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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 12, 2007Dawson County, Lumpkin County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2007, 2:52 PM EDT for Dawson County, Lumpkin County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 min. 4 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
May 12, 2007, 2:52 PM EDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2007, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dawson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 12, 2:55 PM EDTHAIL 0.752 Wsw Nimblewill, GAPENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 52.
May 12, 2:57 PM EDTHAIL 0.253 N Mckee, GA
May 12, 2:58 PM EDTHAIL 0.753 Sw Nimblewill, GA
May 12, 3:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 N Dawsonville, GAHEN HOUSE DAMAGED AS WELL AS ANOTHER CONNECTED STRUCTURE. DAMAGE ESTIMATED AROUND 4000 DOLLARS. A COUPLE TREES WERE ALSO DOWN ON POWER LINES IN THE AREA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 283 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2007-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 495 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2007-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
495 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1179 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 121852
SVRFFC
GAC085-187-121930-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0105.070512T1852Z-070512T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
252 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHWESTERN LUMPKIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 247 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AMICALOLA FALLS STATE PARK...MOVING
  SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MCKEE
  AND DOUGHERTY.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

LAT...LON 3434 8398 3434 8398 3434 8425 3446 8425
      3447 8431 3457 8433 3456 8425 3459 8424
      3461 8418 3465 8415 3459 8402 3445 8408
      3441 8397

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 121936
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
334 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007

GAC085-187-121944-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0105.000000T0000Z-070512T1930Z/
DAWSON GA-LUMPKIN GA-
334 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LUMPKIN AND
DAWSON COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 330 PM EDT...

AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN REMAINED 
OVER LUMPKIN COUNTY...BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH 
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN DAWSON COUNTY.  THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING 
SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO 
GROUND LIGHTNING CONTINUES WITH THIS ACTIVITY. MOVE INDOORS 
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. 
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE 
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

LAT...LON 3434 8398 3434 8398 3434 8425 3446 8425
      3447 8431 3457 8433 3456 8425 3459 8424
      3461 8418 3465 8415 3459 8402 3445 8408
      3441 8397

$$


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The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin30 min
May 12, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhite46 min
May 12, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer23 min
May 12, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris30 min
May 12, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSpalding28 min
May 12, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOconee25 min
May 12, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor23 min
May 12, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb43 min
May 12, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon32 min
May 12, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Henry46 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.