRFFC
GAC023-235-092030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0331.120809T1952Z-120809T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
352 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BLECKLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 347 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 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HAWKINSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HARTFORD...PULASKI STATE PRISON...OCMULGEE PUBLIC FISHING AREA...
MOBLEY CROSSING AND BAILEYS PARK.
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 3213 8361 3223 8360 3225 8362 3225 8360
3227 8360 3242 8348 3230 8331 3228 8334
3225 8337 3222 8334 3212 8345 3212 8359
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 214DEG 12KT 3223 8352
$$2 follow-up statements
511
WWUS52 KFFC 092007
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
407 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
GAC023-235-092030-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-120809T2030Z/
PULASKI GA-BLECKLEY GA-
407 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BLECKLEY AND PULASKI COUNTIES...
AT 405 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
HAWKINSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HARTFORD...PULASKI STATE PRISON...OCMULGEE PUBLIC FISHING AREA...
MOBLEY CROSSING AND BAILEYS PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3220 8355 3225 8362 3225 8360 3227 8360
3242 8348 3230 8331 3228 8334 3225 8337
3222 8334 3216 8342
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 214DEG 12KT 3227 8349
$$016
WWUS52 KFFC 092021
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
421 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
GAC023-235-092031-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-120809T2030Z/
PULASKI GA-BLECKLEY GA-
421 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BLECKLEY AND
PULASKI COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 430 PM EDT...
AT 418 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PULASKI STATE PRISON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
OCMULGEE PUBLIC FISHING AREA...MOBLEY CROSSING AND BAILEYS PARK.
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 3220 8355 3225 8362 3225 8360 3227 8360
3242 8348 3230 8331 3228 8334 3225 8337
3222 8334 3216 8342
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 214DEG 12KT 3231 8346
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 11:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 11:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 11:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 12:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Polk | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 12:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 12:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Dade, Gordon, Murray, Walker and 1 more | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 1:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 1:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 36 min |
| Aug 9, 1:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 36 min |
| Aug 9, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wilkinson | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wilkinson | 23 min |
| Aug 9, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard, Troup | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 23 min |
| Aug 9, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard, Troup | 17 min |
| Aug 9, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike, Spalding | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Meriwether, Troup | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dooly, Macon, Schley, Sumter | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Putnam | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Macon, Pulaski | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 36 min |
| Aug 9, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Twiggs | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Dawson, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Walton | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Emanuel, Johnson, Jones, Laurens, Montgomery and 6 more | 55 min |
| Aug 9, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones, Monroe | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jones | 86 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.