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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2012, 1:07 AM EDT for Chattooga County, Floyd County, Gordon County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 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 24, 2012, 1:07 AM EDT (05:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chattooga County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gordon County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 320 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 821 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
792
WUUS52 KFFC 240507
SVRFFC
GAC055-115-129-240600-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0066.120324T0507Z-120324T0600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
107 AM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
NORTHERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTHWESTERN GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 200 AM EDT
* AT 102 AM 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 14 MILES WEST
OF ROME...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SHANNON AND PLAINVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. 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 3455 8508 3435 8500 3434 8502 3430 8503
3418 8544 3437 8549
TIME...MOT...LOC 0508Z 244DEG 26KT 3431 8539
$$1 follow-up statement
084
WWUS52 KFFC 240521
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
121 AM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
GAC055-115-129-240600-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-120324T0600Z/
CHATTOOGA GA-FLOYD GA-GORDON GA-
121 AM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN GORDON...NORTHERN FLOYD AND SOUTHERN CHATTOOGA
COUNTIES...
AT 115 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
HOLLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TIDINGS...ARMUCHEE...SHANNON...PINSON...EVERETT SPRINGS AND
PLAINVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3455 8508 3436 8500 3435 8501 3431 8503
3429 8507 3424 8539 3438 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 0522Z 244DEG 26KT 3435 8528
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 12:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 53 min |
| Mar 24, 12:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 38 min |
| Mar 24, 1:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattooga | 44 min |
| Mar 24, 1:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 47 min |
| Mar 24, 2:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Whitfield | 53 min |
| Mar 24, 2:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 43 min |
| Mar 24, 3:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gordon | 52 min |
| Mar 24, 4:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gilmer | 48 min |
| Mar 24, 4:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Towns, Union | 39 min |
| Mar 24, 11:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 25 min |
| Mar 24, 11:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 33 min |
| Mar 24, 11:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 34 min |
| Mar 24, 12:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 35 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.