Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2012, 3:49 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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 16, 2012, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2012, 4:19 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chattooga County, GA, Walker County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 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 nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1234 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
943
WUUS52 KFFC 161949
SVRFFC
GAC055-295-162030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0063.120316T1949Z-120316T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
349 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTHWESTERN WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF CLOUDLAND...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MENLO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL NEAR
MENTONE ALABAMA. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
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 3465 8551 3467 8539 3448 8534 3447 8551
3453 8552 3463 8554
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 260DEG 14KT 3453 8558
$$2 follow-up statements
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WWUS52 KFFC 161959
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
359 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2012
GAC055-295-162030-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-120316T2030Z/
WALKER GA-CHATTOOGA GA-
359 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CHATTOOGA AND SOUTHWESTERN WALKER COUNTIES...
AT 355 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL NEAR
MENTONE ALABAMA. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLOUDLAND...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3465 8546 3467 8539 3448 8534 3449 8551
3453 8552 3460 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 260DEG 14KT 3453 8553
$$640
WWUS52 KFFC 162019
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
419 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2012
GAC055-295-162029-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-120316T2030Z/
WALKER GA-CHATTOOGA GA-
419 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHATTOOGA AND
SOUTHWESTERN WALKER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
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 3465 8546 3467 8539 3448 8534 3449 8551
3453 8552 3460 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 260DEG 14KT 3454 8544
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 30 min |
| Mar 15, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 32 min |
| Mar 15, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker | 39 min |
| Mar 15, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 29 min |
| Mar 15, 9:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 29 min |
| Mar 15, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 9:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 37 min |
| Mar 15, 10:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 10:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 10:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 32 min |
| Mar 16, 12:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 42 min |
| Mar 16, 12:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 27 min |
| Mar 16, 1:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 41 min |
| Mar 16, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 32 min |
| Mar 16, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Twiggs | 44 min |
| Mar 16, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 35 min |
| Mar 16, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 29 min |
| Mar 16, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 23 min |
| Mar 16, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 35 min |
| Mar 16, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 34 min |
| Mar 16, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 33 min |
| Mar 16, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 23 min |
| Mar 16, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 37 min |
| Mar 16, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 34 min |
| Mar 16, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 10 min |
| Mar 16, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 34 min |
| Mar 16, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 30 min |
| Mar 16, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa | 22 min |
| Mar 16, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 14 min |
| Mar 16, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 37 min |
| Mar 16, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 27 min |
| Mar 16, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs | 23 min |
| Mar 16, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 30 min |
| Mar 16, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler | 23 min |
| Mar 16, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 37 min |
| Mar 16, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Talbot | 27 min |
| Mar 16, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 37 min |
| Mar 16, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 32 min |
| Mar 16, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 29 min |
| Mar 16, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 25 min |
| Mar 16, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bartow | 37 min |
| Mar 16, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 35 min |
| Mar 16, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Macon | 30 min |
| Mar 16, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 36 min |
| Mar 16, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 33 min |
| Mar 16, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb | 23 min |
| Mar 16, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 36 min |
| Mar 16, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Emanuel | 26 min |
| Mar 16, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 48 min |
| Mar 16, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Paulding | 24 min |
| Mar 16, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 34 min |
| Mar 16, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 46 min |
| Mar 16, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Glascock | 45 min |
| Mar 16, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 23 min |
| Mar 16, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 50 min |
| Mar 16, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Washington | 42 min |
| Mar 16, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.