Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2012, 3:20 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2012, 3:20 PM EST (20:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Ware County, GA
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, 12:04 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 593 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
331
WUUS52 KJAX 242020
SVRJAX
GAC003-005-069-299-242100-
/O.NEW.KJAX.SV.W.0009.120224T2020Z-120224T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
320 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
NORTHERN ATKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
SOUTHWESTERN BACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
SOUTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 400 PM EST
* AT 320 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF
WILLACOOCHEE...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DOUGLAS AND NICHOLLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3138 8312 3163 8259 3144 8245 3123 8305
3124 8306 3127 8304 3131 8307 3133 8307
3135 8311
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 251DEG 47KT 3136 8290
$$
SHASHY2 follow-up statements
156
WWUS52 KJAX 242034 RRA
SVSJAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
334 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
GAC003-005-069-299-242100-
/O.CON.KJAX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120224T2100Z/
WARE GA-ATKINSON GA-BACON GA-COFFEE GA-
334 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE...WESTERN BACON...NORTHERN ATKINSON AND
NORTHWESTERN WARE COUNTIES...
AT 335 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8
MILES WEST OF BICKLEY...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOUGLAS...MOVING EAST
AT 55 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BICKLEY
AND NICHOLLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3155 8262 3156 8257 3143 8247 3123 8305
3124 8306 3127 8304 3131 8307 3133 8307
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 251DEG 47KT 3142 8268
$$
SHASHY586
WWUS52 KJAX 242056
SVSJAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
356 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
GAC003-005-069-299-242105-
/O.EXP.KJAX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120224T2100Z/
WARE GA-ATKINSON GA-BACON GA-COFFEE GA-
356 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE...WESTERN
BACON...NORTHERN ATKINSON AND NORTHWESTERN WARE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE
AT 400 PM EST...
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. ADDITIONAL WARNINGS ARE IN
EFFECT FOR THE ORIGINAL STORM WARNED ON.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3155 8262 3156 8257 3143 8247 3123 8305
3124 8306 3127 8304 3131 8307 3133 8307
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 251DEG 47KT 3151 8239
$$
SHASHYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 4:54 AM EST | Wind Advisory | JAX | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Clinch and 6 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 24, 1:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Coffee | 42 min |
| Feb 24, 2:18 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis | 57 min |
| Feb 24, 3:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Pierce, Wayne | 38 min |
| Feb 24, 3:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 3:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Pierce, Ware, Wayne | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 3:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson, Pierce | 58 min |
| Feb 24, 3:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Pierce, Ware and 1 more | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 4:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Pierce, Wayne | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 4:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 22 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.