Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 21, 2012, 11:32 AM EST for Carroll County, Douglas County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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
- Jan 21, 2012, 11:32 AM EST (16:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2012, 12:00 PM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carroll County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 11:40 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Douglasville, GA | SIGNS AT SHOPPING PLAZA BLOWN OUT AND OTHERS TWISTED AT FAIRBURN ROAD AND SHAWNEE TRAIL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 5:55 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
564
WUUS52 KFFC 211632
SVRFFC
GAC045-097-121-211700-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0004.120121T1632Z-120121T1700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1132 AM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL NOON EST
* AT 1130 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DOUGLASVILLE TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
VILLA RICA TO BOWDON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CARROLLTON...CHATTAHOOCHEE HILL COUNTRY...UNION CITY...HAPEVILLE...
FAIRBURN...EAST POINT...COLLEGE PARK AND WHITESBURG.
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 100 PM EST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3372 8505 3378 8489 3379 8473 3380 8472
3368 8435 3364 8440 3365 8446 3362 8446
3357 8455 3351 8473 3351 8485 3347 8491
3355 8533 3359 8534 3361 8534
TIME...MOT...LOC 1633Z 288DEG 32KT 3375 8476 3368 8497
3358 8521
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 7:19 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Fulton | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 8:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Fulton | 45 min |
| Jan 21, 8:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 27 min |
| Jan 21, 8:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas, Newton, Rockdale | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 8:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 34 min |
| Jan 21, 9:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Union | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 9:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 43 min |
| Jan 21, 10:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Fulton | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 10:19 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 4 hr |
| Jan 21, 10:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 38 min |
| Jan 21, 10:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 36 min |
| Jan 21, 10:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 10:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 5 hr |
| Jan 21, 10:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale, Walton | 40 min |
| Jan 21, 10:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 11:07 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Barrow, Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb and 13 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 38 min |
| Jan 21, 11:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Jackson, Madison | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 11:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Fulton | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 11:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oconee, Walton | 28 min |
| Jan 21, 11:34 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 11:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 11:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 12:04 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Clayton | 2 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 28 min |
| Jan 21, 12:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 49 min |
| Jan 21, 12:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 12:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Clayton, Henry, Spalding | 52 min |
| Jan 21, 12:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 1:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Upson | 45 min |
| Jan 21, 1:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Newton | 40 min |
| Jan 21, 1:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 34 min |
| Jan 21, 1:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris | 40 min |
| Jan 21, 1:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 30 min |
| Jan 21, 1:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Putnam, Washington and 1 more | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 1:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Talbot | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 1:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 31 min |
| Jan 21, 2:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 25 min |
| Jan 21, 2:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 34 min |
| Jan 21, 2:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Washington, Wilkinson | 39 min |
| Jan 21, 2:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Peach, Taylor | 48 min |
| Jan 21, 2:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taylor | 28 min |
| Jan 21, 2:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 31 min |
| Jan 21, 2:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Schley | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 3:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Taylor | 39 min |
| Jan 21, 3:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 38 min |
| Jan 21, 3:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Peach, Twiggs | 25 min |
| Jan 21, 3:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Macon | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 3:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston | 37 min |
| Jan 21, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 60 min |
| Jan 21, 4:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 43 min |
| Jan 21, 4:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pulaski, Wilcox | 42 min |
| Jan 21, 4:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston | 18 min |
| Jan 21, 4:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Stewart | 31 min |
| Jan 21, 4:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Pulaski | 24 min |
| Jan 21, 4:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 62 min |
| Jan 21, 4:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 4:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Sumter | 39 min |
| Jan 21, 5:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler | 66 min |
| Jan 21, 5:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 48 min |
| Jan 21, 5:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Wilcox | 15 min |
| Jan 21, 5:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp | 66 min |
| Jan 21, 5:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wilcox | 40 min |
| Jan 21, 6:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler | 33 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.