Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2012, 10:39 AM EST for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 36 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
- Feb 24, 2012, 10:39 AM EST (15:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 11:15 AM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 10:45 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Eatonton, GA | THE PUTNAM 911 CENTER REPORTED TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 129 AND TREES DOWN IN EATONTON AS WELL AS TRAFFIC LIGHTS OUT. |
| Feb 24, 11:03 AM EST | HAIL 0.75 | 2 Se White Plains, GA | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED THIS HAIL SIZE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 8:48 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 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
- 1231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 83 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
684 WFUS52 KFFC 241539 TORFFC GAC133-141-211-237-265-241615- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0014.120224T1539Z-120224T1615Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1039 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN TALIAFERRO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1115 AM EST * AT 1037 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PHOENIX... MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO REYNOLDS PLANTATION AND WHITE PLAINS. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3353 8294 3333 8289 3329 8341 3347 8345 TIME...MOT...LOC 1538Z 260DEG 42KT 3340 8329 $$
1 follow-up statement
451 WWUS52 KFFC 241558 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1058 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 GAC211-241608- /O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120224T1615Z/ MORGAN GA- 1058 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS EXITED MORGAN COUNTY. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3330 8334 3346 8336 3353 8294 3333 8289 TIME...MOT...LOC 1558Z 260DEG 42KT 3344 8297 $$ GAC133-141-237-265-241615- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120224T1615Z/ TALIAFERRO GA-PUTNAM GA-GREENE GA-HANCOCK GA- 1058 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM EST FOR NORTHERN HANCOCK...SOUTHEASTERN GREENE...NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM AND SOUTHWESTERN TALIAFERRO COUNTIES... AT 1053 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITE PLAINS... MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3330 8334 3346 8336 3353 8294 3333 8289 TIME...MOT...LOC 1558Z 260DEG 42KT 3344 8297 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 7:44 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan, Newton | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 8:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 8:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 8:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Newton | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 8:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 45 min |
| Feb 24, 8:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 26 min |
| Feb 24, 9:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Spalding | 44 min |
| Feb 24, 9:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Greene, Morgan | 37 min |
| Feb 24, 9:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 9:23 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton | 37 min |
| Feb 24, 9:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 9:40 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 9:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 10:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper | 35 min |
| Feb 24, 10:14 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 10:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 10:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Lamar, Pike | 28 min |
| Feb 24, 10:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe | 22 min |
| Feb 24, 11:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jasper, Jones, Putnam | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 11:06 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 11:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Troup | 35 min |
| Feb 24, 11:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 35 min |
| Feb 24, 11:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Putnam | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 11:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 11:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fayette, Harris, Henry, Meriwether, Pike, Rockdale and 3 more | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 12:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Warren | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 12:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 41 min |
| Feb 24, 12:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bibb, Butts, Clarke, Greene, Jasper, Jones and 10 more | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 12:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 37 min |
| Feb 24, 12:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Chattahoochee, Crawford, Greene, Jasper, Lamar, Marion and 7 more | 47 min |
| Feb 24, 1:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Greene, Hancock, Houston and 10 more | 23 min |
| Feb 24, 2:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Warren | 26 min |
| Feb 24, 2:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Pulaski, Wilcox | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 2:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crisp, Dodge, Johnson, Laurens, Pulaski, Wilcox | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 3:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair and 4 more | 51 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.