Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2007, 5:51 PM EDT for Greene County, Taliaferro County, Wilkes County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. 3 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
- Jun 11, 2007, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2007, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Greene County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Wilkes County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 6:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 40 | Crawfordville, GA | 40 MPH WIND GUST AT 911 CENTER |
| Jun 11, 6:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 40 | Crawfordville, GA | 40 MPH WINDS AT 911 CENTER |
| Jun 11, 6:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Washington, GA | PEA SIZE HAIL AT THE 911 CENTER |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 346 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1138 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KFFC 112151
SVRFFC
GAC133-265-317-112230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0152.070611T2151Z-070611T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
551 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHERN TALIAFERRO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
WILKES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 549 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF TIGNALL TO
PRATHER TO LYNEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SANDTOWN AND WASHINGTON.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN GEORGIA.
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 3375 8265 3353 8276 3351 8284 3357 8311
3370 8309 3369 8300 3372 8295 3378 8298
3384 8294 3385 8291 3391 8288 3397 8278
3398 8265
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 112208
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
606 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2007
GAC133-265-317-112230-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-070611T2230Z/
TALIAFERRO GA-GREENE GA-WILKES GA-
606 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR WILKES...NORTHEASTERN GREENE AND NORTHERN TALIAFERRO COUNTIES...
AT 602 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NORMAN TO LYNEVILLE TO ROBINSON...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL THE SIZE
OF GOLF BALLS ALONG WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PRATHER...CRAWFORDVILLE...TIGNALL...FICKLIN...WASHINGTON...SHARON...
DANBURG...SANDTOWN AND RAYTOWN.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3375 8265 3353 8276 3351 8284 3357 8311
3370 8309 3369 8300 3372 8295 3378 8298
3384 8294 3385 8291 3391 8288 3397 8278
3398 8265
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pickens | 29 min |
| Jun 11, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson | 38 min |
| Jun 11, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Treutlen | 12 min |
| Jun 11, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 23 min |
| Jun 11, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 25 min |
| Jun 11, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 16 min |
| Jun 11, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Taliaferro | 35 min |
| Jun 11, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 29 min |
| Jun 11, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Warren | 35 min |
| Jun 11, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock | 33 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.