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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 345, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 2, 2012Jefferson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2012, 5:38 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 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
Sep 2, 2012, 5:38 PM EDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Jefferson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 2, 5:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ne Stapletons Crossro, GATHE JEFFERSON COUNTY 911 CENTER REPORTED THAT HALF A DOZEN OR SO TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 204 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2012-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 576 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2012-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
576 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
879 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

329 
WUUS52 KFFC 022138
SVRFFC
GAC163-022230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0345.120902T2138Z-120902T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
538 PM EDT SUN SEP 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 533 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
  SOUTHWEST OF WRENS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  STELLAVILLE AND MATTHEWS.

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 3315 8226 3308 8228 3307 8228 3305 8252
      3317 8254 3329 8229 3325 8224 3322 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 274DEG 16KT 3314 8245

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 1:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison30 min
Sep 2, 1:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJackson36 min
Sep 2, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJohnson26 min
Sep 2, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCJefferson44 min
Sep 2, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade55 min
Sep 2, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade33 min
Sep 2, 7:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDade, Walker35 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.