Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 3, 2012, 12:56 AM EST (05:56 UTC)

Expired

Mar 3, 2012, 1:07 AM EST

In force

11 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Coweta County, GA, Meriwether County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:55 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.

075 
WUUS52 KFFC 030556
SVRFFC
GAC077-199-030630-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0050.120303T0556Z-120303T0630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1256 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHWESTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 130 AM EST

* AT 1255 AM 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
  GRANTVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  LUTHERSVILLE...MORELAND...SHARPSBURG...TURIN...HARALSON AND SENOIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. ALTHOUGH
CURRENT DATA DOES NOT INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF A TORNADO...A TORNADO
MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3342 8462 3336 8459 3333 8452 3326 8450
      3325 8451 3323 8451 3317 8486 3322 8486
      3322 8494 3325 8495
TIME...MOT...LOC 0557Z 246DEG 52KT 3323 8486

$$

392 
WWUS52 KFFC 030607
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
107 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

GAC077-199-030616-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-120303T0630Z/
MERIWETHER GA-COWETA GA-
107 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN COWETA AND
NORTHWESTERN MERIWETHER 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 
SOUTHERN COWETA COUNTY.

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 3342 8462 3336 8459 3333 8452 3326 8450
      3325 8451 3323 8451 3317 8486 3322 8486
      3322 8494 3325 8495
TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 246DEG 52KT 3328 8472

$$

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.