Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2012, 10:37 AM EDT for Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 min. 2 reports 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
- May 6, 2012, 10:37 AM EDT (14:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Heard County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 10:45 AM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Franklin, GA | HAIL REPORTED AT THE 911 CENTER IN FRANKLIN |
| May 6, 10:50 AM EDT | HAIL 1 | Franklin, GA | HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS REPORTED AT THE FAMILY DOLLAR STORE IN FRANKLIN. |
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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 1435 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1105 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
888
WUUS52 KFFC 061437
SVRFFC
GAC149-061500-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0089.120506T1437Z-120506T1500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1037 AM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
HEARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
* AT 1032 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 NEAR
FRANKLIN...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
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 3338 8502 3322 8495 3317 8508 3319 8510
3318 8511 3316 8513 3315 8518 3332 8523
TIME...MOT...LOC 1437Z 341DEG 28KT 3326 8509
$$1 follow-up statement
283
WWUS52 KFFC 061452
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1052 AM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012
GAC149-061500-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-120506T1500Z/
HEARD GA-
1052 AM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
FOR HEARD COUNTY...
AT 1046 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
FRANKLIN...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
&&
LAT...LON 3338 8502 3322 8495 3317 8508 3319 8510
3318 8511 3316 8513 3315 8518 3332 8523
TIME...MOT...LOC 1451Z 341DEG 18KT 3319 8506
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 9:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 28 min |
| May 6, 10:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 30 min |
| May 6, 11:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 26 min |
| May 6, 11:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Harris | 46 min |
| May 6, 12:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 48 min |
| May 6, 12:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 37 min |
| May 6, 12:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 32 min |
| May 6, 1:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Marion | 50 min |
| May 6, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 52 min |
| May 6, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley | 40 min |
| May 6, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 28 min |
| May 6, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 26 min |
| May 6, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pickens | 34 min |
| May 6, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 31 min |
| May 6, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton | 28 min |
| May 6, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Walker | 26 min |
| May 6, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 52 min |
| May 6, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Polk | 35 min |
| May 6, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pike | 32 min |
| May 6, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pickens | 44 min |
| May 6, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette | 38 min |
| May 6, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 35 min |
| May 6, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 30 min |
| May 6, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Upson | 38 min |
| May 6, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 22 min |
| May 6, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford | 26 min |
| May 6, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 25 min |
| May 6, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 38 min |
| May 6, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb | 35 min |
| May 6, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 43 min |
| May 6, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Union | 38 min |
| May 6, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 34 min |
| May 6, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Peach | 24 min |
| May 6, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cherokee | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.