Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2012, 9:28 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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
- Mar 13, 2012, 9:28 PM EDT (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2012, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Emanuel County, GA, Toombs County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 9:40 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Oak Park, GA | EMANUEL COUNTY 911 RELAYED A REPORT OF GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN OAK PARK. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1227 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
635
WUUS52 KFFC 140128
SVRFFC
GAC107-279-140200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0053.120314T0128Z-120314T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
928 PM EDT TUE MAR 13 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHERN TOOMBS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
* AT 925 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 NEAR OAK
PARK...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
STILLMORE.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3243 8218 3236 8224 3234 8223 3225 8221
3224 8243 3230 8243 3237 8241 3239 8240
3244 8239 3250 8216
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 254DEG 16KT 3234 8234
$$1 follow-up statement
964
WWUS52 KFFC 140138
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
938 PM EDT TUE MAR 13 2012
GAC107-279-140200-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-120314T0200Z/
TOOMBS GA-EMANUEL GA-
938 PM EDT TUE MAR 13 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EMANUEL AND NORTHERN TOOMBS COUNTIES...
AT 934 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
OAK PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
STILLMORE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3243 8218 3236 8224 3234 8223 3225 8221
3224 8243 3230 8243 3237 8241 3239 8240
3244 8239 3250 8216
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 247DEG 20KT 3234 8228
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 9:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 34 min |
| Mar 13, 9:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 34 min |
| Mar 14, 4:23 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 71 more | 6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.