Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 2, 2012, 10:35 PM EST (03:35 UTC)

Expired

Mar 2, 2012, 11:15 PM EST

In force

40 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Gordon County, GA

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS52 KFFC 030335
SVRFFC
GAC129-030415-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0046.120303T0335Z-120303T0415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1035 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1115 PM EST

* AT 1033 PM EST...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
  SONORAVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  REDBUD...AUDUBON...FAIRMOUNT...RANGER AND OAKMAN.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
100 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3462 8471 3460 8472 3461 8472 3460 8472
      3458 8465 3444 8465 3439 8479 3440 8488
      3454 8495 3462 8476 3461 8475 3463 8474
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 246DEG 31KT 3447 8485

$$

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.