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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 3, 2012Paulding County, Polk County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2012, 4:56 PM EDT for Paulding County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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
May 3, 2012, 4:56 PM EDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2012, 5:35 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Paulding County, GA, Polk County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 70 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2012-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 527 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2012-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
527 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

491 
WUUS52 KFFC 032056
SVRFFC
GAC223-233-032145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0088.120503T2056Z-120503T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
456 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  EAST CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 454 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 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF DALLAS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BRASWELL.

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 3404 8500 3400 8474 3377 8483 3377 8489
      3380 8497 3381 8502 3382 8504 3383 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 196DEG 16KT 3380 8494

$$
2 follow-up statements
944 
WWUS52 KFFC 032119
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
519 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

GAC223-233-032145-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-120503T2145Z/
POLK GA-PAULDING GA-
519 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR PAULDING AND EAST CENTRAL POLK COUNTIES...

AT 517 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
DALLAS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
YORKVILLE...BRASWELL AND NEW HOPE.

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 3404 8500 3400 8474 3377 8483 3377 8489
      3380 8497 3381 8502 3382 8504 3383 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 196DEG 16KT 3390 8491

$$
857 
WWUS52 KFFC 032135
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
535 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

GAC223-233-032145-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-120503T2145Z/
POLK GA-PAULDING GA-
535 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PAULDING AND EAST CENTRAL POLK
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW
HOPE.

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 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 3404 8500 3400 8474 3377 8483 3377 8489
      3380 8497 3381 8502 3382 8504 3383 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 196DEG 16KT 3397 8489

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 2:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson, Polk53 min
May 3, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson36 min
May 3, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Haralson, Heard31 min
May 3, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee32 min
May 3, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCarroll, Haralson31 min
May 3, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta22 min
May 3, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether38 min
May 3, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCDouglas34 min
May 3, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta27 min
May 3, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCoweta28 min
May 3, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMeriwether23 min
May 3, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow23 min
May 3, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCBartow, Gordon34 min
May 3, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCGordon31 min
May 3, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMurray36 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.