Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 2012, 12:51 AM EST for Haralson County, Paulding County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2012, 12:51 AM EST (05:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2012, 1:30 AM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Haralson County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:51 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 5:37 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:54 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 540 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 948 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
158
WUUS52 KFFC 030551
SVRFFC
GAC143-223-233-030630-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0049.120303T0551Z-120303T0630Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1251 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 130 AM EST
* AT 1246 AM EST/1146 PM CST/...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 CEDARTOWN TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDARTOWN TO
16 MILES WEST OF TALLAPOOSA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ARAGON...ROCKMART...WACO...BUCHANAN...BRASWELL...BREMEN AND DALLAS.
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 500 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3407 8521 3408 8474 3395 8474 3394 8472
3377 8486 3381 8504 3372 8506 3368 8523
3371 8536 3399 8541
TIME...MOT...LOC 0551Z 265DEG 46KT 3402 8520 3393 8532
3383 8546
$$1 follow-up statement
490
WWUS52 KFFC 030626
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
126 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
GAC143-233-030635-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120303T0630Z/
POLK GA-HARALSON GA-
126 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HARALSON AND POLK COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW
SEVERE THRESHOLDS AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE
WEATHER. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND
SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES ACROSS
HARALSON AND POLK COUNTIES.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3393 8485 3408 8474 3395 8474 3394 8472
3377 8486 3379 8495 3380 8495 3379 8497
3380 8497 3381 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 0625Z 293DEG 40KT 3402 8472 3387 8481
3377 8490
$$
GAC223-030630-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120303T0630Z/
PAULDING GA-
126 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EST
FOR PAULDING COUNTY...
AT 123 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM CROSS ROADS TO DALLAS TO NEW GEORGIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45
MPH.
THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY
RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
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 500 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3393 8485 3408 8474 3395 8474 3394 8472
3377 8486 3379 8495 3380 8495 3379 8497
3380 8497 3381 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 0625Z 293DEG 40KT 3402 8472 3387 8481
3377 8490
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 7:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 7:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 21 min |
| Mar 2, 7:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 7:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 38 min |
| Mar 2, 8:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 8:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 8:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 8:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 8:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd | 53 min |
| Mar 2, 9:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett and 1 more | 49 min |
| Mar 2, 9:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 9:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson | 51 min |
| Mar 2, 9:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 10:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 10:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 43 min |
| Mar 2, 10:23 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 52 min |
| Mar 2, 10:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Pickens | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 10:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon | 40 min |
| Mar 2, 10:40 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 10:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 10:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin, White | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 10:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 51 min |
| Mar 2, 11:19 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 11:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 14 min |
| Mar 2, 11:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 33 min |
| Mar 3, 12:11 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Troup | 45 min |
| Mar 3, 12:16 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 29 min |
| Mar 3, 12:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether | 11 min |
| Mar 3, 1:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Madison | 23 min |
| Mar 3, 1:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas | 46 min |
| Mar 3, 1:21 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 24 min |
| Mar 3, 1:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 1:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 33 min |
| Mar 3, 1:44 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 1:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 23 min |
| Mar 3, 1:58 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Walton | 34 min |
| Mar 3, 2:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 28 min |
| Mar 3, 2:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 20 min |
| Mar 3, 2:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Troup | 50 min |
| Mar 3, 2:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 34 min |
| Mar 3, 2:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton | 41 min |
| Mar 3, 2:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Newton, Rockdale, Spalding | 27 min |
| Mar 3, 3:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Oconee | 35 min |
| Mar 3, 3:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 14 min |
| Mar 3, 3:41 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 34 min |
| Mar 3, 3:47 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 6 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:11 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 6 hr |
| Mar 3, 5:13 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 12 hr |
| Mar 3, 5:47 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 36 hr |
| Mar 3, 6:44 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Muscogee | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 7:12 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee | 33 min |
| Mar 3, 7:42 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Macon, Marion, Peach and 4 more | 33 min |
| Mar 3, 8:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 8:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Twiggs | 24 min |
| Mar 3, 9:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Johnson, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 29 min |
| Mar 3, 9:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Pulaski and 1 more | 30 min |
| Mar 3, 9:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 10:19 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 16 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:40 PM EST | Freeze Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Towns and 2 more | 18 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.