Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2012, 4:22 PM EDT for Camden County, Charlton County, Georgia; Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 23 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, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2012, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Nassau County, FL, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 4:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 N Folkston, GA | COUPLE OF TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 301 NORTH OF FOLKSTON. TIME OF EVENT ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 844 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1252 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
006 WUUS52 KJAX 062022 SVRJAX FLC089-GAC039-049-062045- /O.NEW.KJAX.SV.W.0049.120506T2022Z-120506T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 422 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN CHARLTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA EXTREME NORTHWESTERN NASSAU COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 422 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF HOMELAND TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FOLKSTON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF FOLKSTON TO 9 MILES WEST OF WOODBINE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOMELAND AND FOLKSTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. && LAT...LON 3098 8207 3095 8184 3079 8178 3082 8208 TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 347DEG 3KT 3095 8203 3091 8186 $$ TRABERT
2 follow-up statements
387 WWUS52 KJAX 062036 SVSJAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 436 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012 FLC089-GAC039-049-062045- /O.CON.KJAX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120506T2045Z/ CHARLTON GA-CAMDEN GA-NASSAU FL- 436 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN NASSAU...WESTERN CAMDEN AND EASTERN CHARLTON COUNTIES... AT 436 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF HOMELAND TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FOLKSTON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF FOLKSTON TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOODBINE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOMELAND AND FOLKSTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. && LAT...LON 3098 8207 3095 8184 3079 8178 3082 8208 TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 347DEG 3KT 3094 8203 3090 8186 $$ TRABERT
346 WWUS52 KJAX 062042 SVSJAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 442 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012 FLC089-GAC039-049-062052- /O.EXP.KJAX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120506T2045Z/ CHARLTON GA-CAMDEN GA-NASSAU FL- 442 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN NASSAU... WESTERN CAMDEN AND EASTERN CHARLTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM EDT... REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. LAT...LON 3098 8207 3095 8184 3079 8178 3082 8208 TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 347DEG 3KT 3094 8203 3090 8186 $$ TRABERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 39 min |
| May 6, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Echols | 46 min |
| May 6, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden | 39 min |
| May 6, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 50 min |
| May 6, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 48 min |
| May 6, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 47 min |
| May 6, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch, Ware | 28 min |
| May 6, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch, Echols | 40 min |
| May 6, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Lanier | 46 min |
| May 6, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden, Charlton | 10 min |
| May 6, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch | 27 min |
| May 6, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 32 min |
| May 6, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson | 43 min |
| May 6, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson | 12 min |
| May 6, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson | 46 min |
| May 6, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee | 33 min |
| May 6, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson | 32 min |
| May 6, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 44 min |
| May 6, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 26 min |
| May 6, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bacon | 26 min |
| May 6, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Pierce | 30 min |
| May 6, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 50 min |
| May 6, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 64 min | |
| May 6, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 38 min |
| May 6, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 30 min |
| May 6, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval, Nassau | 42 min |
| May 6, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Baker | 46 min |
| May 6, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 53 min |
| May 6, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia | 26 min |
| May 6, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Hamilton | 50 min |
| May 6, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 37 min |
| May 6, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 27 min |
| May 6, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Hamilton | 24 min |
| May 6, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Columbia, Union | 26 min |
| May 6, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Columbia, Union | 28 min |
| May 6, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Columbia | 40 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.