Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 336, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2012, 3:42 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 48 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 14, 2012, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bibb County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Macon County, GA, Peach County, GA, Taylor County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 3:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Reynolds, GA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN REYNOLDS. |
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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 546 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1220 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
448 WUUS52 KFFC 141942 SVRFFC GAC021-079-193-225-269-142030- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0336.120814T1942Z-120814T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 342 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA PEACH COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTH CENTRAL MACON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA EAST CENTRAL TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 430 PM EDT * AT 341 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 NEAR REYNOLDS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROBERTA...FORT VALLEY AND BYRON. 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 3285 8376 3254 8373 3244 8413 3267 8420 TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 247DEG 15KT 3259 8408 $$
2 follow-up statements
529 WWUS52 KFFC 141954 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 354 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012 GAC021-079-193-225-269-142030- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0336.000000T0000Z-120814T2030Z/ PEACH GA-MACON GA-TAYLOR GA-BIBB GA-CRAWFORD GA- 354 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR CRAWFORD...SOUTHWESTERN BIBB...EAST CENTRAL TAYLOR...NORTH CENTRAL MACON AND PEACH COUNTIES... AT 350 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR REYNOLDS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HORNS...ROBERTA...LEE POPE...KNOXVILLE...FORT VALLEY...SANDY POINT... LAKE TOBESOFKEE...LIZELLA...LAKEWOOD...MIAMI VALLEY...POWERVILLE... BYRON...JACK BROWN ESTATES AND FRIENDSHIP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX. && LAT...LON 3285 8376 3254 8373 3244 8413 3267 8420 TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 247DEG 15KT 3261 8403 $$
266 WWUS52 KFFC 142022 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 422 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012 GAC193-269-142032- /O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0336.000000T0000Z-120814T2030Z/ MACON GA-TAYLOR GA- 422 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL TAYLOR AND NORTH CENTRAL MACON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... . 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 3251 8392 3275 8395 3285 8376 3254 8373 TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 247DEG 15KT 3266 8390 $$ GAC021-079-225-142030- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0336.000000T0000Z-120814T2030Z/ PEACH GA-BIBB GA-CRAWFORD GA- 422 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL CRAWFORD...SOUTHWESTERN BIBB AND CENTRAL PEACH COUNTIES... AT 418 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FRIENDSHIP...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LIZELLA...LAKEWOOD...MIAMI VALLEY...POWERVILLE...BYRON AND JACK BROWN ESTATES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX. && LAT...LON 3251 8392 3275 8395 3285 8376 3254 8373 TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 247DEG 15KT 3266 8390 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 3:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Haralson, Heard, Paulding, Polk | 79 min |
| Aug 14, 8:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Muscogee and 1 more | 25 min |
| Aug 14, 9:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 33 min |
| Aug 14, 9:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 9:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 41 min |
| Aug 14, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Marion, Schley, Taylor | 50 min |
| Aug 14, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Peach, Twiggs and 1 more | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Pulaski | 41 min |
| Aug 14, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 29 min |
| Aug 14, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Johnson, Laurens, Twiggs, Washington, Wilkinson | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Laurens, Washington | 59 min |
| Aug 14, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Warren, Washington | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 11 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.