Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 361, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2012, 3:57 PM EDT for Randolph County, Terrell County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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
- Aug 2, 2012, 3:57 PM EDT (19:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2012, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Randolph County, GA, Terrell County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 3:57 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Dawson, GA | QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN DAWSON AND WAS STILL FALLING AT 4 PM EDT. |
| Aug 2, 4:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Dawson, GA | SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN ON HOMES AND CARS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DAWSON. MANY POWER LINES WERE ALSO DOWN...WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. |
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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 2627 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
194
WUUS52 KTAE 021957
SVRTAE
GAC243-273-022045-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0361.120802T1957Z-120802T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
357 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 354 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
DAWSON...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SHELLMAN
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 3172 8429 3169 8430 3162 8435 3162 8458
3164 8458 3162 8459 3164 8460 3163 8462
3164 8463 3173 8472 3186 8441
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 054DEG 10KT 3173 8445
$$
38-GODSEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 5:17 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Seminole, Thomas | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Worth | 54 min |
| Aug 2, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Terrell | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lee, Terrell | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 4:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Terrell | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Early | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Mitchell | 46 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.