Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Feb 24, 2012, 10:53 AM EST (15:53 UTC)

Expired

Feb 24, 2012, 11:15 AM EST

In force

22 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Butts County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Monroe County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

073 
WUUS52 KFFC 241553
SVRFFC
GAC035-159-169-207-241630-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0034.120224T1553Z-120224T1630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1053 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BUTTS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHWESTERN JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1130 AM EST

* AT 1050 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 8
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF FLOVILLA TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORSYTH TO 14
  MILES WEST OF FORSYTH...MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MONTICELLO.

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 3320 8404 3320 8408 3323 8408 3333 8366
      3300 8375 3299 8404
TIME...MOT...LOC 1554Z 262DEG 59KT 3320 8394 3312 8395
          3302 8410

$$

727 
WWUS52 KFFC 241615
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1115 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

GAC035-159-169-207-241625-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120224T1630Z/
MONROE GA-JONES GA-BUTTS GA-JASPER GA-
1115 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN JASPER...SOUTHERN
BUTTS...NORTHWESTERN JONES AND NORTHERN MONROE 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3320 8404 3320 8408 3323 8408 3333 8366
      3300 8375 3299 8404
TIME...MOT...LOC 1615Z 262DEG 59KT 3324 8353 3316 8354
          3306 8369

$$

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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.