Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 324, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2012, 7:34 PM EDT for Clay County, Quitman County, Randolph County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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
- Jul 25, 2012, 7:34 PM EDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2012, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clay County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 7:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Springvale, GA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 2761 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 873 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
253
WUUS52 KTAE 252334
SVRTAE
GAC061-239-243-260015-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0324.120725T2334Z-120726T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
734 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
QUITMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 731 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
GEORGETOWN...OR NEAR PETERSON HILL...AND MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.
A FEW TREES HAVE BEEN BLOWN DOWN ACROSS RANDOLPH COUNTY.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GEORGETOWN
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3198 8496 3196 8496 3193 8491 3193 8481
3164 8484 3164 8508 3165 8508 3169 8512
3174 8512 3178 8514 3187 8514 3190 8514
3194 8509 3196 8509 3199 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 094DEG 9KT 3178 8488
$$
42-DVD2 follow-up statements
574
WWUS52 KTAE 252353
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
753 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012
GAC061-239-243-260015-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0324.000000T0000Z-120726T0015Z/
RANDOLPH GA-QUITMAN GA-CLAY GA-
753 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CLAY...QUITMAN AND WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES...
AT 750 PM EDT...THE CUTHBERT FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED TREES DOWN
COUNTY WIDE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM
WAS NOW LOCATED NEAR SPRINGVALE...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
UNION...MORRIS...BETHEL...COTTON HILL...BONAPARTES RETREAT...WALTER F
GEORGE LAKE...WIRE BRIDGE...WATSON CROSSROADS...STANDLEYS STORE...
RICKS PLACE...MOORES CROSSROADS...HATCHER...GEORGETOWN...
GARNERSVILLE...DAYS CROSSROADS...CROSSROADS AND BAGBY STATE PARK
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3198 8496 3196 8496 3193 8491 3193 8481
3164 8484 3164 8508 3165 8508 3169 8512
3174 8512 3178 8514 3187 8514 3190 8514
3194 8509 3196 8509 3199 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 094DEG 9KT 3182 8491
$$
42-DVD115
WWUS52 KTAE 260010
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
810 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012
GAC061-239-243-260020-
/O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0324.000000T0000Z-120726T0015Z/
RANDOLPH GA-QUITMAN GA-CLAY GA-
810 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CLAY...QUITMAN
AND WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM EDT...
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3198 8496 3196 8496 3193 8491 3193 8481
3164 8484 3164 8508 3165 8508 3169 8512
3174 8512 3178 8514 3187 8514 3190 8514
3194 8509 3196 8509 3199 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 094DEG 9KT 3187 8495
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Thomas | 40 min |
| Jul 25, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Thomas | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur | 35 min |
| Jul 25, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lowndes | 28 min |
| Jul 25, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lee, Terrell | 31 min |
| Jul 25, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lowndes | 32 min |
| Jul 25, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Early | 51 min |
| Jul 25, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Randolph | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.