Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2012, 6:41 PM EDT for Paulding County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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 15, 2012, 6:41 PM EDT (22:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2012, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Paulding County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 6:55 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 W Aragon, GA | PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL WHILE DRIVING ON HWY 278 ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF ROCKMART AROUND 655 PM EDT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 866 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1034 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
526
WUUS52 KFFC 152241
SVRFFC
GAC223-233-152315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0056.120315T2241Z-120315T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
641 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
EASTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 639 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
ROCKMART...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BRASWELL AND ARAGON.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3409 8511 3410 8505 3408 8504 3408 8499
3401 8486 3382 8504 3390 8504 3391 8519
3392 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 213DEG 4KT 3395 8507
$$2 follow-up statements
477
WWUS52 KFFC 152251
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
651 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
GAC223-233-152315-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-120315T2315Z/
POLK GA-PAULDING GA-
651 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN PAULDING AND EASTERN POLK COUNTIES...
AT 648 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
VAN WERT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
YORKVILLE...FISH CREEK...BRASWELL...ROCKMART AND ARAGON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3407 8511 3408 8510 3410 8506 3409 8504
3408 8504 3408 8499 3401 8486 3390 8497
3391 8518 3392 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 213DEG 4KT 3396 8509
$$948
WWUS52 KFFC 152305
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
705 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
GAC223-233-152315-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-120315T2315Z/
POLK GA-PAULDING GA-
705 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN PAULDING AND EASTERN POLK COUNTIES...
AT 702 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FISH CREEK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VAN
WERT...BRASWELL...ROCKMART AND ARAGON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL AS THIS STORM MOVED THROUGH
AREAS WEST OF ROCKMART. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE
IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
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 3407 8511 3408 8510 3410 8506 3409 8504
3408 8504 3408 8499 3401 8486 3390 8497
3391 8518 3392 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 213DEG 4KT 3401 8510
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 12:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 28 min |
| Mar 15, 12:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 12:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin | 31 min |
| Mar 15, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 32 min |
| Mar 15, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lumpkin | 30 min |
| Mar 15, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin | 31 min |
| Mar 15, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin | 49 min |
| Mar 15, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 30 min |
| Mar 15, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | White | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 3:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Dawson | 3 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 25 min |
| Mar 15, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 31 min |
| Mar 15, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray | 30 min |
| Mar 15, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 31 min |
| Mar 15, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 21 min |
| Mar 15, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 24 min |
| Mar 15, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Paulding | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 29 min |
| Mar 15, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas, Paulding | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 24 min |
| Mar 15, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas, Paulding, Polk | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 37 min |
| Mar 15, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Polk | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 28 min |
| Mar 15, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 25 min |
| Mar 15, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 32 min |
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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.