Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2007, 5:52 PM EDT for Lincoln County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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
- Aug 17, 2007, 5:52 PM EDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2007, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lincoln County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 6:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Lincolnton, GA | LINCOLN COUNTY DOT REPORTED SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON US HWY 378 ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLNTON. TIME ESTIMATED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 297 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KCAE 172152
SVRCAE
GAC181-172230-
/O.NEW.KCAE.SV.W.0178.070817T2152Z-070817T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
552 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 545 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF LINCOLNTON...
AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE LINCOLNTON AREA AND
AREA NORTH AND EAST OF LINCOLNTON.
EXPECT DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA TOLL FREE
AT 1 800 7 7 5 7 1 9 9.
LAT...LON 3389 8251 3388 8244 3386 8243 3386 8239
3383 8235 3370 8231 3366 8250 3367 8251
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 353DEG 16KT 3381 8244
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke | 62 min |
| Aug 17, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke | 42 min |
Nearby
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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.