Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 5, 2007, 1:09 PM EST for Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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
- Jan 5, 2007, 1:09 PM EST (18:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2007, 1:45 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Oglethorpe County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 8:21 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KFFC 051808 SVRFFC GAC221-051845- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0015.070105T1809Z-070105T1845Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 109 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... OGLETHORPE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 145 PM EST * AT 107 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SANDY CROSS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VESTA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. 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 3395 8314 3370 8310 3396 8275 3405 8298 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KFFC 051822 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 122 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 GAC221-051845- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-070105T1845Z/ OGLETHORPE GA- 122 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EST FOR OGLETHORPE COUNTY... AT 122 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF VESTA TO VESTA TO NEAR PHILOMATH...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. THESE CONTINUE TO BE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3395 8314 3370 8310 3396 8275 3405 8298 $$
000 WWUS52 KFFC 051839 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 137 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 GAC221-051847- /O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-070105T1845Z/ OGLETHORPE GA- 137 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OGLETHORPE COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 145 PM EST... AT 137 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS EXITING THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY. THE SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 145 PM EST. THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. 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 3395 8314 3370 8310 3396 8275 3405 8298 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 8:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 26 min |
| Jan 5, 8:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 54 min |
| Jan 5, 9:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 41 min |
| Jan 5, 9:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta | 23 min |
| Jan 5, 10:00 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta | 45 min |
| Jan 5, 10:13 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fulton | 47 min |
| Jan 5, 10:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 33 min |
| Jan 5, 10:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas | 24 min |
| Jan 5, 10:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 32 min |
| Jan 5, 10:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 24 min |
| Jan 5, 10:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 46 min |
| Jan 5, 11:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 37 min |
| Jan 5, 11:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Spalding | 23 min |
| Jan 5, 11:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 40 min |
| Jan 5, 11:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts | 25 min |
| Jan 5, 11:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 41 min |
| Jan 5, 11:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 33 min |
| Jan 5, 12:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 33 min |
| Jan 5, 12:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 38 min |
| Jan 5, 12:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson, White | 37 min |
| Jan 5, 1:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Pulaski | 31 min |
| Jan 5, 2:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston, Pulaski | 18 min |
| Jan 5, 2:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs | 39 min |
| Jan 5, 2:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 50 min |
| Jan 5, 2:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 43 min |
| Jan 5, 3:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 22 min |
| Jan 5, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.