Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 21, 2012, 6:45 PM EST for Appling County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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
- Jan 21, 2012, 6:45 PM EST (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2012, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Appling County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 6:45 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | 9 N Baxley, GA | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED 9 MILES NORTH OF BAXLEY |
| Jan 21, 7:08 PM EST | HAIL 0.75 | 8 Nne Baxley, GA | DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED 8.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BAXLEY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 948 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
453
WUUS52 KJAX 212345
SVRJAX
GAC001-220015-
/O.NEW.KJAX.SV.W.0003.120121T2345Z-120122T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
645 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN APPLING COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 715 PM EST
* AT 645 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR PLANT HATCH...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
&&
LAT...LON 3193 8228 3191 8222 3188 8211 3176 8214
3190 8241 3194 8234
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 289DEG 30KT 3190 8229
$$
ZIBURA1 follow-up statement
153 WWUS52 KJAX 220003 SVSJAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 703 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012 GAC001-220015- /O.CON.KJAX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120122T0015Z/ APPLING GA- 703 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EST FOR CENTRAL APPLING COUNTY... AT 703 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEASTERN APPLING COUNTY...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF SURRENCY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. && LAT...LON 3185 8232 3191 8221 3188 8211 3176 8214 TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 288DEG 28KT 3186 8213 $$ ZIBURA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 6:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Jeff Davis | 48 min |
| Jan 21, 6:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis | 49 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.