Alert archive / Georgia / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2012, 8:52 PM EDT for Bibb County, Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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
- Apr 3, 2012, 8:52 PM EDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2012, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Bibb County, GA, Jones County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Cross Keys, GA | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED WIND DAMAGE TO A LARGE BARN...A HOME AND SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS ON GRAHAM ROAD. A FEW LARGE HARDWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED. |
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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
742
WWUS82 KFFC 040052
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
852 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012
GAZ072-082-040130-
852 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN JONES AND
BIBB COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM EDT...
AT 850 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ARKWRIGHT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
JONES AND BIBB COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE WESLEYAN...ARKWRIGHT...CROSS KEYS...PAYNE
CITY...MACON...POSTELL...GREENBERRY CROSSROADS...CLINTON...JAMES...
BRADLEY...WAYSIDE AND GRAY. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3291 8378 3295 8372 3296 8370 3298 8372
3300 8372 3312 8355 3293 8340 3279 8368
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 235DEG 9KT 3292 8365
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 8:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 8:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Oglethorpe | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 9:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkes | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 9:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 10:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Taliaferro | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Douglas | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 38 min |
Nearby
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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.