Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2012, 7:18 PM EDT for Haralson County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 22 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
- May 6, 2012, 7:18 PM EDT (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2012, 7:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Haralson County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 S Cedartown, GA | A CALLER FROM POLK COUNTY GAVE A REPORT OF QUARTER-SIZED TO GOLFBALL-SIZED HAIL APPROXIMATELY 3S OF CEDARTOWN. |
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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 99 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.
447
WUUS52 KFFC 062318
SVRFFC
GAC143-233-070000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0097.120506T2318Z-120507T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
718 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 713 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDARTOWN...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FELTON.
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 8539 3403 8517 3382 8516 3380 8537
3397 8541
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 004DEG 3KT 3394 8529
$$2 follow-up statements
839 WWUS52 KFFC 062327 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 727 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012 GAC143-233-070000- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-120507T0000Z/ POLK GA-HARALSON GA- 727 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN HARALSON AND SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTIES... AT 723 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ESOM HILL...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX. && LAT...LON 3397 8541 3397 8524 3381 8523 3380 8537 TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 004DEG 7KT 3390 8534 $$
458 WWUS52 KFFC 062340 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 740 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012 GAC143-233-062351- /O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-120507T0000Z/ POLK GA-HARALSON GA- 740 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HARALSON AND SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. 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 3397 8541 3397 8524 3381 8523 3380 8537 TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 004DEG 7KT 3387 8534 $$
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, 10:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 23 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, 7:19 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.